Young Carers

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This page is where we host all engagement and consultation for services and support for young carers in Aberdeenshire.

A carer is generally defined as an individual who provides, or intends to provide, care for another individual. A young carer is under the age of 18 years old, or 18 if still at school.

Under the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, which was implemented on 1st April 2018, there are requirements for local authorities and health and social care partnerships to provide Local Carer Strategies for carers in their area. There is also a requirement to develop Local Eligibility Criteria for carers.

The Young Carer Strategy, Local Eligibility Criteria for Young Carers and further information regarding support for unpaid carers in Aberdeenshire can be viewed from this page through the Documents and Important Links sections to the right.


Review of Aberdeenshire Young Carer Strategy

Aberdeenshire Council is currently reviewing its Aberdeenshire Young Carer Strategy, which is our plan of what we have been doing and what we plan to do to support young carers over the next five years. We are asking young carers and people who support them, to give their views on how we support young carers to sustain their caring role and have a meaningful life alongside caring.

Surveys are now closed (open 26 August 2024 to 29 September 2024).

This page is where we host all engagement and consultation for services and support for young carers in Aberdeenshire.

A carer is generally defined as an individual who provides, or intends to provide, care for another individual. A young carer is under the age of 18 years old, or 18 if still at school.

Under the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, which was implemented on 1st April 2018, there are requirements for local authorities and health and social care partnerships to provide Local Carer Strategies for carers in their area. There is also a requirement to develop Local Eligibility Criteria for carers.

The Young Carer Strategy, Local Eligibility Criteria for Young Carers and further information regarding support for unpaid carers in Aberdeenshire can be viewed from this page through the Documents and Important Links sections to the right.


Review of Aberdeenshire Young Carer Strategy

Aberdeenshire Council is currently reviewing its Aberdeenshire Young Carer Strategy, which is our plan of what we have been doing and what we plan to do to support young carers over the next five years. We are asking young carers and people who support them, to give their views on how we support young carers to sustain their caring role and have a meaningful life alongside caring.

Surveys are now closed (open 26 August 2024 to 29 September 2024).

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 was implemented in April 2018 which introduced a number of responsibilities on all Scottish local authorities and health and social care partnerships to support unpaid carers in a different way. One of these responsibilities was to develop and publish a Local Young Carers Strategy for young carers and this was first published in 2018 following consultation with carers and all other interested stakeholders.  

    Aberdeenshire Council is reviewing it’s Young Carer Strategy, which is our plan of what we have been doing to support young carers over the last three years.  Your views are very important in helping us identify what we are doing well and how we can improve support to young carers over the next five years.

    We want to engage with young carers, those supporting them and anyone with an interest in supporting young carers and so we’re asking for views on this. This survey is for young carers.

    A young carer is anyone under the age of 18 (or 18 if still at school) who cares for a family member or friend due to illness, disability, mental ill-health, alcohol or drug dependency. Young carers may look after their mum, dad, brother, sister, grandparent, or someone else close to them.  Young carers may look after the cared-for person on their own or they may be helped by others.

    If you would like to be entered into the draw for a chance to win an Amazon Voucher, please provide your contact email or phone number at the end of the survey. Please view Aberdeenshire Council's Engage Aberdeenshire Privacy Notice Nov 2023 on how your data may be used.

    This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. The closing date for survey responses has been extended to 29th September 2024 (23:59).

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  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 was implemented in April 2018 which introduced a number of responsibilities on all Scottish local authorities and health and social care partnerships to support unpaid carers in a different way. One of these responsibilities was to develop and publish a Local Young Carers Strategy for young carers and this was first published in 2018 following consultation with carers and all other interested stakeholders.  

    Aberdeenshire Council is reviewing it’s Young Carer Strategy, which is our plan of what we have been doing to support young carers over the last three years.  Your views are very important in helping us identify what we are doing well and how we can improve support to young carers over the next five years.

    We want to engage with young carers, those supporting them and anyone with an interest in supporting young carers and so we’re asking for views on this. This survey is for adults supporting young carers.

    A young carer is anyone under the age of 18 (or 18 if still at school) who cares for a family member or friend due to illness, disability, mental ill-health, alcohol or drug dependency. A young carer may look after their mum, dad, brother, sister, grandparent, or someone else close to their family.  The young carer may look after the cared-for person on their own or may be helped by others.

    Please view Aberdeenshire Council's Engage Aberdeenshire Privacy Notice Nov 2023 on how your data may be used.

    This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. The closing date for survey responses has been extended to 29th September 2024 (23:59). 

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  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 was implemented in April 2018 which introduced a number of responsibilities on all Scottish local authorities and health and social care partnerships to support unpaid carers in a different way. One of these responsibilities was to develop and publish Local Eligibility Criteria for carers in April 2018 following consultation with carers and all other interested stakeholders. We are required to review this by April 2021 and so we’re asking for views on this from anyone with an interest in support for carers. Please open the document below to assist with this survey:

    Aberdeenshire Eligibility Criteria for Young Carers

    The survey will close at 23:59 on 31st March 2021.



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