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Team Ubunye seek to break Atlantic Rowing Record
May 4th 2012
1,407km cycle, 35km swim and a 4727km row; an epic Challenge to raise money for Children in Africa...
Walk Ten for Marie Curie Cancer Care this Summer
April 27th 2012
Marie Curie Cancer Care is calling on everyone to ‘Walk Ten’ this summer, to help Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to people with terminal illnesses in their own homes.
Surrey-based Swingbridge 2 to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
January 24th 2012
Local charity the Surrey Care Trust will be helping to make royal history when its Swingbridge 2 boat joins the Queen and thousands of others for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
Eat ‘n’ Greet with Nigella Lawson for Shooting Star CHASE campaign
January 9th 2012
Food writer Nigella Lawson is backing local children’s hospice service Shooting Star CHASE’s latest campaign, Eat ‘n’ Greet
Max Clifford on Christopher's Smile
January 9th 2012
It takes very special people to have the desire, energy and ability to turn their own personal tragedy into a means of helping countless others.
Paralysed Godalming man to ‘cycle’ from Guildford to Glasgow
January 5th 2012
Two years after being paralysed while working in Colombia as an English teacher, Godalming resident Dan Eley is set to begin a "virtual" Ride for Research of 550 miles to raise £10,000 for Guildford charity Spinal Research.
Help save Surrey's heritage - current campaigns and calls to action
December 10th 2011
Around the county, there are constant efforts to preserve Surrey’s natural and man-made heritage that require both voluntary work and philanthropic funding. Here, we bring you a few of the projects in Surrey that you can get involved with today
Rainbow Trust's Heather Wood on her perfect Surrey weekend
December 2nd 2011
As chief executive of the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary Heather Wood can find herself doing anything from attending a village fête to jumping out of a plane to dining with Mark Ramprakash!
Surrey globetrotting: charity walks raise thousands
November 15th 2011
We highlight the Surrey towns and villages featured on 2012's Olympic torch route in December’s Surrey Life but here are a few more hot feet to celebrate: Arnaud Bordeaux 500 Mile Walk, Henry (and Pete’s) verrry long walk and Run Across America
The Night of 1000 Voices returns to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research
November 10th 2011
The Night of 1000 Voices, the annual, star-studded event celebrating musical theatre at the Royal Albert Hall, is to take place on Spring Bank Holiday Sunday May 6, 2012 and will fundraise for blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Media moguls join forces for Help for Heroes at St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge
October 20th 2011
PR guru Max Clifford and former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie joined forces to help raise funds for Help for Heroes at St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge
Max Clifford on CHASE hospice care for children’s letter from the Queen
October 7th 2011
It was a very proud day recently for all of us involved with the CHASE children’s hospice, near Guildford, when they became the first ever children’s hospice to achieve The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Celebrating sleepwalking success around Redhill and Reigate
October 3rd 2011
Surrey Life writer Nicholas Owen started the Children’s Trust’s Sleepwalk on Saturday October 1 at Priory Park, Reigate as over 350 walkers showed their support for the Tadworth-based charity.
Prince William and Kate open new children’s ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton
September 26th 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge opened the Royal Marsden Hospital’s new specialist children's cancer treatment ward, the Oak Centre
Kate Adie entertains business supporters of Disability Challengers at Fetcham Park
September 26th 2011
Former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie regaled guests with fascinating stories from her career at an exclusive charity gala supper held at the Grade II listed Fetcham Park in Leatherhead
Max Clifford on midnight ramblings in aid of Sam Beare Hospice
September 26th 2011
Although the weather was dreadful, cold and very wet, it did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of those taking part in the hugely successful, fourth midnight walk in aid of the Sam Beare hospices in Weybridge and Woking.
1,000 miles in 15 days for a courageous Cranleigh teenager
September 19th 2011
A courageous Cranleigh teenager has raised over £3,000 by cycling the length of Great Britain in just 15 days. Sixteen-year-old Bradley Skillicorn completed the 1,000 mile route between Land’s End and John O’Groats in August...
Actress Dame Judi Dench's knickerbocker glory at Priory Farm, South Nutfield
September 13th 2011
Oscar-winner Dame Judi Dench tucked into a traditional British ice cream sundae during a visit to Priory Farm at South Nutfield, near Redhill.
The mysterious Ferguson Gang saved Shalford Mill for the National Trust
September 12th 2011
Back in the 1930s, a mysterious group of well-educated young women got together to save Shalford Mill for the National Trust. Here, the charity’s Emma Brien reveals more about the philanthropic workings of the Ferguson Gang, as they were known
Painshill’s crystal grotto wins Heritage Lottery Fund support
September 12th 2011
A romantic landscape feature at the heart of Painshill Park in Cobham has been awarded £747,400 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for restoration works.
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