Well, carers champions have more of an informal role of supporting young people and then, of course, there are other services that can come into play, such as social services, really. So, this is an on-the-ground, grass-roots kind of response providing that day-to-day support and care.

Within my own constituency, I'm fortunate to have a really strong young carers project. Action for Children's RCT young carers project does some really important, innovative and positive work. At present, they provide services to 79 five to 18-year-olds across the county borough. These are just children caring for parents, as a separate project provides support to sibling carers. It could just be the tip of the iceberg as there could be many more children and young people providing care who have not yet been identified. The project provides age-appropriate group activities in community settings, giving children and young people the chance to get away, have a break, have some fun and just be children. They also provide emotional and practical support. That could be in terms of schooling but also practical things. Some stories of the tremendous young people they help are overwhelming, like the young child who helped her mother make up bottles, change nappies and wash clothes for their newborn sibling. The mother had had a stroke giving birth, and that young carer was just three years old.

Whilst the project aims to support young carers and families to get the best service, I want to close by placing those young carers centre stage. One of the ways in which RCT has helped them is by setting up Young Carers Aloud, their award-winning choir. Their songs are all available on YouTube. I would encourage AMs to listen to this. As their lyrics say, what they would like is for people to help them to get there, not some day, but now.