Thanks to some amazing funding from Children in Need, Enfield Carers Centre now has a fabulous service to support Young Carers aged 5-18 years.
Called EyPIC, which stands for Enfield Young People in Caring, it’s here to help you with lots of advice and information while you care, encouraging you to take part in all our great activities, discover new interests and make friends with other Young Carers.
We have even made our own video about being a Young Carer, check it out now!
To take part in all our activities and get support from us we need to know a bit more about you and the person you care for. You will need to fill in a form but don’t worry, we can help you do it.
You can download a copy of the form here and post it back to us for free, or you can scan it and email it back. If you don’t have a printer then we can post you a copy. We’re always here to help so don’t be afraid to ask.
As a Young Carer, you or other family members can call/text/WhatsApp the team on: 07809 332106 or email: youngcarers@enfieldcarers.org
For more information on all EyPIC activities please click here to view or download our term-time brochure.
The EyPIC Project are proud to be working with Jack Petchey on their achievement and leadership award schemes.
This means that our Young Carers get to nominate one of their own, a few times a year, for an achievement award, which then gets spent on either equipment or an activity chosen by the winner. It is a wonderful way for young carers to receive some recognition from their peers and for the project to be able to celebrate those achievements with all of the Young Carers.
The Young Carers also get to nominate one of the workers on the project for a leader award, once a year, and this too is spent on the project. We let the Young Carers decide what to spend the money on! Last year we bought a new TV and a Nintendo Switch.
We are also proud members of London Youth and have worked with them on two amazing projects in the past year. The ‘Youth Leadership Awards Scheme’ where five of our 16 year old Young Carers came together to plan a project to raise awareness of Young Carers. This included two residential trips away to meet other youth groups and preparing a pitch and presentation to the London Youth Team, which they did perfectly.
We are also currently working with them on ‘Keeping it Wild’ project where a team of our Young Carers are working on a project to plan an action that will improve the environment and raise awareness of environmental issues. Watch this space!
