Our Work to date on Young Carers Issues Liam O’Sullivan, Executive Director, Care Alliance Ireland (Presentation , EPYC Project - Identifying and Supporting Young Carers: The Carmichael Centre, 12 June 2018 info@carealliance.ie 087 207 3265 www.carealliance.ie NationalCarersWeek @CareAllianceIrl

Facilitating Collaboration/Joint Conferences   Sectoral Meeting - Jan 2011 Two Joint Conferences 2011 – in collaboration with Crosscare 2012 – In collaboration with Crosscare and Family Carers Ireland

Presentations to Annual Government Department Carer Consultation Fora DSP Annual Carers Forum Feb. 2011 See http://bit.ly/2aUm0Wq DSP Annual Carers Forum Nov. 2012 See http://bit.ly/2bhIAwu

Lobbying/Policy Development Initiatives Disseminate 2004 DFI/Barnardos Research (Based on 2002 Census) Support calls for Resourcing of Young Carer Support Workers Interviewed as part of 2009 NUI Galway Research Attempted engagement with School Attendance Service, Foroige, Successful engagement with NYCI, Geoffrey Shannon and others in preparation for 2011 and 2012 Seminars

Support Those Involved in Supporting Young Carers West Cork Carers –www.westcorkyoungcarers.ie Other Members of Care Alliance Ireland MS Ireland Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland Crosscare Dublin Youth Service Others - Family Carers Ireland Engagement with Young Carer Awardees WRT supporting National Carers Week In the form of Phone calls/ Review funding proposals/Share Resources/Connect people up/Share Research on Young Carers

Supporting the Creation, Sharing and Dissemination of Resources Reviewed (and disseminated) (2013) NYCI Booklet for Youth Workers – Chapter 12 Access All Areas - Working with young people with caring responsibilities See http://www.carealliance.ie/userfiles/file/Chapter%2012%20%20Working%20with%20youn g%20carers.pdf Dedicated Page to Host Young Carer Resources on our Website See http://www.carealliance.ie/publications_youngcarers Promote dissemination of Videos eg http://bit.ly/2bhlOGc in particular in build up to National Carers Week. Support dissemination of information on Young Carers Awards and www.youngcarers.ie website

Referencing Young Carers Research and Issues in Submissions and Reports Department of Education Review – 2016 http://bit.ly/2aU3rSQ Other Submissions Working with Family Carers Ireland on Review of Annual Carers Strategy Report. See 2016 report http://bit.ly/2b697wi Family Caring in Ireland overview Reports (2010,2013,2015) See http://bit.ly/1EcjR4V ( Referencing Young Carers on Pages 7, 28-30 NB) Secured raw data from 2014 HBSC School Survey – that included Young Carers – Figures reported (56,118, 11.3% of 10-17 yr olds) are a multiple of those reported in Census 2011 (4,228 under 16, 14,205 under 24, ) Use of data ongoing to make the case to support YC’s. British Irish Council Work(2016) -Inputted into Policy Paper on Young Carers

Primary Research Interviews with Third Level Access Officers (2013) Access, Retention, Support Needs – See http://bit.ly/2b8TROq Research Proposal (2013) “the impact Informal/ Family caring has on Young Adult Carers participation in third level education and their experiences of this.” http://bit.ly/2aXEKXl Not progressed

EU Projects Together for Young Adult Carers (TOYAC) 2011- 2014 - 5 European Carer organisations Outputs – Website – http://www.youngadultcarers.eu/ Booklet for Professionals working with Young Adult Carers (c1,500 circulated nationwide, c2,500 downloads to date See http://bit.ly/1j5EQHI Comparative Analysis of the Situation of Young Carers in 5 EU Countries http://bit.ly/2bskexP EPYC (Empowering Professionals to support Young Carers) (Detailed later in separate presentation) August 2016-July 2018 - 6 European Carer Organisations Outputs include – Awareness Raising Resources, Assessment Tools

Where to Now? Facilitate collaboration amongst those who wish to move forward together on this issue? How will we know there is sufficient interest amongst a range of stakeholders? What would collaboration look like? What would a successful outcome look like?