All my friends go out on the weekend but I can't go because I have to sit with my mum. I don't get much of a social life compared with other people my age.
On a good day, I'll come home from school and my tea will be done. On a bad day nothing will be done all the pots will need washing and I'll make our tea. I text Mum during the day to see if she's alright I've had my phone taken off me loads at school because of texting in lessons.
I attend a youth club for young carers, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and run by the Eastern Ravens Trust. You get used to being a young carer but there are times when you get really sick of it all. Eastern Ravens give advice and listen.
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