“I guess because I had grown up with it, it’s always been part of my life."

“When you have nothing, that is a huge amount of money. It meant I could do things to support her learning difficulties.”

“You can’t really have much self pity because you need to have sympathy for others, not yourself.”

“Each day I ask ‘what matters to you today?’ and I’ll try my best to help patients to achieve this.”

"For young carers, they’ve got all those other responsibilities as well."

“There are times when it can be overwhelming.”

"If I can help one person, then that's great. My week is done, if I can do that."

“Caring for someone is such a complicated thing, as everything really just rests on you.”