“I drew this as the chameleon resonates with me. I love all animals and chameleons have to adapt to environments and situations just like carers do. I also gave it a balloon as I believe carers should be celebrated.”
- Naomi, Young Carer
The Young Carer Gateway Advisory Group (YCGAG) consists of a group of young carers with lived experience. Through the group, the young carers provide their insight in important decision-making regarding services and policies as part of Carer Gateway.
Carer Gateway is committed to supporting Young Carers by providing peer support opportunities as well as creative avenues to express themselves. If you would like to learn more about this group, email [email protected] or call 1800 422 737
“The focus of the design is the unbalanced scale. Exhausted-looking me is looking up towards the scale holding the 3 people I care for (one of them is painted fully grey, which represents my dad who passed away). The other scale holds myself sadly looking towards me. Swords are going through my body, representing my chronic pain and the general stress carers go through.
Most of my body is cracked, showing I’m torn and trying to keep myself together. Above my head is fog depicting my struggles with mental illness In the top right there are people happy to be together, representing the lack of support and social interaction carers often have.
- Ella, Young Carer
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Are you or someone
you know a young carer?
Young carers are children and young people up to 25 who care for a family member. This can be a parent, sibling, partner or grandparent with a disability, mental illness, chronic
condition, terminal illness
or who is frail due
to age.
Young Carer Corner
Young carers sharing their stories through art
Young carers came together at an art workshop earlier this year to socialise with other young carers and express themselves through paint.
Call Carer Gateway on 1800 422 737 for more info on supports for young carers.