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We're very pleased to announce we have places both at 2022's Ride London and the Great South Run, and we're looking for people to sign up - to have fun, raise money and help Surrey's unpaid carers

Surrey County Council in partnership with the NHS are piloting a new service, aimed at better supporting the carers of people who are using mental health support services. They need carers to feed into the creation of this new service.

Marking Carers’ Rights Day (25 November), we're holding four information fairs for Surrey’s unpaid carers. With ACS staff, other charities and local organisations in attendance, carers will be able to ask questions – practical, financial and legal – about their caring role, as well as get general support, advice and information.

A multi-award-winning play about the tough lives of young carers comes to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. There's a special free performance for schools, and free CPD training for anyone working with young people.

Carers' health and wellbeing can often suffer because of their caring role – and carers often fail to look after themselves properly because they are so busy caring. A new service, the Carer's Health Check, can help.

There's a lot of vaccination information coming out at the moment – here's a recap, plus a helpful new video about the benefit of both flu and COVID vaccinations this autumn/winter.

Surrey County Council (SCC) has opened a new consultation asking for people’s views on the future of eight residential care homes for older people owned and operated by SCC.

Supporter Tom Griffiths ran the 2021 London Marathon and raised money for Action for Carers Surrey, supporting young carers across the county. Congratulations, Tom!

The Government's recently announced plans to improve funding for social care by raising taxes will not see any significant or tangible improvements until 2023. For many carers, who are in desperate and immediate need, this will simply be too late! Sign the petition now to demand change.

Scams are getting increasingly sophisticated, and growing in number. For the first time bank tranfer fraud has overtaken credit card fraud. Find out more – and how to protect yourself and your family.

On Thursday the Government announced that working carers will have the right to a week’s unpaid leave and the ability to request flexible working from the moment they start their employment.

 Surrey has launched its new plan, The Surrey Carers Strategy 2021-24, committing to improve support for the growing number of carers in Surrey and make a positive difference to their lives.