charity

Father Christmas’s Surbiton Rotary collection breaks records 0
- News
- 28th December 2021
Santa has not only been busy delivering presents to well behaved boys and girls this Christmas, he has also eked out some time from his full-on schedule to help Surbiton Rotary Club collect donations for local good causes. Among those benefiting from a record-breaking £7,400 in 15 nights of door-to-door collections around the streets of
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Be Santa Claus or one of his elves for charity collections 0
- News
- 7th December 2021
Father Christmas was a big attraction on his Surbiton Rotary Club sleigh as he toured the streets of Berrylands last night collecting donations for local charities. And now is your chance to sit in the hot seat too. You can either don the big guy’s outfit, complete with white beard, and sit in your ‘throne’
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Surbiton church ‘best in the land’0
- Environment, History, News
- 19th November 2021
Congratulations to St Matthew’s, Surbiton, for winning an award which rates it the UK’s best-maintained church. The 1874 landmark in St Matthew’s Avenue has scooped the 2021 Nayler Award for Excellence in Church Maintenance. Team rector the Rev Helen Hancock said she was delighted with the accolade, attributing it to regular volunteer upkeep sessions. The award
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Volunteer to end global poverty 0
- News
- 26th April 2021
Oxfam in Surbiton is looking for new recruits. The charity shop in Victoria Road, which raises funds to fight global poverty, needs volunteers to work front of house and behind the scenes. “There’s the option to do a bit of everything!” said area volunteer coordinator Judi Thompson. Judi said the shop was a bit like
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Record-breaking sales as British Heart Foundation opens its doors 0
- News
- 14th April 2021
Charity shops in Surbiton were doing good business on Monday as shoppers hit the stores. The British Heart Foundation in Victoria Road proved particularly popular with an orderly socially distanced queue forming outside for most of the day. Despite some of the charity’s shops in Scotland and all in Northern Ireland remaining closed, BHF, which funds
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Jobs up for grabs in the arts 0
- Arts, News
- 11th March 2021
Interested in a job in the arts? Kingston-based Creative Youth has two new paid roles up for grabs on six-month, fixed-term placements. One is for a marketing assistant, the other an operations assistant. You will learn how to run an arts organisation for young people and deliver an international youth arts festival. You need to
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