https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/ Noticeboard OpenACS 5.0 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:52:31 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45666563 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45666563 Carers Trust has launched a survey to find out about the pressures and challenges facing young carers aged up to 25, including how they continue to be affected by coronavirus, and what support they need.The findings of the survey will be published on Young Carers Action Day (16 March 2022) and will help influence decision makers to give young carers and young adult carers the support they need.Can you help young carers and young adult carers by adding your voice and filling out the survey?And ... Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:52:31 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45222080 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45222080 This year, Carer’s week was celebrated on the week commencing Monday the 7th of June. Carer’s week is an annual campaign which aims to raise awareness for Carers all across the globe, whilst recognising their hard work and dedication to their caring role. The general theme of this event is to make Carers visible and valued. Here at the Young Carers Project, we try our best to make this an extra special week for our Young Carers. The YCP team came up with some great ideas for the ch... Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:01:52 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45207933 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=45207933 Welcome to our new blog posts about mental health. We have asked one of our lovely volunteers to write up some information and advice regarding mental health. So keep an eye out for the blog posts titled "Welcome to Stelly says"!    My name is Estelle but I go by Stelly, Im 20 years old and I’m gonna to use this space to talk about mental health and problems young people face daily, with the main aim to provide some help that can be more relevant to you as a 21st&nb... Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:05:15 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44835121 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44835121 Have a look at what some of our young carers have been up to during lockdown! This is what one of our young carers got up to using brite box.  What is brite box?  The box has all the ingredients and a printed recipe guide along with photographs to illustrate, step by step, how to cook a healthy dinner meal together as a family. At YCP we have referred lots of families to this service and our YCs love cooking home-made family treats!  "Tom* had a go at peeling and Sa... Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:13:12 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44835087 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44835087 Check out our new group agreement for our Zoom activities and meet ups! Created to ensure we are all being safe and having fun online.    Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:07:38 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44800325 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44800325 We've had to change what activities we do with out young carers due to the ongoing pandemic. We have been following the National Youth Agency ‘s guidelines and because we work with lots of vulnerable families our utmost priority is to keep everyone safe. So instead of holding activities face-to-face, we now run zoom drop-in and youth club sessions online. We play lots of fun games and quizzes, and give you the opportunity to have a chat with the team.      Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:27:08 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44765009 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44765009 Happy New Year from all the YCP Team. Look out for more blog posts from Chrissy and Julie with news of Zoom activities... Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:40:26 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44142543 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=44142543 During the Easter Holidays, some of our Young Carers joined forces with Create and got creative with their cameras. Please take a look at their brilliant work. Despite lockdown and all the challenges we all face right now, the end results are incredible. Thank you to all our Young Carers that took part and also to Create for facilitating the workshop!        Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:19:49 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=43827930 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=43827930 Hello everyone,  in light of the current Covid-19 situation we are following government guidelines and closing our drop ins, youth groups, YAC groups and lunch clubs for the next 3 weeks up until after the Easter Holidays. We are very sad to tell you that we have also had to cancel the Easter Holiday activities.   We hope you stay safe and take care during this uncertain time and we are sorry for any inconveniences caused by this. Thank you, from everyone at Kingston Young Carers... Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:47:03 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=43641094 https://e-voice.org.uk/ycpk/blog/one-entry?entry_id=43641094 We are excited to announce the winners of this year’s Mayor’s Award include our very own Lewis and volunteer Rita! There were lots of amazing nominees, but we are proud that Lewis and Rita’s hard work is being recognised. Lewis has been at YCP for four years, he is always kind and has an upbeat personality that lifts all our spirits. On our residential trip last summer, he was our Junior Leader and first aider, he did an excellent job in both and helped make sure we all ha... Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:45:58 GMT