This sub group, which focuses on the particular issues for young carers, has been meeting four times a year, and included 5 representatives from young carers groups.
The initial work of the young carers panel was to identify an agreed definition of young carers, and to develop a training pack for use in schools to help teachers identify and support young carers.
The pack contains: -
Information about this pack can be obtained from Gavin Parry, Welsh Assembly Government, Tel: 029 2082 5111There are currently plans under discussion to change the way in which this group is convened to be able to engage with more of the young carers themselves.