Young Carer in Blackpool Shares Her Experience With Rock FM:

Jan 28, 2016, 01:02 PM

It's been revealed that more than 10,000 youngsters in Lancashire are carers for their family members.

This comes on Young Carers Awareness Day - it's thought 4,000 young carers in our county are under the age of 18.

The Fylde Coast Carers Centre says there are 3,200 young carers in their borough.

Rock FM reporter Amy Scarisbrick spoke to Camilla Ball in Blackpool. She's looked after her mum since she was 11 and says at first she didn't realise that she had become a carer: