We are very grateful to Lady Tindle, Downing Street Charity shop proprietor, for presenting a cheque to CAB volunteer Nicola Hattey for £1,000 in support of our work.  Many thanks.

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A big thank you to Waitrose for supporting us through their Community Matters programme in their stores at Farnham and Godalming raising a grand total of £704!

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Haslemere bureau ran a Bridge Tea at Grayswood Village Hall on Friday 9th November raising £800! Thanks go to Angela Wainwright for organising the event and Beila Best, Jane Phillips, Diana Vartan, Daphne, Pat and Caroline (all Haslemere volunteers) for providing a delicious tea.

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Gaia Marcus (Royal Society of Arts) gave a very thought-provoking talk about the significance of social networks at our recent Annual General Meeting held on Friday 19 October in Cranleigh Arts Centre. The meeting also saw the launch of our new website, and the handover of the Chair of Trustee role from Norma Corkish to […]

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Alison Dudley and John O’Mahoney from Farnham bureau and a friend of a CAB volunteer, Edmund Melvyn, all took part in The Farnham Pilgrim marathon raising a collective £557.13!  Alison ran the course in an amazing 2 hours, 6 minutes!  Well done and thank you to all for taking part and raising much needed funds.  Tremendous work!

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Cyndy Lancaster, Mayor of Haslemere organised a successful curry lunch which was held at The Georgian Hotel in Haslemere on Sunday 9 September.  The luncheon raised £900 for which we are most grateful and we would like to thank the Mayor of Haslemere for making us her chosen charity.

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We are delighted to announce that Cranleigh bureau will be getting a new ‘long-awaited’ telephone system thanks to the Cranleigh Lions and Richard Coles. Cranleigh bureau will have their phonelines upgraded to digital and receive brand new telephones following a generous donation of £2,100 from the Cranleigh Lions and £488 from a local fundraiser, Richard […]

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Our AGM and official launch of our new website will be held on Friday 19th October from 11.45am at Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, GU6 8AS. Our guest speaker this year will be Gaia Marcus, Head of Research at Connected Communities Project (Royal Society of Arts) who will be talking about Social Isolation. […]

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Following a talk by Tricia Boynton, Godalming CAB Adviser, The President of the Inner Wheel Club, Mrs Clare Sandy nominated us as their charity and presented a cheque for £1,250 following a charity Bridge Day. We are most grateful to Sally Braid and the ladies of the Inner Wheel for organising the Bridge lunch.

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Our Spanish wine tasting evening raised a magnificent £2,150.  Nearly 100 guests experienced wine tasting from Master of Wine expert Angela Muir who is also a Godalming Helpline Operator.  Guests were also treated to authentic Spanish paella made from a family recipe and prepared by Montserrat de Vere Green. Our particular thanks go to John […]

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