Research reports

Please follow the links to view research reports and surveys on young carers issues.

'How no?' Young adult carers' experiences of barriers to education, employment and training in Dundee (Dundee Carers Centre 2010)

Supporting Young Carers - a Schools' Resource Survey (Princess Royal Trust for Carers/The Children's Society, 2010)

Young Adult Carers in the UK: Experiences, Needs and Services for Carers aged 16-24 (Becker and Becker, 2008)

Prof Saul Becker is a leading researcher on carers and young carers issues. He is a director of Young Carers International Research and Evaluation at the University of Nottingham. For links to other research he has carried out, please visit his website www.saulbecker.co.uk

You will find more research and other resources in the Professionals section of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers website www.carers.org/professionals