More than one hundred young carers living on the remote Hebridean islands of Mull, Tiree, Coll and Iona are to get access to support from Scottish social care charity Quarriers.
The charity, which runs the North Argyll Carers Centre in Oban on the mainland, has received a 60,000 grant through the Princess Royal Trust for Carers' Young Carers Grants Programme from Comic Relief to fund the work.
The three-year project will include support groups run during school lunchtimes, one-to-one sessions, as well as email, text and web support.
Ruth Moody, centre manager of the North Argyll Carers Centre, said: "Because the areas are often rural, there are confidentiality issues and we will be sending workers in from the mainland to help young people remain anonymous." www.quarriers.org.uk
