National Lottery award to boost communities’ recovery from Covid-19 pandemic

25th October 2022

Voluntary Support North Surrey has been awarded £459,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to support communities’ recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic in Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath. The [...]

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Our fundraising journey: Stanwell Food Bank and Stanwell Events

07th October 2022

Anna-Marie Goodacre is the Founder of Stanwell Events and Stanwell Foodbank. Here, she tells us about their fundraising journey over the last four years: Stanwell Events started on Good Friday [...]

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Akamai give their time in memory of lost colleague

06th October 2022

Global technology player Akamai encourages employees to volunteer every year around 11th September in memory of one of their co-founders, Danny Lewin, who was killed during the 9/11 attacks. His [...]

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Art exhibition depicting Ukraine conflict opens in Chertsey

16th September 2022

An exhibition of artwork by ​Ukrainian 15-year-old Alex Zhurba is now on display at our Chertsey office. The artwork was officially opened on Tuesday 13th September by the deputy mayor [...]

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Making a barring referral to the DBS

12th September 2022

Did you know that organisations have a legal duty to refer barred volunteers and employees to the Disclosure and Barring Service? In our recent Volunteer Managers Forum, we found this [...]

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Supporting your organisation through the cost of living crisis

07th September 2022

Supporting your organisation through the cost of living crisis Many organisations are increasingly worried about the increased costs they are facing as winter approaches. Having a strategy for how your […]

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Surrey County Council volunteers enjoy helping out at Egham Royal Show

06th September 2022

Well done to everyone from Surrey County Council’s Learning Disabilities and Autism Team who went out at the end of August to help set up the showground for Egham Royal [...]

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Running a successful fundraising campaign through the Big Give

01st September 2022

Kay Mackay is Chair of Children of the Dump, a charity that supports children and families living in dumpsite slums in the Philippines. She goes out to the Philippines most [...]

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Runnymede Mayor visits Ukrainian families at drop-in

24th August 2022

On Tuesday 23 August, ahead of Independence Day for Ukraine, the Mayor of Runnymede Councillor Margaret Harnden joined Ukrainian families and their hosts at Revive Cafe for our drop-in for [...]

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Fordway get their hands dirty at Mane Chance

09th August 2022

A team of volunteers from Godalming-based company Fordway spent a day out in the fresh air at Mane Chance Sanctuary animal shelter in July. Mane Chance were bowled over by [...]

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