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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.

A new report for Carers Week highlights how the pandemic has made an already difficult situation even harder - breaks for carers. Add your voice to the new campaign asking for more funding for carers' breaks.

This Gypsy, Roma Traveller History Month saw the launch of an exciting new venture, supporting people from the GRT community in Surrey – a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Community Drop-in.

Surrey is developing a new Carer Contingency Planning Service, to help set up systems to support carers in times of emergencies. They are looking for carers to share their ideas.