Based on the recent report and recommendations from QSA's project with young adult carers, QSA’s Move on Up team speak on the role housing must play in offering young adult carers an independent life. Hosted by the Money Guiders England Network.
Moving out of the family home, a blossoming independence and social life, further education, or starting out a career: these are all the traditional markings of the freedoms we begin to embark upon in our transition to adulthood. For young adult carers – who face a host of disadvantages and injustices – few, if any of these freedoms will feel tangible. Given the challenges they face, there is potential for homelessness and other social injustices among these young people. Young adult carers (aged 18-25) make up several percent of the population of their age group.
Move on Up – a pilot project between Quaker Social Action and Commonweal Housing that housed and supported young adult carers – serves as proof of the benefits that respite from care, the value of a home away from caring duties, and tailored support can bestow upon them.
Local authorities, housing providers and the third sector can take learnings from this project on the value of embedding housing into support for young adult carers; but even more the crucial importance of asking about and understanding the housing needs of these young people.
At this event we will hear from the staff of the Move on Up project, outlining its goals and achievements, lessons and successes and recommendations.
Who is this session for?
This session could be for any money guiders, policy, partnership and practice managers who ever support young adult carers.
People who work generally in housing or in career and life support guidance might be interested. They could be a general money guider, a housing officer, a career coach or anyone who finds themselves giving guidance with young adult carers or similar categories of client.
Attendees will learn
Learning points may include but are not limited to:
- Challenges faced by young adult carers
- How to support people in the client group
- Recommendations for local authorities, housing providers and the third sector working with young adult carers
Who is leading the workshop?
Elizabeth Oyeledun and Lois Gallagher from Quaker Social Action's Move on Up project will speak at this event.
Accessibility
The event takes place on Zoom. Auto-generated subtitles will be available as standard.
We intend that the speaker's presentation will be shared in advance with everyone who registers for the event.
If you have other accessibility requirements, please inform the hosts when you register and we will do our best to meet them.