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5th November 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The ESA obstacle course
What does the name Maximus mean to you? The lead character played by Russell Crowe in the film Gladiator perhaps? If you receive benefits (Like Employment Support Allowance, known as ESA) because you are not medically fit for work (or have need to claim in the future) Maximus could come to play an important part […]
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21st October 2014 by manager in Local News
Godalming Bands’ strike the right note
Liz Wheatley, the Mayor of Waverley organised a concert featuring the Godalming Band and Godalming Operatic Society on Saturday 18th October, which raised a tremendous £3,300 for our charity. It was an exiting evening of Gilbert & Sullivan show-stoppers and popular brass band music performed by two of Godalming’s favourite music ensembles. Our thanks go […]
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16th October 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Making your money go further
Money is the root of all evil. A fool and his money are soon parted. Penny wise pound foolish. Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Just a few examples of sayings that have evolved over the years which encourage us to beware of money and to treat it with care. […]
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16th October 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Two Wongas don’t make anything right
How did a variety of pigeon and a kind of vine come to be associated with what is generally acknowledged to be the unacceptable face of money lending? In addition to being an Australian white-faced pigeon a wonga wonga is a vine which grows vigorously, also in Australia. Wonga came into common use as another word for […]
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16th October 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The energy cost / subsidy merry-go-round
I have a PPM and I have just received a SAM telling me I am going to receive a GER worth £12 PDQ. Is this OK? It sometimes seems that people use abbreviations or acronyms to create confusion. This is not a recent phenomenon. In the early nineteenth century in the USA there was a […]
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16th October 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders
Domestic violence can affect anybody, regardless of their gender, age, race, sexuality or social background. Most victims of domestic violence are women and the perpetrators are men, but it can also happen in same sex relationships and men can be the victims of domestic violence by women. Many kinds of domestic violence such as physical […]
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16th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The Equality Act 2010 – Confusion for Employees
The human brain has a hundred billion neurons, each neuron connected to ten thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist Is the fact that we experience the world through such a complex organ the reason we appear to make things so […]
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16th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Gas and Electricity – How We Pay More As We Go
Considering that it is only made up of five letters, the word ‘metre’ offers a number of possibilities. A metre is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units. Previously defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth’s equator to the North Pole (at sea level), since 1983, it has been defined […]
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7th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The lies and myths we tell ourselves
The three great lies. They used to be “The cheque is in the post; of course I will still love you in the morning; and I am from Head Office and here to help you”. What are today’s lies and myths? Last year, the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches published a joint report www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/truthandlies […]
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27th August 2014 by manager in Campaigns
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Scams are schemes to con you out of your money. They can arrive by post, phone call, text message or email or a scammer may turn up at your home. It could be a scam if: the call, letter, […]
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