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Dear Young Carer Champions,
Welcome to our special Easter edition! We’ve highlighted some great opportunities and fun activities for families.
Thank you for all your support this term, have a fantastic and restful break.
Kelly, Maureen, Khadril and Kyreese.
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School Young Carer Champions Network Meeting: The virtual network is for school champions and provides an opportunity to connect, share our good practice, new resources and work together. We will be joined by our partners at Wood Street Mission who will be telling us about the fantastic opportunities and support available for our families. Our next meeting will take place via TEAMs on the 24th of April 10-11am. If you wish to join us and haven’t already received an invite, please email kelly.hockaday@manchester.gov.uk
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Young Carers Resources: During the Easter Break, our team will be working on updating the Manchester Young Carers in Schools Award.
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My Plans: Young Carer My Plans resources are being refreshed and updated, we will be working in partnership with our young carers and their champions to coproduce our new design and content. If you would like to take part in this exciting piece of work, please email: kelly.hockaday@manchester.gov.uk
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Food Bank: Joanne Pilling, our wonderful Young Carer Champion, Belle Vue Coop Academy would like to share that during term time, on Monday’s 10-12pm they have a church run foodbank, where families pay £2.50 and get 10 items, fruit and veg free. There are also toiletries for those that need them. This is an open offer, and families do not need to have a child attending the school. Just turn up! But do expect to queue!
TERM TIME ONLY
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Lord Mayor’s Lunch!
This year’s theme for young carers action day ‘Give Me A Break@ gave us the perfect opportunity to celebrate our incredible young carers. We were delighted to host some of our young carers at a special lunch with the Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester, Cllr Paul Andrews, whose theme for the year is to highlight the importance of supporting our carers! We were delighted to be joined by some young carers, their school champions, our friend Professor Saul Becker, who is regarded as the world leader for young carers' research, policy and practice. We also enjoyed a special visit from Berry the young carers cat! During the event, young carers took part in creative activities and had lots of inspiring conversations, followed by a delicious lunch of sandwiches, scones, and chocolate crumbles.
A huge thank you to all who took part in making this celebration a truly memorable occasion.
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We loved hearing from our school young carer champions, who shared with us some highlights of their celebrations of Young Carers Action Day!
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Joanne Pilling at Coop Academy told us, ‘We had a lovely event today, catch up with snacks and drinks, YC shared their stories and responsibilities, some just listened. Highlight of the year for me, Treasure yodelling Happy Birthday to me’. A belated happy birthday Jo from us! 😊
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Gemma Owen at St Anthonys told us, “We celebrated Young Carers action day with a Take a break tea party, the children had a great time enjoying juice, cakes and of course Kit Kats! They even made their own posters”. This really made us smile, great work and the treats look delicious!
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Sue Downs at MEA Central told us that “Our students and young carers had a fabulous time, at an author talk and tour of Central Library for Young Carers Action Day. A huge thank you to Helen Beesley and the team at Libraries, Galleries & Culture for this wonderful experience.”
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Thank you, Julie, at Old Moat Primary for sharing the fantastic news! Young Carer Anaia Lee has just won first place in her tap at her dance school. Her talents don’t stop there, she is also taking part in her drama school production! Julie tells us that Anaia is really keen to meet a professional dancer and or actor, so if any readers have a contact who would be willing to help – please get in touch with us, and we will connect you with Julie!
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We’re inviting young carers from key stage 3 and above, to take part in our design a young carer badge competition. We are looking for a unique design that our young carers would be proud to wear. We welcome freehand or digital designs, but all submissions must be original and must not use copyrighted, or AI generated work.
All entries will be reviewed by an independent panel for shortlisting, the winning design will be sent for production and worn by young carers in their schools and settings.
Please use this design form: Badge Template
The closing date for entries is 5pm Wednesday 30th of April 2025 all entries must be sent directly from your school or setting Young Carer Champion to Kelly.hockaday@manchester.gov.uk
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Opportunities for Young Carers
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Media cubs
Young Voices: Big Questions – Free online youth-led interviews with role models, dreamers and doers
Media Cubs is thrilled to announce the launch of Young Voices: Big Questions, free-to-attend youth-led interviews, where those aged 8-16 can meet and interview inspiring role models from across the UK and beyond!
Taking place on the last Monday of each month from 6.30-7.30 pm, these interactive interviews will allow budding young reporters to fire their most curious and creative questions at incredible guests, who are shaping the world in extraordinary ways. To find out more use this link.
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Free Swimming
Manchester residents aged 16 and under can swim for free during any ‘Swim for All’ session during school holidays and at selected times at the weekends during term time. Find out more.
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Easter with libraries
It’s holiday time at Manchester Libraries from Saturday 5th to Thursday 17th April. Join your local library for a fun programme of activities for the whole family, with craft sessions, Lego clubs, and more. Contact your local library to find out what’s on. For Central Library events, check out Library Live.
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MADE
MADE Charity is Manchester’s local cultural educational partnership. They have developed a website to become a hub for teachers, educators, and young people to find accessible events around Manchester focusing on creative careers, developing creativity and improving creativity in education. You can visit their events page here: events page
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Loads to Do Manchester
Check out Loads To Do for what's going on in your local area and across the city during the Easter holidays. There's plenty on offer across parks, sports, libraries, galleries and more to keep you and your family entertained without breaking the bank.
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