The first week of June drew national attention to young people who are carers. The theme this year was 1TP5Notmissing. Because, what if you are unmissable both at home and at school... Then you have to choose every day and you are not always visible to others. The MedeMogelijkMakers Campaign continued. This year, Tijl and Milan shared their personal story on Surplus' website and social media. We think it's really cool that they did this! You can also read their full story on the website. To do so, click on their names: Tile & Milan.

Looking back on the week:
Eat first! .... they say in Etten-Leur. On 3 June, a group of care parents had lunch at Brasserie de Schuur in Raamsdonksveer. A moment to exchange stories, get to know each other better and experience a sense of recognition. Then on home with new contacts. Care parents caring for a child aged 18+ had lunch together in Floraliapark in Etten-Leur. Nice that you were there! In September, Asmara (Informal Care Consultant) and Nathalie (Informal Care volunteer) will organise an afternoon at the weekend for care parents 18- around “take care of yourself!”

In addition, Mantelzorg joined hands with youth work to publicise CoMogelijkMakers. For instance, posters were hung in schools, young people played Mantelzorg X Jenga during breaks, young people participated in the Insta quiz on our accounts every day and we will literally be visible on the streets next week. In addition, a pizza night was organised. Unfortunately, too few young people were signed up to start. Are you/do you know young carers who would like to take part in an activity? Please let us know. If there are enough applications, we will start organising again.

Finally, the insta accounts of Youth Workers and Mantel Care hosted a quiz and nine youngsters won an ice-cream voucher. Enjoy it all!