We are all about improving the lives of young carers.

We meet up regularly to work together to campaign on issues that affect us.

Between April and September 2025, we’re campaigning for UK school inspection bodies to include young carers in their frameworks.

Keep an eye out on our social media and website for updates!

Latest news:

Here is a film made by people in YCNV to tell you more about it.

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We currently only have funding until *end of September* which is why our campaign time will be a lot shorter than usual. (Swipe to see the options) Which campaign theme would you like YCNV to work on between April and September? Please only respond if you are a young carer 🙂

📢 Young Carers Deserve A Fair Future! On #YoungCarersActionDay, Young Carers National Voice (YCNV), in collaboration with @carers.trust , we delivered a letter to HMI Chief Inspector Sir Martyn Oliver, calling on Ofsted to take action to support young carers in education. 🔹 Recognise young carers – Schools must identify & support young carers as a disadvantaged group. 🔹 Hold schools accountable – Ofsted should require schools to report on young carers & include their voices in inspections. 🔹 Improve awareness & training – Ofsted must train staff & work with services to set clear support standards. 🔹 Meet with us – We’re asking Sir Martyn Oliver to meet young carers to discuss how Ofsted can help remove barriers. 📄 Read more about our campaign this year here: https://www.ycnv.org.uk/our-campaigns/2024-25 #YoungCarers #EducationMatters #FairFutureForYoungCarers #CarersTrust @sheffyoungcarers @sth.yc @carersnorthumberland

"So many young carers have missed out on support, many look for help but they can’t receive the help they are unable to get." - a young carer in St Helens Get involved. Use our latest assembly resource pack to deliver an assembly, plan an activity, or to help identify a young carer. ycnv.org.uk/take-action #youngcarersactionday #ycad #ycnv

"People don't know about us, even some teachers don't know. If people had a basic knowledge and understanding of young carers, I would not have to explain my situation multiple times to my teachers and friends" - a young carer from Sheffield. #youngcarersactionday #ycad Do you think if a young carer is doing well then they don't need support? 🆓🆓Check out more activity and lesson ideas like this in our new resource pack on ycnv.org.uk

Our campaigns

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2024-25 Early Identification

We want to get young carers identified in schools so they can access support earlier, as well as getting Ofsted to ask about young carers in school inspections.

2023-24 Health & WB

In our third campaign year, the group want to focus on reducing impacts on young carers’ health and wellbeing.

2022-23 Education

In the third year of the network (2022-23), the group wanted to raise awareness about young carers with education providers, help schools prepare and respond to the new schools’ census category, and help schools and other education settings better support young carers.

2021-22 Mental Health

In the second year of the network (2021-22), the group wanted their collective campaign to focus on mental health.

2020-21 Education

In the first year of the network (2020-21), the group wanted their collective campaign to focus on identifying and supporting young carers in education settings.