The Rotary Club of Towcester

Local Young Carers We have great respect for these children, who have to look after their parents and we support the Northamptonshire Young Carers charity by taking some of the children from the Towcester area for outings, so that they can let their hair down for a day. This year we split them into two groups: - up to 12 years and over 12 years. So what is a Young Carer?

Aged 5 – 18 years- average age =12

Caring for someone in their family who has an illness or disability

Assuming a level of responsibility usually taken on by adults.

2001 census – estimates that there are 175,000 in England & Wales – Princess Royal Trust estimate this is nearer to 1 million What does a YC do?

Physical/practical care: housework, cooking, shopping, help with – bathing,

dressing, toileting, supervising medication, interpreting, escorting, childcare.

Emotional care: staying in to be there for someone instead of going out

socializing. Worrying about someone while at school. Listening. Trying to

‘cheer’ someone up.

Impact of being a YC:

School – attendance, poor concentration, not able to do homework,

sometime do not get much parental support.

Work issues – logical follow on if experienced problems at school

Emotional & behavioral difficulties

Bullying

Poverty

Towcester Rotary YC Events 2011

26th June 2011 - Gulliver’s Land A group of 12 carers aged between 8 and 12 years spend the day letting their hair down and getting wet

11th August 2011 – Frontier Centre A group of 12 carers aged between 12 and 15 years spent the day do hair raising exercises and getting very wet. How to enjoy yourself

1. Listen very carefully to what’s in store – no going back now

2. Climb up a high series of poles 3. Stand on top of a very small platform

3. Jump off onto a small bar

AND THE NEXT!!!

4. Get your friends, assisted by John Norton, to winch you high up into the air

5. Then let go. Where’s my stomach gone?

6. Food

NOW’S THE TIME FOR LOADS OF ROTARY BEEFBURGERS AND SAUSAGES, WASHED DOWN BY HEALTHY FIZZY DRINKS Expertly cooked by cool Conrad

NEXT IT’S TIME TO GET ALL NAUTICAL

7. Let’s design and build some rafts

6. This is how we sit on it

8. The launch

9. Now for some competition

10. The occasional disaster

IT’S MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU GET REALLY WET!