Young Carers Crew (YCC)

Meet these brilliant kids who are part of YCC in Stevenage. They have been sharing their stories with me to help with my next writing project. I was completely blown away by each and every one of them. 

It is incredible what some kids are facing every day. So tough and yet they are full of life, love and positivity. It felt an honour to meet them and get to know them better. I'm very grateful to YCC who themselves have just had some amazing news...read on to see what Asda have written to them to say:

Hello Young Carers Crew.
Congratulations.
You have been nominated to be part of the Asda Foundation Green Token Giving online vote through your local Asda store Stevenage Supercentre (Retail Academy). I can confirm all the due diligence is complete and you will be on the vote from Sunday!
The vote will be live from 0.01am on Sunday 1st August and voting will close at midnight on Thursday 30th September.
You and your supporters will be able to vote for you by visiting www.asda.com/green-tokens and selecting Stevenage Supercentre (Retail Academy) from the drop down box. Supporters will be able to vote once every 7 days, so please encourage them to return and revote in the following weeks.
Your local store Community Champion will also be promoting the vote in store, listen out for our advert on Asda radio next time you are in store.
Thanks for being part of this exciting activity, we hope you are excited too.
Let the voting begin!
Thanks
Asda Foundation

Isn't that wonderful news? Please vote to support this fantastic organisation which allows these children to escape from their caring responsibilities for a few hours giving them the chance to be kids again. 

This picture shows me talking to Armani and Lennie who are two of the small group of young carers who have agreed to help create my next book, Who Cares? I can't begin to tell you how powerful their stories are. Their understanding of the adult world shows a level of maturity and comprehension that is more sophisticated than many adults I have met. I'm totally in awe of what they are dealing with and yet they are the nicest, kindest people who could ever talk to. 

Watch out on my blog for news to how this project develops. I want to honour these kids to the best of my ability.