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Michael Rosen has been announced as the first patron of Long Covid Kids, a charity supporting children and young people suffering from long Covid.
Speaking about his new role as patron, Rosen said: “The pandemic came. The pandemic went. In fact, now, all over the country people are trying to handle the consequences... Perhaps the least visible are the children who’ve been damaged by Covid, who are struggling to find their way back to fitness, overcoming huge difficulties to do with exhaustion, weakness, loss of mobility, damage to organs while their parents and carers do all they can to help"

Long COVID Kids has announced former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen as the charity's first patron.
The organisation was founded in October 2020 by people living with Long COVID, advocating for those families, children and young people living with the illness and the debilitating effects.
Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and poets for children and adults and has joined Long COVID Kids as patron after facing death himself after contracting coronavirus.

The Belfast telegraph also reports on Michael Rosen being named as Patron.
He says: “Long Covid Kids is doing all that it can to bang the drum for these youngsters, supporting them and those who support the youngsters".
“I’m proud to be a patron of Long Covid Kids.”

Michael Rosen has been announced as the first patron of Long Covid Kids, a charity supporting children and young people suffering from long Covid. The charity's founder, Sammie Mcfarland said: “We are more than delighted to welcome Michael as a champion of Long Covid Kids and as our inaugural patron. His resilience and fighting spirit during the past few years has made him a national treasure and serves as a wonderful inspiration to us all. The Long Covid Kids family look forward to working with him to raise awareness of long Covid in the young, for many years to come.”

Sammie McFarland tells Wales Online that care givers are told that their children are suffering from anxiety and that they "eventually stop trying to go and get support because it is so crushing and so demoralising and emotional, and the detrimental effect on the child and the care giver outweighs any benefit from trying to seek help".