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Surrey County Council are reminding self-funders, who may for much or all of their own care, of the various sources of help and information available.

Surrey and Borders NHS have a new 4-week, online course, to help any Surrey carer who’s looking after an adult who finds it hard to manage their emotions – the ‘Managing Emotions’ Programme.

SCC and partners want to hear YOUR views about Direct Payments to understand how Direct Payments are working, and how they can work better.

A new guide from Surrey County Council is full of tips and advice on keeping yourself well this winter

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.