Sheffield young carers to demand more support from Prime Minister
A group of 8 will meet Theresa May at Westminster today
Young carers from South Yorkshire are taking their fight for more support to Downing Street, claiming the government's "oblivious" to their needs.
A group from Sheffield will meet the Prime Minister later to ask for more help for young people caring for parents or siblings across the UK.
They want action in three areas: education, health and funding.
Phoebe's been caring for her dad, who's got mental health problems, since she was 8 - she says money's always a struggle...
"Trying to get things for your family is quite hard when you haven't got a parent who's working. You've got to go to education and you might to go foodbanks as well. When you don't have that money, you don't know what you're going to have for tea sometimes.
"Obviously we're not expecting an instant response - she's the Prime Minister - but we're definitely hoping for some sort of reaction to talk place."
The meeting was organised by Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield, who asked the Prime Minister if she'd meet with the group during PMQs earlier this year.
Molly, who's 15, says school can be really hard for young carers like her:
"We've all been done for being late due to the caring roles, or been put in detention because we've not done the homework, or being punished in general because our attendance is low. Falling asleep in class, that's happened quite a lot. The teachers don't really understand so we get done for it but it's not our fault."
14 year old Holly's had trouble too:
"I've tried to explain to my teachers before why I've not done homework or I've not been in school or why I'm late. They can be quite strict - in my school now they've introduced detentions if you're late, no matter what the reason is. You're having to do detention after school when really you could be using that time at home to help cook or clean."
The government say they're trying to make sure there are more opportunities to identify, assess and support young carers and they're working on new plans to support them.