Getting the right help & support as a Young Adult Carer
Young adult carers are young people aged 16–25 who care, unpaid, for a family member or friend with an illness or disability, mental health condition or an addiction.
How can we help you today?
Find the most requested support services and information from our young adult carers. Choose an option below.
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Who is a young adult carer?
You might be looking after someone close to you who needs help and support on a regular basis.
Although caring can be positive and rewarding, we at Carers of West Lothian understand it can also be stressful and challenging. If you are a young adult carer, we want you know that we are here to support you too.
Support can be access to information and advice, access to Time to Live funds, access to counselling services and support with future planning. If you are a young adult carer and would like to know more about the service we provide, then please get in touch.
Our Young Adult Carer Group
Our young adult carer group meets on the last Friday of every month from 3:30 until 5pm.
Every session hosts a different fun activity with a lovely group of fellow carers. Have a look at the calendar to see what we’re up to soon.
Your most asked questions
About our support and services
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A carer is a person of any age who provides unpaid care and support to a spouse, partner, relative, friend or neighbour, who cannot manage to live independently without the carer’s help. This may be due to frailty, illness, disability or addiction.
If you find yourself helping someone in this capacity, no matter how much or how little, then you are a carer.
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Carers of West Lothian are happy to provide support for any of your questions!
You can get in touch in whatever way is most comfortable to you: email, phone, Facebook Messenger or face-to-face. Visit our ‘Contact Us’ page to find out how to get in touch with us.
(Please arrange any in-person appointments beforehand so we can guarantee our availability)
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If you’d like to request a call back, please fill out our webform on our ‘Contact Us’ page and a member of the team will be in touch as soon as they can.
You can also send a WhatsApp to 07719064930. Let us know what information you need and our team will reply with all the information.
If your call is urgent, then the fastest way to get in touch is to call us directly on 01506 448000 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
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As a carer or disabled person, you are entitled to certain rights and protections.
To view your rights as a carer visit our Carers Rights page. As a disabled person you can visit this page.
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You can get in touch with us Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. For anything urgent, we recommend you call us for the fastest response.
If you’re looking for out of hours support, West Lothian Social Work have an out of hours emergency line. Call 01506 281028 or 281029 to get in touch.
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As an unpaid carer, you are entitled to a break from your responsibilities.
Carers of West Lothian offer a number of ways you can access these breaks. Have a look at our ‘Breaks from Caring’ page to find out more.
More questions?
We’re here to help
If you’d like to talk to a member of our team, no matter the enquiry—we’d be happy to help! If you’d like a listening ear, advice or just a wee break, please get in touch.
