Caregiving Youth have the right to…

• be children as well as caregivers.
• schools and colleges that give us the help we need to get an education.
• fun, friends, and time off from caring.
• family life with well-supported parents, guardians or other family members.
• practical help and support so that we don’t have to do all of the caring in our homes.
• a safe environment and protection from harm, including any harm that caring activities could cause us.
• services that value our different backgrounds, cultures, religions, and races.
• be listened to and supported by the people who support our parents, grandparents, siblings, and other family members for whom we care.
• an assessment of what we need as individuals, without any assumptions or judgements being made about us.
• be listened to and involved when people make decisions which affect our lives.
• information about the health problems that we see our family members experiencing.
• advocacy and complaints procedures which we can understand and which work.
• stop taking on caring roles when we wish to.
• move on when it is time to become independent adults.