August 2, 2016

Young Carers Get Animated

Over the past few weeks Sefton Young Carers have been working with Collective Encounters to create a short animated film that tells their stories. The films will be sent out to schools to represent the lives of the young carers and what they do and to raise awareness about what it’s like to be a young carer.

The session is ran by Ben and Annie who start each week with a set of fun and interactive games to make everyone feel comfortable and engaged.
The session then moves on to an exercise on story structures with the characters the group have already created in previous weeks. Then, it’s time for a pizza break!

After the break the young people pick up the session. They agree on a script by breaking into groups of 3 to write a couple of lines each.

They all really enjoy their sessions, and one of the young carers Jordan told us that doing activities with other young carers is “a laugh and has so much variety, we had coaches from Everton come in an teach us football a few weeks ago and now we have Ben and Annie doing animation” whilst Oliva says “it’s a relaxing break from home where no one judges you it feels like a night off and we feel closer to each other here”

Ben and Annie added “it’s brilliant to see the kids of all different ages and all different backgrounds connecting with each other. They’re building a story without much input from us, it’s amazing”

Keep your eye out in the near future for the young carers winning a BAFTA!