The Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) has announced the applications for Young Carers Activity Fund to give young carers aged under 18 a break from their caring role and to give them choice about how they take this break.
Funding Information
They also accept applications for up to £300 for activities for groups of young carers, as well as individual applications.
Activities
They will consider any application which will give an eligible young carer a break from caring.
Examples include:
Costs of activities to have a break e.g. swimming, gym membership, a spa/pamper day
Transport to get to an activity
Courses for leisure or personal development (e.g. driving lessons, art or music classes)
Equipment that will help you take a break (e.g. a laptop/tablet, a Netflix or magazine subscription, a trampoline for the garden)
The young carer and cared-for person going away together, for example to a bed and breakfast or a caravan. In a case like this though, the application MUST show how the young carer will get a break from caring
The cared-for person going into respite while the young carer takes a break at home or goes on holiday
Care workers going into the cared-for person’s home to enable the young carer to go out or go on holiday
A relative travelling to Sheffield to care for the cared-for person while the young carer takes a break
Please note: Applications must make it clear how the cared-for person and the young carer will be safe and well looked after whilst the breaks are taking place.
Eligibility Criteria
You can be considered for a grant if:
You live in Sheffield
You are aged under 18
You are identified as a young carer either by:
Having a Young Carers Assessment (copy must be attached) OR
Being a member of Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) in the past
Please note: They do not give grants to current SYC members or those on the waiting list as they are getting or will be getting a break through the SYC service
You have not received this grant for the last two years
You will use the funding within the next six months (activities cannot be funded after they have happened).
