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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…

Guildford Community Lottery Celebrates First Anniversary With a Special Weekend Prize

Guildford’s own lottery is celebrating its first birthday by giving one lucky ticket-buyer the chance to win an Apple iPad Pro this weekend. Since the first draw in December 2018,…

Indie Of The Month: Phyllis Tuckwell ‘The Antique’ Shop

By Hugh Coakley The charity shops in our towns do great work recycling our ‘pre-loved’ possessions. And sometimes, one of these shop stands out as exceptional. I would say that…

Chamber Choir’s Concert Raises Funds For Headway Surrey

Headway Surrey, supporting adults with acquired brain injury, was the chosen charity benefitting from the retiring collection at Guildford Chamber Choir’s evening at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford. The choir’s…

Volunteers In Guildford Needed To Help Food Collection For People In Need

The Trussell Trust and FareShare charities are appealing to people in Guildford to volunteer to help in the UK’s biggest food collection for people in need. From Thursday to Saturday,…

Care For Guildford Appeals For Volunteer Duty Officers And Drivers

Care for Guildford is an all-volunteer local charity. Its main purpose is to provide door-to-door transport for elderly or infirm residents of Guildford to medical and other essential appointments. It…

Puttenham Foursome’s Fundraising Feat Wins Golfing Trip to Portugal

Four Puttenham Golf Club members took part in the Macmillan Cancer Support Longest Day Golf Challenge to play 72 holes in one day and raise monies for the charity. The prize for…