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...social care and education professionals. Are you a young adult carer? Alternatively, if you are a South Asian parent of a young person, perhaps your daughter or son is a carer? What do South Asian young adult carers do? We are carrying out research with South Asian young adult carers living in England (see below). We interviewed them about what their caring roles involve....

...social isolation before the COVID-19 pandemic, and find themselves further isolated during the pandemic. As a result, they could face further barriers to exercise. This is sadly the case for young carers as well. [A young female carer bringing a cup of tea to a smiley elderly lady] The 2011 census indicated that almost 178,000 of those under 18 years of age have caring...

...social behaviour and poor educational attainment (Kincaid et al., 2019). These risk factors reflect a variety of complex processes including children being separated from their parent and the disturbance this causes; financial struggles; stigma and difficulties in trying to keep in contact with the imprisoned parent (Murray & Farrington, 2008). It can be extremely...