A round up of the local - and national - news affecting carers
Young Carers Action Day takes place on Wednesday 13th March. We are all calling for 'Fair Futures' for young carers, and for schools, colleges, health and social care professionals and employers to do more. One way you can help is by putting up one of our posters.
Carers Trust makes demands for more help for unpaid carers in Spring Budget, while new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report shows even more carers are in poverty.
The new Surrey Carers Partnership Group, working to make life better for all carers in Surrey, and run by the SCC and the NHS in Surrey now seeks new unpaid carer members from across the county to join and help make a difference.
Parliament have shared that the Carer's Leave Act will come into force from 6th April 2024.
Surrey NHS and SCC seek a carer to co-chair the Surrey Carers Partnership Group, working to make life better for all carers in Surrey
Congratulations to ALL young carers, recognised for everything that you do in the recent Surrey Youth Focus Awards.
Surrey County Council are asking residents to give their views on the council's proposed budget for 2024/25, including what services might need to have reduced funding. Please share your views.
Marking Carers Rights Day, Carers UK released a new report which reveals the numbers of people having to leave work due to the stress of juggling paid work alongside unpaid care.
A group of Surrey University students are holding a festive quiz - Quizmas - on Tuesday 28th - raising funds to support the work of Action for Carers! Please sign up and join in!
An enquiry into the lives of young and young adult carers across the UK, from the All Party Parliamentary Group into Young Carers reveals devastating evidence of just how much caring affects their futures, the lack of identification and help, and a postcode lottery of support.
