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Aberdeenshire Young Carers

Young Carers Survey - Review of Aberdeenshire Young Carer Strategy

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 and will close at 23:59 on 22nd September 2024.

About You

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Aberdeenshire Carer Support Service - VSA

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Health and Wellbeing Grant

Aberdeenshire’s Young Carer Health and Wellbeing Grant can help you to look after your health & wellbeing, and let you take time out to enjoy activities, hobbies and to spend time with friends. The Grant is for a one-off payment that does not need to be paid back.  You can decide what you want to buy with the grant, as long as it will help you to look after your health & wellbeing.

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Emergency Planning

An Emergency Plan describes how the person you are caring for will be cared for if you are not able to care for them for a short or long period of time.

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Self-directed Support (SDS)

A Self-directed Support (SDS) Budget is provided by the local authority to eligible young carers whose caring role has a substantial or critical level of impact on their lives. A SDS budget is used to support a young carer in reducing the impact of their caring responsibilities and/ or give them a break from caring.

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Young Carer Groups or Meet Ups

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If you have provided any personal information above, please tick the box to confirm you are aware of the Privacy Notice (click here to view the Privacy Notice, which gives the detail of how your information will be used and stored.


Aberdeenshire Carer Support Service - VSA Contact Information

VSA provide a Carer Support Service for Aberdeenshire Young Carers and Adult Carers. 

If you want to find out more about the support VSA provide including Emergency Plans contact VSA by Email: carers.shire@vsa.org.uk or Telephone: 01224 727670, or  visit www.vsa.org.uk/carers (includes online referral forms).