Original format: HD video (16.9)
Year of release: 2008
Running time: 5 minutes
Credits: a collaboration between Stuart Moore and Kayla Parker, and children and young people, and young carer workers at The Zone, Plymouth
Production: Sundog Media
Screening format: DVD
Commissioned by Plymouth City Council
Distribution and sales: Plymouth City Council
Description
DVD created in collaboration with young people who care for members of their family; young carer workers at The Zone, Plymouth; Stuart Moore and Sundog Media. The DVD features a short animated film There 2 Care: The Voice of Young Carers in which twins Sharpay and Sharpaina, who is disabled, make a documentary film exploring the experiences of young carers. The DVD is a training tool for healthcare professionals, teachers and children, commissioned by Plymouth City Council.
Production notes
Publication and comments
Winner of the Media Innovation Award 2009: Collaboration between Business and Young People. To watch Helen Yeo, Jasmin Mitchell, and young carer workers from the Plymouth Young Carers Project, accept the MIA on our behalf at the awards ceremony in Bristol, go to Collaboration (page 2) on Silverstream TV: Channel: MIA 2009 Awards
The hidden carers in today’s society by Laura Brown, ESCalate Education Subject Centre Summer Newsletter 2008; Higher Education Academy: “an important educational resource for teachers, teacher educators and student teachers who want to come to a better understanding of the lives of Young Carers and how best to support them.” (21 July 2008) p. 2
There 2 Care from Sundog Media on Vimeo.
Exhibition
2008
The DVD was premiered during Carers Week in June 2008, and screened at secondary schools around Plymouth