Fringe Box

Socialize

Twitter
Home » Archives by category » News » Charity Stories (Page 21)

‘Sleep Easy’ Knowing You Are Helping To Keep Local Young People Off The Streets

SleepEasy is YMCA Guildford’s biggest fundraising event of the year. This year organisers are challenging people to brave a night outside to raise money for this local youth charity which…

Fundraisers All Ready For February’s National Heart Month

February is the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) annual National Heart Month, in which it aims to make awareness of heart conditions and related health problems. The Guildford and Godalming fundraising…

Young Hospital Patients Find Comfort With Handmade Security Blankets

Children on Hascombe Ward at the Royal Surrey County Hospital have been visited by volunteer organisation Project Linus UK, who dropped off some very cute comfort blankets. The hospital says…

Lend A Hand To Others By Being A Volunteer Buddy

Voluntary Action South West Surrey has launched a new service in which people can volunteer to give much needed short-term assistance to others on a wide range of practical tasks. Examples…

Become A Member of Guildford Arts And Receive Calendar Too

Sponsored article As an exciting new service to its supporters, Guildford Arts (GA) members will have now received the charity’s 2020 pictorial wall calendar. As well as showing-off artist members’ work, the…

Donate To Aussie Bushfire Fund Via Guildford Lions

Guildford Lions has set up a Just Giving page to help raise funds for people affected by the Australian bushfire. Eric James from Guildford Lions explains: “Since November Lions Club International…

Call For Groups And Charities To Apply For Tesco’s Bags Of Help Grants

Community groups and charities in Guildford can now apply for thousands of pounds in funding this year through the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Anyone can nominate groups and charities…

10,000 Meals Donated To Homeless By Two Guildford Co-op Stores In Last Three Years

By Hugh Coakley More than 10,000 meals have been donated by local Co-op stores in the last three years to hostels in Guildford and to local families going through hard…

Petition Calls On Chancellor To Look At Reality Of Poverty And Debt

A debt centre, run by a partnership of 17 Guildford churches, is calling on the Government to look again at the reality of poverty and destitution suffered by many of…

Guildford’s Secret Desires Revealed On Wishes Wall

By Hugh Coakley Guildford’s poignant and heartbreaking desires are revealed in hundreds of post-it notes on a Wishes Wall in the White Lion Walk shopping centre. In wonderfully succinct and…