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Lions Aiming To Raise £10k To Help People Struggling With Fuel Bills

Members of the Guildford Lions Club have joined forces with the North Guildford Food Bank to raise £10,000 for it – by inviting local businesses, families, and individuals to come…

North Guildford Food Bank Has Been Operating for 10 Years

The North Guildford Food Bank has now been supporting people for 10 years – yes, that’s right 10 years! It’s base is at St Clare’s Church in Park Barn and…

Local Schoolboy Sings Out for Charity

Guildford boy Sasha Dow is half Russian by birth and feels a sense of duty to help Ukrainians who are suffering as a result of Putin’s widely-condemned policies. In total,…

Home-Start Guildford Fundraiser Held At The County Club

A fundraising evening was held for Home-Start Guildford, a charity that supports vulnerable families with at least one child under the age of six, at The County Club in Guildford…

Citizens Advice Guildford And Ash Says: ‘We Need You!’

By Anna Rogerson, advice services manager at Guildford and Ash Citizens Advice Here at Citizens Advice Guildford and Ash we offer free, impartial, independent and confidential advice on issues such…

How a Band of New Writers Used Lockdown to Support Guildford Charity Challengers

Soon after she was born, Anna Lawrence was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a condition which severely affects her limbs and her speech, writes Dragon reporter David Reading. It was to support…

New Objectives Set for 250-year-old Almshouse Charity

Trustees of a charity with 17th-century roots, founded by a successful Guildfordian who made some of his fortune by supplying wagons to Cromwell’s army, held their annual reception last week.…

Guildford Lions’ £7,813 Cheque To Help People With Sight Loss

The Guildford Lions Club has presented a cheque for £7,813 to the charity Sight for Surrey. It will be using the money, raised from the Lions’ Music in the Park…

Macmillan Coffee Morning Raises £1,000 for Cancer Care

A Macmillan cancer support coffee morning hosted by Cheesman Brothers, fruit and veg wholesalers in Wood Street Village,raisede almost £1,000 for the cancer care charity. Attended by the Mayor and…

Volunteers Needed Who Like Painting, Decorating and Also Drama

Volunteers are needed to help with re-painting a veranda at the Beacon Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, in Guildford. The centre is a branch of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice…