Fife Young Carers

10/11/2026

🎄✨ DESIGN OUR CHRISTMAS CARD 2026! ✨🎄
Are you a Young Carer registered with Fife Young Carers? 🎨
We're looking for a festive design to feature on this year's official Fife Young Carers Christmas Card and we'd love to see what you can create!
Whether you enjoy drawing, painting, colouring or digital art, this is your chance to showcase your creativity and help us spread some Christmas cheer this festive season.
🏆 The winning design will be used as the official Fife Young Carers Christmas Card for 2026!
Think Christmas, winter, kindness, family, fun, celebrations... or whatever the festive season means to you.
We can't wait to see your amazing creations and choose a design that represents the incredible young people we support.
🎄 Get creative and let your imagination shine! 🎄
Designs should be given/sent to your support worker or sent to our admin at [email protected] by 13th November.

09/11/2026

We are delighted to share this opportunity with you on behalf of Fife Centre for Equalities. If you click on the link below, you will find all the necessary information for the event.

https://tinyurl.com/ynpwzsd3

09/11/2026

🎁 Thank you everyone - we're nearly at 400 gifts. A wee way to go though..!

If you're planning to support our Christmas Gift Appeal but aren't quite sure what to buy, take a look at our handy wish list for inspiration.

From arts and crafts to board games, vouchers and snuggly items for the winter, every donation helps make Christmas a little brighter for a local Young Carer.

💚 For many Young Carers, receiving a gift isn't just about what's inside. It's a really important reminder that our communities recognises the important role they play, values their contribution and wants them to have a little bit of Christmas that's just about them.

Take a look at our wish list and help spread a little festive magic this Christmas. 🎄✨

👉 https://fifeyoungcarers.co.uk/christmas-appeal-2026/ -list

06/11/2026

💚 As Befriending Week comes to a close, we'd like to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all of our incredible volunteer befrienders.
Your kindness, compassion, and commitment make a real difference to the people we support. Whether it's through a friendly chat, a listening ear, or simply being there for someone, you help reduce loneliness, build confidence, and create meaningful connections within our communities.
We'd also like to give a special thank you to Sara, our Befriending Co-ordinator, whose dedication and support help our befrienders thrive and ensure our befriending service continues to make a positive impact.
We are truly grateful for everything you do and for the difference you make every day.
If you've been inspired by our amazing befrienders and would like to make a difference in someone's life, we'd love to hear from you. Get in touch to find out more about becoming a befriender and joining our fantastic team - [email protected]
💚 Together, we're helping to create a more connected, caring community.

06/11/2026

💚It's the final day of our Befriending Week series with Ryan, one of our volunteer befrienders.
To finish, we asked him:
❓ "What would you say to someone who is thinking about volunteering as a befriender?"
If you've enjoyed hearing about Ryan's experience this week, don't miss his advice for anyone considering taking the first step into volunteering. For more information, contact: [email protected]
A huge thank you to Ryan for sharing his time and experiences with us throughout Befriending Week. 💚💚
🎧 Listen below.

06/11/2026

📬 Keep an eye on your letterbox!

Our new Young Carer Authorisation Cards will start making their way to young carers from the beginning of November. 💚

When yours arrives, take a moment to have a look through the information included. We're excited for you to receive the updated card and hope you like the fresh new design!

If you have any questions once your card arrives, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the team.

06/11/2026

🎄💚 Why do we run our Christmas Gift Appeal?

For many of us Christmas is a time of expectation, excitement, celebration and spending time with family and friends.

But for Young Carers life doesn't stop at Christmas.

Across Fife, thousands of children and young people help care for a parent, sibling or other loved one who is ill, disabled, has poor mental health or additional support needs. Many take on responsibilities well beyond their years, some providing 35 hours or more of care each week, while juggling school, friendships and their own wellbeing.

Our Christmas Gift Appeal exists to recognise these inspirational young people and remind them that the community of Fife sees them, values them and cares about them.

Every gift donated is more than just a present. It's a message that says: "We recognise what you do, you are not alone - thank you."

Each year we're humbled by the kindness shown by individuals, schools, offices, community groups and local businesses across Fife who come together to support the appeal.

Together, we're helping make Christmas a little brighter for local Young Carers.

🎁 Find out more and get involved via our website: https://fifeyoungcarers.co.uk/christmas-appeal-2026/

💚 Thank you for your support.

Young Carers at Christmas Young Carers across Fife give so much of themselves every day - looking after a sibling, parent or grandparent with an illness, disability or mental health condition. Many of these children and young people go without the things their peers take for granted. Our Christmas A...

05/11/2026

💚 As we continue our Befriending Week series, we're asking Ryan about the impact befriending has had on him.
❓ "What do you get out of befriending?"
While befriending provides valuable support for Young Carers, it can also be a hugely rewarding experience for volunteers.
Listen to Ryan talk about what being a befriender means to him.
🎧 Listen below.

05/11/2026

💚 "Fife often feels like the world's largest village."

In our latest blog, Fundraising Manager Chris Mantle shares some reflections on fundraising, community, kindness and why the most important part of the job isn't asking for money, but connecting with people.

If you've ever wondered what fundraising really involves.... You can read more on our website👉 https://fifeyoungcarers.co.uk/why-fundraising-is-about-people-not-money/

When people think about fundraising, they tend to think of someone asking for donations, holding a bucket outside a shop, badgering you in the street or turning up on the doorstep. The reality though is a little different.While fundraising does involve asking for donations, writing lengthy applicati...

04/11/2026

Nothing sums up Befriending Week as well as these photos of one of our brilliant Young Carers and his amazing befriending volunteer reaching for the heights at Avertical World Dundee. If you want to make a difference to a Young Carer by volunteering as a befriender, email: [email protected]