Surrey Care Trust

Who we are

Surrey Care Trust is a local charity that helps people to improve their skills for life, work and learning through counselling, education, mentoring and volunteering. Our programmes support disadvantaged families in improving their chances in life. Through our programmes we are enabling people throughout Surrey to overcome the disadvantage of low skills, poor educational achievement, limited opportunities and tough financial circumstances.

We offer a broad range of programmes - support for families and their children at our Stanwell Family Centre; offering vulnerable and challenging young people an alternative approach to education at our STEPS learning centre; a free and independent youth counselling service for young people aged 16 – 25; mentoring young people and adults to help them gain confidence and make positive changes in life, work and mental health; working to bring the community together and taken action on local issues with our Stanwell Local Conversation project; working with the long term unemployed on our Lottery/ESF funded Alliance and Aspire programmes ; and creating a different environment for people to learn new skills and give something back to society on our Swingbridge Community Boats.

Our Vision

Surrey to be a place where vulnerable and excluded families are given the opportunity, skills and support to achieve their potential and make a positive contribution.

Our Mission

To tackle disadvantage, social exclusion and hardship in local communities. To reach out to families to equip them with the skills to improve their economic situation, to reduce social isolation and break the cycle of disadvantage.