News and Events

Action for Family Carers, in partnership with Essex Carers Support, has been commissioned by Essex County Council to...

Young Carers Photo Competition 2024. 1ST PLACE  The winner of this year’s competition!!! Congratulations and many...

To celebrate St David's Day on the 1st March, our clients at the Maldon Day Centre made some lovely daffodils.

Young Carers and staff from our Chelmsford Club had great fun at Ninja Warrior thanks to Jack Petchey funding.

If you or family or friends are taking on a challenge this year, please consider raising funds for our charity. All...

A new event for people affected by Dementia and their Carers.

Our Young Carer clubs could not run without the effort and support from Volunteers. These 3 Volunteers really make a...

Carers from Dunmow enjoyed a coffee morning with Jemma, our Activity Group Manager.

Our Activity Group in Dunmow had a fantastic time when the Big Voices Community Choir came and performed for them....

The Essex Wellbeing Service kindly hand knitted and donated 80 teddies for our Young Carers.The children loved them...

Lest we forget  - Our Activity Group made some wonderful Remembrance Day items this week.

Taya, our Young Carers Lead for Tendering District attended a Winter Warmer event in Jaywick, hosted by CVST.

Two of our Young Carers participated in the Youth Voice Conference at Writtle University College. It involved asking...

Young Carers at the Witham Club had fun dressing up for Halloween, great costumes!

Wow! what an amazing achievement. Well done and congratulations to Debbie Brooks and Laura Hoti who bravely did a...

Many thanks to Vicky from Essex Therapy Dogs for bringing in Georgie & Bella to meet our Maldon Day Care Centre...

How wonderful are these bird feeders! Made by our lovely clients at the Maldon Day Care Centre.

The Adult Carer Survey report of nearly 3,500 unpaid carers showed that a sizeable proportion of carers said the NHS...

The Essex Masonic Charity Foundation visited our Chelmsford Young Carers Club. The new club is becoming popular with...

New Community Garden now open for older people.

One of our Young Carers from Loughton was so pleased and proud to receive this award, I think you can see that by his...

Young Carers from our Harwich Club had a great sports day with prizes and trophies. Our staff made this such a great...

Young Carers from our Harlow Club had a fantastic evening raft building which was funded by the Jack Petchey Award....

It's easy to feel isolated when you're caring. Held on Zoom, our online Care for a Cuppa chats offer a space to meet...

Our Young Carers from the Loughton Club enjoyed a fantastic trip to the Harlow Leisure Zone last week which was funded...

We are pleased to announce a new Young Carers Club opened its door to support Young Carers in The Chelmsford area.

Unpaid Carers can find their financial situations overwhelming which often leads to stress and anxiety. Carers Trust...

Join in at Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Sunday 01 October 2023 and share an incredible day with others who understand...

Congratulations to Ivy Knight who won the Jack Petchey Award.   About the Jack Petchey Foundation Introducing the Jack...

Such an amazing day at the Heybridge Regatta of which we are a nominated Charity. Thank you for all your support that...

Annual survey lays bare the cost of the broken social care system for unpaid family carers

It was wonderful for our Activity Groups, staff & Volunteers to receive this award from the Alzheimer's Society...

Leesa our Adult Services Manager and Debbie our Maldon Club Night Lead attended VOLFEST, an event for Volunteers. 

Judy Smith from the Maldon Rotary Club presented a donation to James Clarke which will be used to support our Young...

There were lots of activities taking place at our Young Carers Clubs, coffee mornings at the Activity Groups and cakes...

There were lots of activities taking place at our Young Carers Clubs, coffee mornings at the Activity Groups and cakes...

To celebrate the day, we ran a photo competition and received over 40 entries.

With many thanks to The Rotary Club who ran a Quiz Night at our Colchester Young Carers Club which they really enjoyed.

Our Maldon Day Care clients enjoyed celebrating the Coronation Day.