This circular provides information on the administration of the 2010-11 allocation for local authorities taking part in the Carers Strategy Demonstrator Sites (CSDS) project. The CSDS project is a Department of Health initiative to look at ways of providing new approaches to offering breaks for carers, health checks for carers and better NHS support for carers. Plans for demonstrator sites were set out in the Carers Strategy “Carers at the heart of 21st-Century families and communities: A caring system on your side. A life of your own”.