Davy, LauraCuffe, HonaePriergaard, Jacob2023-04-272023-04-27Davy, L., Cuffe, H., & Priergaard, J. (2023). ‘I kind of had to step up, you know?’ Insights from an ACT-based pilot project on young people and care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canberra: Australian National University.http://hdl.handle.net/1885/289727Today’s young people are critical stakeholders in the future of care policy and services. As caregivers, care workers and people who will need support in the future, they will inherit the consequences of policy choices made now. However, the experiences and priorities of young people are often overlooked in public debate and deliberations on disability services, aged care, and support for family carers. This report presents the findings of a pilot project involving focus groups with young adults living in the Australian Capital Territory with a variety of lived experiences of providing care and support, as well as those without any direct caring experience. It centres on the voices and perspectives of the young adult participants. The focus groups explored participants’ experiences of caring over the past two years, which included the advent of the COVID-19 virus and associated lockdowns, as well as their views about the formal care and support sector, experiences of disability and carer support services, and hopes for the future.This project was supported by grants from the Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific and the Australian National University Gender Instituteapplication/pdfen-AU© 2023The Author(s)carerscaringdisabilityyoung peopleCovid-192023-04-2610.25911/13WN-GX29