Sharandeep Sahota
Since the age of 7 Sharandeep has been a carer for her disabled relatives, helping with their daily care and their health and wellbeing.
Sharandeep volunteers with the Carers Trust Heart of England and founded the Young Carers Council with the Carers Trust in Coventry, to ensure young carers are represented.
She is an inspiration to other young carers and proves that even with a caring responsibility, you can still achieve incredible things.
Sharandeep has a strong volunteering ethos which includes speaking to students about volunteering at the Birmingham Youth Summit in 2022, helping at the International Children's Games, teaching at the Streetlaw Project, campaigning about knife crime and fundraising with the National Citizen Service.
In November 2023, Sharandeep was named as the Duke of Edinburgh Award's “Change Maker of the Year”. In May 2023 she was nominated for a Coronation Champions Award.
In November 2021, Sharandeep received a national special mention for the Who Cares Wins, Young Hero category for volunteering at Carers Trust, being a young carer and creating packages for the homeless.
Sharandeep is an incredible young lady, who has and continues to support so many throughout her community and is a worthy recipient of the Coventry Good Citizen Award.