1. “Whole Family Working: Making it Real for Young Carers”
Facts and Figures
Use the following slides in an interactive way with your audience as a way of highlighting latest statistics predominantly taken from The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’ research document, May 2013.

2. True or false? There are approximately 100,000 young carers in England
Although it was found 166,363 young carers in England, according to latest census data
released on 16 May 2013, research conducted for the BBC in 2010 suggested that there might be four times as many.
In Surrey it is estimated that there are 14,000 young carers.

3. True or false? 50% of young carers care for their parents FALSE
In fact 66% of young carers care for a parent. 31 percent care for a sibling, 3% cared for their grandparents and 1% cared for wider family or community members. Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013
Figures taken from C Dearden and S Becker ‘Young Carers in the UK: The 2004 Reoprt
A 2013 US study looking at the siblings of disabled children found that they are 3 times more likely to have significant levels of problems in interpersonal relationships, their psychological wellbeing, school performance or use of leisure compared to other siblings.

4. True or false? 10% of young carers care for more than one person TRUE
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013

5. True or false?
1 in 12 young carers care for more than 15 hours per week
TRUE
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013

6. True or false?
One in 20 young carers miss school because of their caring responsibilities TRUE
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013

7. True or false?
The average annual income for families with a young carer is £2,000 less than families who do not have a young carer FALSE
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’ 2013

8. True or false?
20% of young carers recognise they experience the symptoms of an eating disorder FALSE
An Action for Carers Surrey local survey in 2013 showed that 35% of young carers recognised they experienced an eating disorder and 9.6% related this specifically to their caring role.

9. True or false?
Young carers have significantly lower educational attainment at GCSE level, equivalent to nine grades lower overall
TRUE
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013

10. Nearest answer
Young carers are how many times more likely than their peers to be from black, Asian or minority ethnic communities?
Correct answer: 1.5 times more likely (and twice as likely for English not to be first language)
Source: The Children’s Society ‘Hidden from View’, 2013