As part of Alcon in Action Community Day they made up and donated 100 boxes for young carers. Separate boxes were made for girls and boys with a not inside to let them know what a wonderful job they are doing being carers.
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Enterprise Holdings Egham walking greyhounds and painting at Hersham Hounds
A fantastic volunteer team of 13 employees from Enterprise Holdings Egham spent the day at Hersham Hounds painting the fencing and walking the greyhounds as part of their continuous help in the local community.
Bike Assist/ 4th Dimension volunteered at St Saviours Community Lunch
Two energetic teams of volunteers helped St Saviours Foodbank with their community lunch. They spent the morning preparing the food, serving lunch, sorting donations as well as manning the greeting desk. They were a very welcome pair of hands on the day.
Kew Green Hotels volunteered at various charities in Spelthorne and Runnymede
Five enthusiastic teams of volunteers helped Surplus to Supper, Stanwell Foodbank, Shepperton Conservation, Egham Museum and Shepperton library as part of their support for the local community. They sorted donations, installed an exhibition, prepared craft packs, gardened and assembled gift packs.
Salesforce help walk the retired dogs at Hersham Hounds
Salesforce volunteer on a regular basis at Hersham Hounds walking the dogs to help socialise them and prepare them for their forever homes as part of their amazing continuous Corporate Social Responsibility. Hersham Hounds are a charity who rely totally on donations to promote careful and responsible rehoming of Greyhounds
Donate to foodbanks in Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath
Local food banks need your support with donation of non-perishable food or a financial donation.
Runnymede:
Runnymede Foodbank
Food donations to any of the food donation points
Make a financial donation via the Runnymede Foodbank website
Spelthorne:
Community Foodbank - Sunbury and Shepperton:
Food donations to Saviour's Church, 205 Vicarage Rd, Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TP.
Contact: community@stsaviourssunbury.org.uk
Make a financial donation at St Saviour's Sunbury Community Foodbank more information on the St Saviours Community Foodbank website
Manna Foodbank
Food donation points https://www.mannafoodbank.co.uk/where_to_donate_
Contact: info@mannafoodbank.org.uk
Make a financial donation at https://www.mannafoodbank.co.uk/how_you_can_help
Stanwell Foodbank
Donations of food to the The Pavilion, Cambria Gardens, Stanwell, TW19 7ER
Contact: info@stanwellfoodbank.org.uk
Make a financial donation at http://www.stanwellfoodbank.org.uk/help.html
The Salvation Army – Ashford
Donations to be placed by the main door at the Community Centre, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, TW15 3HY. Food bank opening hours 9am - 12 midday from Monday to Friday.
Contact : staines@salvationarmy.org.uk
Financial donations by cash and cheque should be sealed in an envelope and posted through the letterbox. Anyone requiring a receipt should include their name and address in the envelope
Bags of Help, Jubilee Church Shepperton
Donations of food - box situated next to the front door at the Jubilee Centre, Manygate Lane, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 9EE
Contact: bagsoffood@jubileechurchshepperton.org
Surrey Heath:
Hope Hub
Donations of food to The Hope Hub Building, Rear of Library, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3SY or call 01276 581174
Financial donations via https://thehopehub.org.uk/donate/
Besom Food Bank
Donations of food to High Cross Church, Knoll Rd, Camberley GU15 3SY
Financial donations via https://www.churchestogetherincamberley.org.uk/the-besom-in-camberley/
Menzies prepares the Paxmead Riverbase for summer childrens activities
Children have not been able to enjoy the river based activities at Paxmead for the last 18 months. Two hard working teams from Menzies chopped, cut back, gardened and moved the campfire circle to help get the site ready for the summer activities on the river. Gill was delighted with all their hard work which has enabled them to get the base looking in great shape and ready for action fo the children.
Enterprise Rent a Car Egham painting at the Penrose Club
A fantastic team from Enterprise Rent a Car Egham did a great painting job of the railings and fences at the Penrose Club House in the blazing sunshine. Marilyn the club co leader was delighted with the refreshed exterior and praised the team members who took time out to give back to the local community
Compass Group Chertsey donate Rucksacks to Just a Helping Hand
Compass Group who are one of the UK’s top catering, hospitality, and business support providers, based in Chertsey, have been helping the local homeless with the donation of rucksacks.
Megan at Just a Helping Hand told us
“To have this amazing donation of rucksacks is honestly just incredible, and we are truly grateful.
We have many distributors who issue rucksacks to those who need them most. One such group is women who are released from prison. Many of these women being released are homeless and some come from domestic abuse situations. We take this into account when filling these rucksacks.
Can you imagine the feelings of these women when they open their rucksack and find such lovely things as a wash bag filled with deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrush, nail file, and lip balm. But there is much more – including a pack of new socks and underwear, a flask (with refill information for free at local outlets), hat, scarf and gloves, meal vouchers, and a small Bible.
Such an act of kindness makes such a difference to them from both a practical and an emotional point of view. It has been said to us that such generosity from a stranger provides a real sense of being cared for and thought about. This can ease anxiety, provide hope, help with depression and even remove thoughts of suicide”
Enterprise Rent a Car Egham clear a garden for Your Sanctuary
As employees start to return to the office a volunteer team from Enterprise Rent a Car Egham arrived at YourSanctuary last week with lots of tools and bags of enthusiasm. An amazing amount of work was done allowing the garden to be enjoyed fully this summer by their families in refuge.