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Young carers from across England are asking for their needs to be addressed in the new Health and Social Care bill. They also want to see steps from Government to check that existing young carers rights are made real, and to work with councils and others to see that this happens.

As schools return this autumn, read about our support for Surrey's young carers who often face particular challenges in education.

Young Carers' Action Day takes place 16th March next year, and Carers Trust are looking for young and young adult carers to share their view and ideas on what the day should be like.

Surrey County Council and NHS partners in Surrey are seeking expressions of interest from current or former carers, who would like to be involved in supporting the Surrey Carers Programme procurement process – the formal, official process for purchasing a range of services for carers in Surrey – this includes of course includes the services we, Action for Carers, supply. 

We’re very pleased to have started a new project with the Therapy Garden at Normandy, near Guildford, for therapy through gardening for unpaid family and friend carers.

Like Big Band Music? We’re delighted to be one of the two beneficiaries of Leatherhead Rotary’s British Philharmonic Big Band in Concert event, taking place this November.

St Mary’s Church of England School, Chiddingfold have been awarded Surrey Young Carers’ Angel Award for their support for the school’s young carers.

We are delighted to be collaborating with the National Trust on a new scheme giving 500 of our registered carers free access to six key gardens and parkland, as part of a pilot project.

Today Surrey County Council has launched a very important new survey into the lives and experiences of young carers. Responses will feed into Surrey's Young Carers Startegy, so it's hugely important.

We were pleased to welcome Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton, and Foreign Secretary, to a ‘Carers Q&A’ as part of our Carers Week, on Friday 11 June.