Giving young carers a break

Date: Monday, August 5th 2013
Categories: All Leicestershire Harborough Activities & Events Groups & Forums

To celebrate Carers Week in Leicestershire, our Young Carers Activity Group held a 'BBQ and Bouncy Castle' evening at The Satellite Centre on Wednesday 12th June and we thought you'd like to see some pictures.

The BBQ was kindly sponsored by Sainsbury’s in Market Harborough and a bouncy castle (and 'Gladiators' style inflatable pugil) was funded through Harborough District Council’s Positive Activities for Young People money.

In spite of a drenching downpour halfway through the evening, a constant supply of burgers, sausages and chicken barbecued by our willing volunteer Filipa kept our spirits up.

The bouncy castle was incredibly popular although the adults found it much more exhausting than they remembered from childhood!

Hannah, our Young Carers Project Worker, said:

"Although we try to give our young carers a fun evening once a fortnight anyway, it's refreshing to be able to do something out of the ordinary once in a while. Carer's Week was the perfect excuse to celebrate everything these young people do for their families."

Feedback afterwards was incredibly positive - one young carer told us:

"I loved it last night - it was ggggrreat!"