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Education support

When you’re an unpaid carer, your studying and education can sadly be pushed down the list of priorities. You deserve to learn, and we can help you explore options, support, and help you to fulfil your educational potential. 

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Learn how unpaid carers—young carers, young adult carers, and adult carers—can craft compelling personal statements for college, university, apprenticeships, or training. Discover tailored tips, real-life examples, and resources to turn your caring skills into your biggest application asset.
higher education while caring blog FI
Thinking of going to university or wanting to explore further study while caring? Discover practical tips for both young and adult carers to pursue further education and alternative study options, while caring for someone.

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personal statements education support FI
Learn how unpaid carers—young carers, young adult carers, and adult carers—can craft compelling personal statements for college, university, apprenticeships, or training. Discover tailored tips, real-life examples, and resources to turn your caring skills into your biggest application asset.
Discover free Kooth webinars this June, offering mental health support for young people, parents, and young carers during school transitions. Join to get advice, ask questions, and feel supported.
higher education while caring blog FI
Thinking of going to university or wanting to explore further study while caring? Discover practical tips for both young and adult carers to pursue further education and alternative study options, while caring for someone.
Discover everything you missed on Carers Rights Day!
Your guide to carers glossary crack the code
Crack the Code! Being a carer means you have to learn new words, terms and abbreviations. This carer's glossary guide will help you to understand what they mean.
What do you want to learn? Share with us your ideas & suggestions
Let us know the kind of E-learning, digital content and guides you want and need! What problems do you have, what do you need to learn more about? What is something you haven't seen from us before that you'd like to see in the future? Let us know!
It's carers week brandon blog FI
For this Carers Week Brandon Scott-Omenka, CEO of Carers Trust Solihull, reflects on how carers access support, coping with jargon, how he loves his gadgets, IT and the positives and negatives of Artificial Intelligence.
Carers Talk Podcast FI
Carers Talk podcast is the latest way for us to share vital information to all our carers, from a wide variety of guests! Have us in your pocket for when you need us.
Find out how we celebrated young Carers Action Day with our young carers!
The University of Warwick are inviting all young adult carers (18 - 25 yrs) to take part in academic research.

Packed with events, activities, and information for carers of all ages.