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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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Captain Tom inspires veterans’ book club at care home 0
- Arts, News
- 4th February 2021
The book which Royal Star & Garter residents are reading has taken on extra poignancy following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on Tuesday. The Surbiton home for disabled veterans and their partners launched a book club recently for its residents living with dementia – and they chose centenarian and national hero Captain Tom’s
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Veterans enjoy songs, haggis, neeps and tatties on Burns Night 0
- Food, News
- 26th January 2021
Singer and health care assistant Jodie Halls entertained the residents of Surbiton’s Royal Star & Garter Home with songs to celebrate Burns Night yesterday (Monday). The veterans at the home in Upper Brighton Road, also enjoyed a traditional Burns Supper – including haggis, neeps, tatties and a dram or two of whisky to celebrate the
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Let’s banish the blues by putting the kettle on for Brew Monday 0
- News
- 18th January 2021
Put the kettle on and give someone a call. Today, usually known as Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year – has been renamed Brew Monday by the Samaritans who are urging everyone to get together and have a chat over a virtual cuppa. “We’ll be turning this day on its head and
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Veterans mark Armistice Day with services at care home 0
- History, News
- 11th November 2020
Veterans at the Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton have marked Armistice Day today (Wednesday) with services on each of its three floors (to allow for social distancing), tea and cake, and nearby Shrewsbury House School laying a wreath outside the Upper Brighton Road building. On Remembrance Sunday (November 8), veterans watched the annual
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Veterans enjoy a taste of the Caribbean at care home 0
- Food, News
- 27th August 2020
The taste of rum, the smell of delicious seafood and the sound of steelpans were among the exotic treats enjoyed by residents at the Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton during a Caribbean party at the veterans’ care home. The charity’s home in Upper Brighton Road was given a makeover for the celebration, with exotic
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