It’s Carers Week
It’s time to celebrate the UK’s unpaid carers and recognise the huge amount they do!
Carers Week 2025 takes place from Monday 9th June until Sunday 15th June 2025. It’s a national event to recognise and celebrate the UK’s six million plus unpaid family and friend carers. The Week aims to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges family and friend carers face, and acknowledge the huge contribution carers make.
Are you one of Surrey’s missing carers?
It’s also a time to help people who don’t think of themselves as carers, to identify as carers and then access much-needed support.
Often it’s because people think of themselves as ‘just his Mum’ or ‘just her son’. But supporting someone who is ill, frail or disabled, or has a mental health or addiction issue, who couldn’t manage without you, means you are a carer, with your own needs, and there IS support for you. If this is you or your know someone visit our Missing Carers page and sign up via our simple form.
Carers Week Carer: Conference
The theme for Carers Week is ‘Caring About Equality’ highlighting the inequalities faced by unpaid carers, including a greater risk of poverty, social isolation, poor mental and physical health. Far too often, carers of all ages miss out on opportunities in their education, careers, or personal lives, just because of their caring role.
So we are running a special Carers Conference online on Wednesday of 11th of June. We will be sharing how we are looking to grow and develop our services, as well as finding out from you your views on support available in Surrey, including hearing your thoughts on Surrey’s soon to be renewed Carers Strategy.
Carer Drop-In Hubs
We’ll be celebrating the Week across the county in our carer hubs, with lots of free activities, support, advice and refreshments.
Events take place at 7 of our regular carer drop-in Hubs, across the county, with different activities at different Hubs.
And for those who struggle to leave home, free online events include mindfulness, relaxation and yoga as well as support groups.
Our Hubs are open from 10am-2.30pm on the days shown below, with coffee/tea and cake on offer throughout that time.
Please simply drop in, and you can have refreshments, catch up with others, join in with any special events.
The hubs will be open in Carers Week, as follows:
Monday June 9th June, 10am-2.30pm
- Guildford – The Hive, Park Barn Drive, Guildford GU2 8EN. Details here.
- Crochet crafts (keyrings) and mindful colouring, 11.30-1:30pm
Tuesday 10th June, 10am-2.30pm
- Banstead – United Reformed Church, Woodmansterne Lane, Banstead SM7 3EX. Details here.
- Ecofriendly flower arranging in Banstead, 12.30pm – 2pm: A free, relaxing and creative session, leaning to make an attractive flower arrangement using all sustainable products, homegrown flower and fauna to make a simple arrangement to take home. More Details here.
- Camberley– High Cross Church, Knoll Road, Camberley GU15 3SY. Details here.
- Journaling, 12.30pm – 1.45pm. Details here.
Wednesday 11th June, 10am-2.30pm
- Addlestone – Addlestone Community Centre, Garfield Rd, Addlestone KT15 2NJ. Details here.
- Pebble Painting 12.30pm – 2pm
Thursday 12th June, 10am-2.30pm.
- Hersham – Centre for the Community, 7 Queens Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames KT12 5LU. Details here.
- Nail treatments and head/neck massage, 10.30-2pm
- Caterham – Westway Community Café, 25 Chaldon Road, Caterham CR3 5PG. Details here.
- 30 day self care challenge, 10.30am – 12pm
Friday 13th June, 10am-2.30pm
- Leatherhead – Leatherhead Community Hub, Kingston Road, Leatherhead KT22 7PX. Details here.
- Journaling, 12.30pm – 1.45pm. Details here.
If you’re an unpaid carer, then why not pop into your nearest Hub, and as well as celebrating Carers Week with us, you can find out what practical and emotional support is available.
Online & Other events
If it’s hard for you to leave home, why not join one of our on line events taking place during Carers Week?
For wellbeing, we have free yoga, mindfulness and relaxation sessions running.
We’re also have stand at Surrey hospitals, 10 Surrey high streets/shopping centres plus an event at Heathrow, to help support all the unpaid carers who work there.
Carers Week nationally
You can find out more about the day nationally here.
