Good Causes

With top TV quizmaster Chris Tarrant as its Vice president, it makes perfect sense for Princess Alice Hospice to launch 'LET'S QUIZ'. The charity is calling out to their local community to organise a quiz night event during the coming months.

The Hospice is hosting one of the first quiz nights with a staff fundraising evening, the event will see nurses battling fundraisers and doctors competing with the housekeeping and catering teams for the accolade of the 'Brightest Department'.

Quiz nights are very simple fundraisers, you simply need a venue, be it a pub, school hall or even your dining room and a pack of questions, answers and some competitive guests, the Hospice will provide the quiz pack - including questions sheets, answers, posters for publicising the event, balloons etc - and organisers simply need to find some quizzers.

View image

The Surrey Care Trust has places available for anyone that wants to run the London Marathon on Sunday, April 25.

The Care Trust, which helps local people disadvantaged by lack of opportunity or social and economic circumstances is asking any participants to help raise around £1,500 each with the fundraising team helping in any way they can.

For more information or to secure a place, phone Vicky on 01483 412 751 or email vicky.nash@surreycaretrust.org.uk

The Cobham Band has raised over £1,000 for Help for Heroes and the Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children after performing at a Christmas concert.

The concert was held at St Andrews Church, in Downside Bridge Road on Saturday, December 12.

The band performed a number of Christmas classics including 'All I want for Christmas is you' and traditional carols including 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing'.

The Cobham Band would like to thank its musical director David Ruel, it's members, St Andrew's Church and all the people that support them.

EMPTY wards at Cobham Cottage Hospital could be turned into a centre for rape victims in nine months time residents and members of The Friends were told on Friday (November 6).

Residents in Elmbridge will be commemorating Remembrance Sunday on November 8.
A
full day of events is taking place across the borough to help raise money for the British Legion's annual poppy appeal.

The first official Legion poppy day was held in Britain on November 11, 1921 inspired by the poem 'Flanders' Fields' written by John McCrae.

After the fighting in World War One in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Belgium and Northern France, the poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath.

In Cobham a parade followed by a service is taking place at St Andrews Church, in Downside Bridge Road, at 10.20am.

The service will start at 10.45am.

Princess Alice Hospice and The Bentall Centre, Kingston are hosting a star-studded fashion exhibition, titled 'Fit for a Princess' with celebrity party attire being showcased in store windows. Head down to the centre and see which item catches your eye before bidding online at www.ebay.co.uk/charity from 8pm on Monday 19th October.

Over forty personalities and luminaries, including; Dame Helen Mirren, Strictly Come Dancing's Lynda Bellingham, West End stars Kerry Ellis and Leanne Jones, Samantha Cameron, Beth Ditto, Helena Bonham Carter, Geri Halliwell, Paloma Faith, Joanna Lumley, Trinny Woodhall, Fearne Cotton, Twiggy and The Saturdays have all kindly donated dresses in aid of this vital and important charity.

The ACM Gospel Choir will be performing at St Andrews Church, in Downside Bridge Road on Friday, October 23.

The choir, who reached the semi finals of the BBC's Last Choir Standing, will be introduced by Michael Aspel OBE and supported by the St Andrews Children's Church of England school choir.

Tickets cost £15 for the evening, which starts at 7pm. All proceeds will go the Newlife Foundation For Disabled Children, the chosen charity of the Mayor of Elmbridge, Councillor James Vickers.

To book tickets, phone the RC Sheriff Trust on 01932 229996 or visit www.rcsherifftrust.org.uk

A community table top sale is being organised for Sunday November 29 at Cobham Village Hall, in Lushington Drive, Cobham, to raise money for St John Ambulance and the 1st Cobham Scouts.

Musicians got together for their first rehearsal on Tuesday (September 22) for the launch of the Elmbridge Community Big Band.

Two Walton estate agents who will be running the first Virgin London Marathon in April 2010 have all ready surpassed the minimum amount of money they wanted to raise for a children's charity.