Young carers

Please don’t be put off by the jargon! And do visit the websites listed below – they’re lively and may be very helpful. They don’t specialise in ataxia, but they are for young people with responsibilities for relatives with a health problem.

If your parent, brother, sister or friend has ataxia Young Carers aims to help you. Share ideas and chat to other young carers, put questions to agony aunts, health and social workers and find out if there’s a Young Carers Project near you.

Barnardo’s Young Carers runs services throughout the UK to help young carers and keep families together. There’s counselling and drop in sessions as well as social events, such as holidays and day trips. You can get together with other young carers and be yourself.

If you want to see your story, poem, ideas or review here, email alex@ataxia.org.uk.

Helpline: 0845 644 0606

Young carers