Carers Week 2026

Last week was Carer’s Week in the UK (Monday, 8th June to Sunday, 14th June), an annual campaign to highlight the often underappreciated work of unpaid carers across the nation! This year, the theme is ‘Building Carer Friendly Communities’, which encourages workplaces, healthcare services, and local organizations to create supportive environments that recognize and value unpaid carers so they do not feel isolated, which the Carers UK website describes as, ‘A carer friendly community is a place, space or organization that values carers and does something practical to support them by identifying carers, listening and responding to their experiences so that they are not left to cope alone.’

Carer’s week, I personally feel it’s vital that young carers are also seen and accommodated for, especially in schools, and youth groups such as Space Youth Project. So often, young carers carry the load of caring with them everywhere they go, which can lead to life becoming overwhelming. 

However, it’s important to me that it must be highlighted that caring is not always a burden, or a negative thing, though it can be overwhelming and scary at times. We don’t always need sympathy or pity - sometimes just a listening ear and a good support system can make all the difference.

If you’d like to learn more about Carer’s Week - or just unpaid carers generally - Carers UK have multiple articles on this topic, including the one linked below:

CarersUK Carer's Week

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great Carer's Week!

-Written by Will, a Supernova

Poole Pride!

We were proud to attend the Poole pride event. It was amazing to see so many organisations come together to celebrate Pride.

We spoke to lots of people about Space Youth Project and informed them about what the project can offer young people. We also had merchandise made by the young people to sell and it was great for people to see what we do at the groups and how young people play an active role in the project.

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We spread a lot of awareness to people that hadn't heard of Space which was great.

The event raised nearly £150 for Space Youth Project which is great as we are in desperate need of funds to keep running

Sea Sculptures at Weymouth!

At Weymouth group they started the evening with a fun bingo ice breaker which got everyone talking as they welcomed a few visitors to the group that night. Kathrine from Weymouth town council came to the group and helped them get involved with a project that she is organizing that involves the Weymouth group making a sea sculpture out of beach waste. They collected lots of rubbish from the beach and they have made a start on their rainbow fish theme sculpture. The sculpture will be displayed on Weymouth seafront in the summer.

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Camille who is a PCSO with Dorset Police, also came to the group to connect with the young people and help them with the sculpture, which was really enjoyable and lots of fun. Poppy from Dorset Youth came along to chat to the young people to find out what Space Youth Project means to them. The young people are excited for the next group when we will be finishing the sculpture.