TUEDAY, 16 MARCH, 2021

Photograph attached: Contents of the wellbeing box

The Corner to provide wellbeing boxes to young carers

To mark Young Carers Awareness Day, The Corner has teamed up with the Dundee Carers Centre to provide every young carer in Dundee with a wellbeing box.

Launched in February, The Corner Wellbeing Boxes contain items such as a stress ball, a mindfulness colouring book and various leaflets to use if people are feeling upset or anxious, to help them relax and to promote positive mental health and self-care.

Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership has provided the project with additional funding to provide all young carers living in Dundee with a box.

Health Outreach Officer at The Corner, Caroline Millar said, “Thanks to the Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership we have been able to double the amount of young people benefitting from this initiative to ensure that all young carers will receive a box.

“We understand that young people are increasingly worried about their future and some are facing many stresses during lockdown so we hope these boxes will bring help them focus on their own wellbeing.

“The boxes will be distributed in the coming weeks and we thought this initiative was a brilliant way to mark Young Carers Awareness Day.”

Kieran Drugan, Team Leader Dundee Carers Centre said, “This is a fantastic idea and I’m sure the Wellbeing Boxes will be gratefully received by young carers across the City. We have identified more than 700 young carers through schools, colleges and communities and they all will receive a wellbeing box.”

For more information, or to arrange the collection of a Corner Wellbeing Box, contact Rhea Long on 01382 206060, or email rhea.long@nhs.scot.

Contact:

Cara Longmuir

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 740716