The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was created on the initiative of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal in 1991. At that time people caring at home for family members or friends with disabilities and chronic illnesses were scarcely recognised as requiring support. At the heart of The Trust is a unique network of 144 independently-managed Carers' Centres including 89 young carers' services and interactive web sites which deliver around the clock support to approximately 25,000 young carers. The charity for the year is to support each and every young carers centre in the North West .These Centres are run by a mix of paid staff and volunteers and are dependant on fund raising to survive. The positive affects they have on the young people who use the services cannot be underestimated. The aim of these centres is to deliver family services in line with the whole family approach to ensure that all young carers have access to the face to face support that they need. Their ethos is:

Children and young people will be protected from inappropriate caring and have the support they need to learn, develop and thrive, to enjoy positive childhoods and to achieve against “every child matters “outcomes.

Together lets help them achieve that.

 Ann Dobson. DG’s Partner.