The project consortium is structured around the Eurocarers network and brings together a diverse range of complementary expertise, competencies, and geographic coverage to effectively support the achievement of the project’s objectives. It brings together:
- organisations that work directly with Young Carers (YCs),
- academic institutions conducting research on the topic, and
- a well-established EU-level network with the capacity to influence policy.
Together, these partners form a cohesive alliance capable of driving meaningful change both on the ground and at the systemic level.
Anziani e Non Solo is a non-profit organization working since 2004 in the field of social innovation, with a specific focus on management of projects and realization of services and products in the field of welfare and social inclusion. The activities carried out by ANS concern: – Training and support to family carers, informal and formal carers – Active ageing, intergenerational activities and support to frail and dependent elderly – Prevention of gender based violence, elder abuse and discrimination – Fight against poverty, support to employability and to social inclusion of disadvantaged groups ANS is member of the European network on informal carers Eurocarers, as well as of the European Network of organizations working with families COFACE.
Linnaeus University is one of Sweden’s newest higher education institutions, with around 40.000 students in 200 degree programmes. The University was formed when the University of Kalmar and Växjö merged in 2010. Professor Elizabeth Hanson at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences leads a research group in the area of informal care, care and caring across the life course. A key focus of the Group is young carers, their situation and evidence-based and innovative ways to help support and empower young carers in their current and future lives. The Group has made a direct impact with its research findings by influencing policies in the area of informal care and caring, not least with the first national carers strategy in Sweden that was launched by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in 2022. The Group acts as the research arm for the Swedish Family Care Competence Centre, a national centre of excellence in the area of informal care (Nka for short). Nka has a solid expertise in the area of knowledge translation and dissemination methods in partnership with key stakeholder groups: people with health and/or care needs and their informal carers, together with practitioners, decision makers, policy makers and researchers.