According to the research, a further 192 young carers are supported by services that have experienced cuts to their budgets of 40 per cent or more.
The charity surveyed 23 of its young carer projects between May and June this year. Findings reveal that almost half of services questioned reported a rise in the number of children on waiting lists and had seen an increase in the needs of young carers.
Hugh Thornbery, children’s services director at Action for Children, said: "Every day we are seeing that young carers’ needs are increasing. We are concerned that families will begin to rely on their child to provide them with care that the state would have previously provided. This is unacceptable.
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