9 inspiring young carers from across the country participated in a workshop in our Sydney office last week. They came together to think about how they can make the world a better place for young carers and what that might look like.
Check out the Young Carers and their very supportive staff here:
During the workshop Young Carers identified what was important to them.
They also identified all the possible ways they could take action that could help young carers throughout Australia (they did this by running around the Inspire fun space - see the picture below). There are quite a lot of actions we could take when we started thinking about it!!
After thinking about everything that was important to them and brainstorming all the ways they could take action on all the things they care about (see the pics below) they then came up with some individual ways they could take action.
Caption : Brainstorming ways to assist Young Carers
Caption : More important brainstorming to identify what needs to be done
Now having identifed their actions the young carers will now work on their action plans back in their home states and then start taking action!! They will share their experiences via regular blog updates and comment updates - reflecting on their visions for change and whether they meet their aims while also taking stock of the highlights, challenges and impacts that taking action has had on them as individuals.
Send them your support and hear about how their actions are coming along by checking out:
- The comments section below and
- The comments section on the ActNow gallery page that shows what Young Carers are passionate about!!
They will also be bringing back lots of ideas to share with other young carers in their home states so young carers in each state around Australia can work together to develop actions to help other young carers as well!!
Check out the Young Carers member profiles here:
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/Healer144.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/petesmith2009.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/FallenAngyl.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/NatTolley.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/RobynForrest.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/alicem.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/brekabaker.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/BigWill.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/katep.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/Rachael15.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/Moni.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/jmall8.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/ChantelleDay.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/tabbielou.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/nigelp.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/KeenanL.aspx
http://www.actnow.com.au/Members/shyneb.aspx
