The Easter holidays have arrived, as too has the Family Project’s Spring Newsletter. Read all about the Family Project’s recent good news and success in finding a new team member! The newsletter also includes what’s going on in Sheffield during the holidays, as well as highlights what support is available during the next few week - and we can’t forget the baking recipe either!

It's Young Carers Action Day on 15th March and, this year, we’ve got a great new resource to help YOU to help young carers!

Young Carers Action Day is an annual event to raise awareness of young carers in the country. This year's theme is 'make time for young carers' and, to help schools and colleges do this, young people from of Young Carers National Voice (YCNV) have co-produced a brilliant new resource for education settings.

We are absolutely delighted to let you all know that The National Lottery Community Fund has decided fund our Family Project until 2027.

SYC is closed from Friday 23rd December and will reopen on Tuesday 3rd January.

We hope you have a lovely festive break but know that this time of year can be hard. If you need any support while we are closed, here are some organisations that can help.

With the holidays on the horizon, our amazing Family Project have released their winter newsletter! Catch up on what the Family Project have been up to over the last few months, as well as what is going on in Sheffield during Christmas time and support available to you.

We’re really excited to have launched our new, free e-learning module called ‘Young Carers: Identifying and supporting young people with caring responsibilities in Sheffield’.

This course is aimed at professionals working in Sheffield to help you better identify and support children and young people who have caring responsibilities.

Apply today to be part of ‘Greater Reach, Brighter Futures’, SYC’s exciting three-year education project, funded by the British and Foreign School Society and supported by Learn Sheffield and Sheffield City Council.

After two years of hosting this event online, we are delighted that this years AGM and Showcase is live in-person!

And just like that, the summer holidays have been and gone! We can’t believe how quickly they have flown by this year, but maybe that is because of all the fun we’ve had this summer. Once again, our summer activities have been absolutely AMAZING so let’s have recap over what we got up to during the past 5 weeks!

As the summer holidays have now begun (woohoo!), SYC’s family project have produced a wonderful newsletter to inform you on what you can do during the holidays to make sure you have an enjoyable, happy summer.

It’s that time of year again… the summer holidays are here!! With the weather looking good and 6 weeks to make the most of, take a look at some of SYC’s recommended summer holiday activities to keep you busy over your holidays, whilst keeping the cost down!

We have three exciting opportunities to build your skills and experience in a growing, vibrant organisation where your ideas and contributions will be highly valued.

Richard Campos, aged 70 rowed his heart out raising more than £4,200 for five charities!!

'I was recovering from meningitis and sepsis and I decided that I wanted to get some of my fitness back.'

This Carers Week (6-12 June) we’re joining forces with Sheffield Carers Centre and Sheffield City Trust to encourage more unpaid carers to self-identify, seek support and prioritise their own health and wellbeing – not just that of the people they care for.

Young Carers Action Day is an annual event to raise awareness of young carers and the contribution we make by caring for our family members and friends. It’s also a day to call for more action to support young carers and young adult carers and give us the extra bit of help we need to live full and healthy lives. And we need your help to do it!

This charter is to show our dedication and commitment to giving young people a voice and involving them in decision making across the organisation. We think it is integral to ensuring we offer the best possible support to young people and young carers.

We are so excited and thrilled to share that we have received an award of Excellence for Carers from Carers Trust! All carers organisations are encouraged to apply for the award as a way of marking quality. There are 10 standards with a number of key indicators including signposting, peer support and advocacy which organisations have to meet in order to receive the award. Which we are pleased to say we achieved!

We are so excited to announce that local business Mina have chosen us as their charity of the year for 2022.

The team are ready and raring to go with lots of fundraising ideas for the year. The teams first challenge will see them getting their running shoes out and tying their laces to take on the hills of the Sheffield Half Marathon this March

The wellbeing of our staff and the young people and families that we work with is paramount.

Each year Carers UK hold Carers Rights Day to help carers know their rights and find out how to get the help and support they are entitled to.

To help celebrate the day, here are some simple ways you can raise awareness and build support for young carers in Sheffield