# ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116714
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05939327](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05939327)
- **Registered:** Nov. 9, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116714


## Contact

- **Address:** ASTOLAT, CONIERS WAY, BURPHAM, GUILDFORD, SURREY
- **Postcode:** GU4 7HL
- **Phone:** 0303 040 1234
- **Email:** Info@actionforcarers.org.uk
- **Website:** www.actionforcarers.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:- 1.1 TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF CARERS (AS DEFINED IN 1.8 BELOW); 1.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO CARERS; 1.3 TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE REQUIRING CARE WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEEDS OF CARERS; 1.4 TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, OF CARERS’ NEEDS, CONCERNS AND VALUE; 1.5 TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN CARERS, POLICY MAKERS AND OTHER SERVICES SUPPORTING CARERS, ENABLING CARERS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE VOICE AND AN INFORMED REPRESENTATION IN POLICY-MAKING AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT; 1.6 TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE BY CARERS, POLICY MAKERS AND OTHER SERVICES OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND BEST PRACTICE IN CARERS’ ISSUES AND PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SERVICES TO SUPPORT CARERS PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SURREY; AND 1.7 TO PURSUE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 1.8 A “CARER” IS: 1.8.1 SOMEONE WHO PROVIDES REGULAR UNPAID HELP TO A PERSON (OR PERSONS) WHO IS DISABLED, ILL OR INFIRM, OR WHO IS OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY; 1.8.2 PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY AND PROVIDES REGULAR UNPAID HELP TO A PERSON (OR PERSONS) WHO IS DISABLED, ILL OR INFIRM, OR WHO IS OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OF SURREY; OR 1.8.3 SOMEONE WHO, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE DESCRIPTION IN 1.8.1 OR 1.8.2. THE TERM “CARER” ALSO INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO ANY OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES AND ARE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR ARE PARENTS CARING FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

**Activities:** We provide information, advice and support for carers all across Surrey. Including benefits advice, advocacy, guidance on moving and handling, support groups, free resources and more. We also help carers have their say on carer matters in Surrey, and nationally. We have specialist support available for young carers, young adult carers (18-24), and people connected to the Armed Forces




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SURREY
- Surrey





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Bovell |  | March 21, 2025 |
| Hollie Margaret Jessica Baker |  | March 6, 2020 |
| Kim Jacobs |  | June 5, 2026 |
| Martin Philip Lawrence Brown |  | Dec. 1, 2023 |
| Michael Corrigan |  | May 14, 2026 |
| Mirjana Fowle |  | March 21, 2025 |
| Rhianna Patricia Williams |  | Dec. 6, 2019 |
| Stephanie Fitzgerald |  | March 15, 2024 |




