Jessica - Swedish member of the Eurocarers Young carers working group- has shared her personal experience as a little sister to an older brother with cerebral palsy and epilepsy from his birth. Read here the opinion “What about us?”, recently published…
Traditionally, the majority of the population of Ireland have lived in rural areas outside of large towns and cities. However, this has changed over time, and in 2016 just over 37% of the population lived in an ‘aggregate rural area’…
On the 21st of November, we had the honour of convening the Informal Carers Interest Group at the European Parliament. The theme of the day was EU Work/life balance initiative and the European Pillar of Social Rights – time for…
Today the international community celebrates the 29th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. States have committed to do everything in their power to protect and promote children’s rights to survive and thrive, to learn and grow,…
118 million EU citizens are still living at risk of poverty or social exclusion today. Evidence shows that informal carers are disproportionately affected by poverty and social exclusion, and that policies aimed at supporting them remain insufficient in the EU…
On this day, dedicated to mental health, Eurocarers would like to shed light on young carers, a group of young people that is particularly vulnerable to mental distress and illness and yet that largely remains invisible. Young carers are people under…
This report, which gives an insight of the state of play regarding this promising though underdeveloped tool, was coordinated by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. It constitutes the baseline of the Care4Dem project. Building on a research, it gives an insight of…
The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with organisations working for carers (Anziani e Non Solo, CARER, COMIP and Eurocarers). The aim is to raise schools professionals’ awareness on young carers and to…
PRESS RELEASE - 18 Sept. 2018 Today, six organisations from across the EU working together for improving the support available for informal carers of people with dementia launch a new report: “Web-based mutual aid groups of informal carers: an evidence…
All over Europe, there are children, teenagers and young adults who take care of an ill or disabled family member. Studies suggest that 1-2 teenagers in every school class are taking on those responsibilities. We call them Young Carers and…
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