The hidden carers within the city.

The numbers of young carers has quadrupled in the last 10 years.From the last census held in 2011, the figure of Young Carers was 166,000 however recent research that was undertaken by the BBC suggests that the true number stands around 800,000. Throughout the past 18 months, their roles would have been even harder as they will be helping to look the venerable members of our society. Within Birmingham, there is a charity called Spurgeons Young carers. This charity has been set up as a place for Young Carers to go in order to help and support them. Without Young Carers, it would result in a lot more households struggling to get the help that they need as they will have to rely on carers to come into the home.