• Projects 28 04 2020

  Driving Change – supporting young adult carers in further education

  Learning and Work Institute is working in partnership with The Carers Federation to improve the support that young adult carers receive in further education.

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• Blog 10 06 2020

  Move On Up – housing and support for young adult carers

  For many years, young adult carers were a ‘hidden’ group, but with the help of this housing project that is slowly changing.
• News 10 06 2020

  Unique project is addressing previously unmet housing need for young adult carers

  An innovative new project is providing crucial support to young adult carers, according to an independent evaluation, published today.
• Blog 09 06 2020

  Life as a young adult carer in lockdown

  Katie, a young adult carer from Birmingham, shares the impact that the coronavirus lockdown has had on her life.
• Blog 09 06 2020

  Under pressure - caring through the crisis

  The closure of schools and colleges due the coronavirus has created huge challenges for the education sector and led to uncertainty for all young people. For some young people however, the pandemic is a particularly worrying and challenging time.
• Blog 16 09 2019

  Helping young adult carers on their pathway to independence

  For young adult carers, the publication of the Carer’s Action Plan in June 2018 brought several things to celebrate. It was the first time that the needs of this group of young people had been addressed in a national strategy.
• News 08 03 2018

  HRH The Princess Royal helps to highlight the inequalities young adult carers face in education and employment

  Our patron, attended last week’s Positive Transitions – Supporting Young Adult Carers in Learning and Work conference to help raise awareness of young adult carers’ needs and experiences.
• Research and Reports 10 06 2020

  Move On Up Evaluation

  This report presents the final findings of the evaluation of Move On Up, commissioned by Commonweal Housing and carried out by Learning and Work Institute.

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• Research and Reports 16 09 2019

  Policy Overview – Young adult carers and housing needs

  As part of our evaluation of the Quaker Social Action’s Move On Up project – a shared housing and one-to-one support initiative for young adult carers in London – we have produced a short policy analysis.

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