Our vision is for all Young Carers to flourish.
Our mission is to inspire and empower Young Carers to fulfil their ambitions.
Values
- Nurture: We care about the future of the Young Carers we support. We make a long-term commitment to their well-being and development.
- Inspire: Young carers are inspirational. We will support them to recognise their talents, encourage them to broaden their horizons and raise their aspirations.
- Achieve: In partnership with others, we provide practical support to enable Young Carers to achieve their potential and flourish in life.
Strategy
The Trustees’ objective is to assist and support Young Carers who are providing a ‘significant level of care’ for a disabled or seriously ill family member. This will address the imbalance and lack of diversity of opportunity which is frequently experienced by Young Carers due to their difficult role, whilst at the same time, encouraging them to strive for ambitious goals and advancement in life.
This strategy will be achieved by:
- Working with local carer communities and centres to promote awareness and a clear understanding of the Trust’s philosophies and objectives. This will assist carer executives to identify young inspirational individuals who are most likely to meet our criteria.
- Recruiting, training and supporting Development Mentors who have the necessary life experience, empathy and time to devote to carers and families. Development Mentors are the principal resource for mentoring, encouraging and developing Young Carers.
- Engaging with Young Carers and providing financial, educational guidance and mentoring during their formative years. This form of assistance will develop the Young Carers’ skills, capacities and capabilities enabling Young Carers to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals and to inspire carers in similar situations.
- Creating a scalable organisation founded on robust policies and procedures, while simultaneously developing and improving the Trust’s governance and leadership structure. Our activities will be underpinned by sound financial management.
- Embedding YCDT values and culture throughout the Trust.
- Creating an adequately resourced and sustainable fundraising and communications strategy which builds upon the approach of our existing funders.
Public Benefit Statement
In setting YCDT’s objectives and planning its activities, we have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance. In particular, we have considered how our planned activities will contribute to our vision and mission. All our charitable activities focus on assisting and supporting Young Carers who are providing a ‘significant level of care’ for a disabled or seriously ill family member and they are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.
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Similar Charities
The Trustees believe their strategy to assist Young Carers is unique and are unaware of any other organisation using the same approach.