Supported by: Liz Smith*, Bill Kidd*, Annie Wells*, Maurice Golden*, Jeremy Balfour*, Alison Harris*, Miles Briggs*, Margaret Mitchell* *S5M-15634 Mark Griffin: #CareForMeToo on Young Carers Awareness Day That the — Parliament acknowledges Young Carers Awareness Day on 31 January 2019; notes the extensive survey work by young carer services and Carers Trust Scotland, which shows that at least one in ten in every class has a caring role; recognises the immense contribution that young carers make to a family member or friend with an illness, disability, mental illness and/or addiction problems; Thursday 31 January 2019 15 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan supports #CareForMeToo, a campaign run by Carers Trust Scotland to raise awareness and improve the support for young carers mental health and wellbeing; welcomes the new YouGov ’ research, commissioned by Carers Trust, which reveals that over a third of young carers in the UK aged 11 to 18 are experiencing widespread problems with their mental wellbeing, that 37% said they felt stressed , that almost a quarter of young carers felt their caring role had, on at least one “ ” occasion, stopped them making friends, and that less than half of young carers felt that that they got enough help with their emotions and feelings; considers that young carers can greatly benefit if education, health and social care professionals received mandatory training pre...