Young Carers Film Launched

I have completed a short informative film about the lives of young carers living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area, for the Princess Royal Trust for Carers (www.carers.org/local/south-west/bristol)

I worked with young carers using participatory video techniques, training them in basic multimedia and interviewing skills. Some young carers took cameras home with them, and filmed themselves and those they care for around the home.

I also worked with a great editor, Melvyn, to create a very special film, that the young carers and the Princess Royal Trust are very pleased with.

The film was launched at a conference on parental mental health and children's wellbeing, Breaking Down Barriers, on the 13th September in Bristol.

The film will be used by the Princess Royal Trust to raise awareness of the issues facing young carers and their families, in schools and among professionals.

It was a great project.

You will be able to see clips from the film on my website in the new Films section, www.vanishingrites.com