Everyone has rights and young carers say: “We have the right:
- to be children as well as carers.
- to schools and colleges that give us the help we need to get an education.
- to fun, friends and time off from caring.
- to family life with well-supported parents.
- to practical help and support so that we don’t have to do all of the caring in our homes.
- to a safe environment and protection from harm, including any harm that caring activities could cause us.
- to services that value our different backgrounds, cultures, religions, races and sexualities.
- to be listened to and supported by the people who support our parents and siblings.
- to an assessment of what we need as individuals, without any assumptions being made about us.
- to be listened to and involved when people make decisions which affect our lives.
- to information about the health problems that we see our family members experiencing.
- to advocacy and complaints procedures which we can understand and which work.
- to stop taking on caring roles when we wish to.
- to move on and become independent adults".