But with so many schemes to choose from, what really works? Anne Gulland investigates. When Rachel Bacon and her colleagues decided to launch a mentoring programme for young carers aged five to 18, little did they know how long it would take to set up. Action for Young Carers, a project within the Nottingham-based Carers' Federation, received funding in August 2006 but it was almost 12 months before the first mentoring relationships began. Before the scheme even got funding, Bacon, a volunteer co-ordinator at...