Unfortunately, the Young Carers Festival will not be happening this year. However, with the lovely weather it would be nice to still have the festival feeling by making these DIY festival headbands. (Click the image to enlarge it.)

The Young Carers Development Trust have been doing weekly webinars for young adult carers since the start of coronavirus.

If you have missed any of these, please find the webinars by visiting ycdt.org.uk 

nhsgo.uk is a confidential health service for 16-25 year olds which looks into a variety of topics such as mental health, general health and sleep.

The NHS website has lots of useful information and advice for young carers, from talking to people if you have worries or writing down your thoughts, to your social life and support in schools.

It can be challenging to know what to do with the free time you may have during this period.

If you are stuck for ideas why don’t you let the wheel decide wheeldecide.com

BBC Bitsize has 5 top tips on how to tackle loneliness when we are social distancing.

If you are thinking about starting work soon, this may help you identify what skills are needed for success and how as a young adult carer you can demonstrate these skills in everyday life and from your caring roll.  

www.villierspark.org.uk/skillsforsuccess

Future Learn has lots of free online courses across a variety of topics and subjects, from top universities and specialist organisations.

• Business & Management
• Creative Arts & Media
• Nature & Environment
• Politics & Society
• Literature
• Healthcare & Medicine
• Science, Engineering & Maths
• Law
• History
• IT & Computer
• Science
• Teaching
• Language
• Study Skills
• Psychology & Mental Health

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For this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Mental Health Foundation have chosen the theme: Kindness.

They have come up with some great ideas on how you can show kindness to others.

Mental Health Foundation have really useful tips on their website on how to look after your mental health and wellbeing.

Visit: How to look after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak

Young Minds is a great website to help you with any mental health issues that you may come across.

If you would like to talk to someone about something specific, Young Minds have put together a list of useful organisations that will be able to help and who are there to listen and have a chat with.

Coping with the news and staying mentally healthy during self isolation can be a challenge. We are all still adapting to working or studying from home, as well as trying to keep yourself and your family safe.

Try this Wellbeing Activity Calendar to help the whole family take five minutes a day to do an activity that will boost wellbeing and look after your mental health.

Mindfulness colouring is a relaxing and calming activity which allows you to explore creativity.

Download: Mindfulness Colouring Sheets

With everything going on it can be challenging to ensure you are getting enough sleep.

Have a look at these top 10 tips for a better night’s sleep.

The skills toolkit is a new online learning platform launched by the Government. It gives you access to free, high quality digital and numeracy courses, to help you build up your skills, progress in work and boost your job prospects (while we’re staying at home). Digital skills can be anything from using social media and staying safe online to coding, programming or digital marketing.

There’s something for everyone, no matter what level you want to start at. Whether you just need a refresher or you want to learn something entirely new, you can choose from introductory courses, intermediate or advanced.

Visit: The Skills Toolkit