Charity/voluntary

Community service drivers will give up Christmas dinner with their families to drive lonely elderly people to the Salvation Army festivities at Addlestone Community Centre.

John Clack, from Addlestone, Alan Simpson, from Knaphill, Woking, Bob Cooke, from Woking, and their wives are collecting people from Egham, Addlestone/Chertsey and from Englefield Green areas respectively on Christmas Day.

A Christmas concert has raised over £600 for Age Concern Runnymede.

The concert was held on Sunday, December 20, at Christ the Prince of Peace Church in Portmore Way, Weybridge.

Money was being raised to help provide Age Concern Runnymede with a new mini bus, which are used to take the elderly of the borough on outings.

A Christmas concert has raised over £600 for Age Concern Runnymede.

The concert was held on Sunday, December 20, at Christ the Prince of Peace Church in Portmore Way, Weybridge.

Money was being raised to help provide Age Concern Runnymede with a new mini bus, which are used to take the elderly of the borough on outings.

A £10,000 donation was handed over to the Neonatal unit at St Peter's Hospital on Monday December 8 by an Addlestone couple.

Russell and Sharon Peirson Hagger, of Firfield Road, Addlestone have raised over £20,000 in the past year, after daughter Mia, almost died from complications during her birth on November 23, 2007

A hand-made quilt has been donated to the Samaritans as a raffle prize to raise money for the Addlestone branch.

The quilt is single bed size with blue and white star blocks, with a dark blue border, and was made by Shelagh Jarvis and Izzy Saulet of Creative Quilting, based in Hampton Court.

The Salvation Army is planning to close its shop in Church Road, Addlestone, prompting fears for the future of its annual Christmas appeal.

Sally Anne's charity shop will close on Saturday December 6 after 20 years in the town, because too much work needs to be done to maintain the ageing building.

The Princess Alice Hospice 'Look Good Feel Great' patient makeover day on Friday 10 of October saw project partner and world famous hairdresser Trevor Sorbie and the FAMOUS make up team return to host a day of patient pampering. The event held to coincide with World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Saturday 11 October comes very soon after the incredible success of a visit from Trinny and Susannah on September 24.

On Saturday 6 September, Jonathan Perkins, Trustee of the Princess Alice Hospice led by example as he took part in the Hospice's first Midnight Walk, he also encouraged two other trustees Lynn Gilbert and Jenny Provin to join him and make up a team called 'The Alice Band'.

Addlestone mum of two Francesca Southworth has completed an exhausting trip through the Andes to raise more than £5,000 for the Alzheimer's Society.

The 43-year-old of Wheatash Road, took part in the five day trek in Peru in September to help Alzheimer's sufferers like her mother Maria Crowder, who was diagnosed with the fatal brain disease in 2000.

A clear-up of Addlestone beauty spot, Coxes Lock is set to take place on Saturday October 4 at 10am.

Surrey Police are organising the tidy-up with the National Trust, to clear up rubbish and cut back weeds and overgrown plants and trees.

Anyone is welcome to attend with gardening gloves and equipment, to make the area more enjoyable to visit.