October 10th, 2021
Growing up, providing care was just a part of normal, everyday life. I didn’t know what my life looked like without medications, helping to calm down outbursts, calling the ambulance and packing the hospital bags. My life was so neatly planned around caring that even when something abnormal went wrong, like my mum getting sick, […]
October 6th, 2021
This article was written by Young Carer Ambassador, Jasmine, for Carers Week 2021. Being a carer is all I’ve ever known. I’ve been a Young Carer all my life, my mum lived with MS before I was born, and I’m 24 now, caring for my grandma with the support of my sister. My sister and […]
October 6th, 2021
This article was written by Young Carer Ambassador, Gabi, for Carers Week 2021. I was fresh out of school ready to go travelling for sport, party, and have a normal teenage gap year. But that took a turn when my grandma Elaine who is 90 years old, had a serious stroke and got dementia. As […]
October 6th, 2021
This article was written by Young Carer Ambassador, Jacqueline, for Carers Week 2021. This year’s National Carers Week theme ‘Millions of Reasons to Care’ reminds me of one of my favourite songs ‘A Million Dreams’ from the movie ‘The Greatest Showman’. Any other Zendaya fans here? As the line in the song goes, ‘I think […]
October 6th, 2021
This article was written by Young Carer Ambassador, Anna, for Carers Week 2021. Let me start by telling you a little about myself. My name is Anna, I’m 23 years old currently living in a share house and studying a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of International Development Practice at Monash University. I love animals […]
October 6th, 2021
This article was written by Young Carer Ambassador, Catarina, for Carers Week 2021. I didn’t know I was a Young Carer until I was 22. I knew my mother had a mental illness and disability well before this time though. I thought the definition of the word carer was far different than what it is, […]
June 25th, 2021
This article was written by contributor Chelsea Foord, Communications Producer at Hireup. Get early access to more content like this via Dreamers Hub. Free and exclusive to Young Carers. When I was at University, I learnt about something called unconscious bias. It’s the idea that people unconsciously favour some people over others. Psychology research shows […]
March 31st, 2021
Little Dreamers has partnered with Arafmi and engaged a team of Griffith University researchers to undertake a research project about Young Carers. The project involves an examination of the extent of caring done by, and support for, Young Carers and psycho-social disability and risk-taking behaviours of Young Carers in Australia. As part of the research […]
March 5th, 2021
We live on a beautiful, luscious planet that seems to keep on giving and giving…but have you ever thought about what happens when it has nothing left to give? Hello, my name is Taylar and I am super passionate about environmentalism and keeping the earth the way it should be – clean & plastic free. With Clean Up […]
