{"id":1013,"date":"2018-09-11T19:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-towns\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2018-09-11T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:51:20","slug":"fun-day-for-young-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2018\/09\/11\/fun-day-for-young-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Day For Young Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_-6350607104742373108yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536671954815_31068\"><a href=\"\/medway-towns\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1014\" src=\"\/medway-towns\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2018\/09\/Diggerland.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>S.I. Medway Towns arranged for a fun day out for 14 young carers at Diggerland in Cuxton at the end of the summer holidays. There are about 180 young carers in Medway, aged between 4 and 19 years old, who have taken on the responsibility of caring for a disabled or sick family member.\u00a0\u00a0 They have very little leisure time and very few days out so the opportunity to run around and just be kids for the day is a big treat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The young carers were able to actually drive JCBs, Dumper Trucks and even a Police Car and to dig enormous holes with a JCB but this year the most popular rides were the dodgems and Spin Dizzy \u2013 a great big machine which has a long arm with a bucket at the end which has been converted into seating.\u00a0\u00a0 Once up in the air it spins around at speed, much to the distress of one S I member who felt sick for two hours afterwards.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6350607104742373108yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536671954815_30969\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6350607104742373108yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536671954815_31070\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.I. 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