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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.

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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 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”

 

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.