Charity/voluntary

The clearance of scrub on a footpath near Thames Street, Lower Sunbury, by Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers scheduled for Sunday March 22 has been cancelled.

The volunteers will now be joining other groups doing a litter pick along the riverbank at Ferry Lane, Laleham, working towards Chertsey.

The clearance of scrub on a footpath near Thames Street, Lower Sunbury, by Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers scheduled for Sunday March 22 has been cancelled.

The volunteers will now be joining other groups doing a litter pick along the riverbank at Ferry Lane, Laleham, working towards Chertsey.

Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers has postponed plans to clear scrub from the TP26 linear park in Lower Sunbury on Sunday, March 22.

For more information call 01784 254904.

Alfred Hitchcock's film The Lodger will be played on a screen in St Mary's Church, Church Street, Lower Sunbury, on Saturday, February 21 at 7.30pm to raise money for roof repairs.

Tickets, which cost £8 and include refreshments, are available by calling 01932 232068.

Women are being invited to sign up to run in Kempton Park's Race for Life on Sunday, July 12 at 11am.

Organiser Cancer Research wants at least £2,600 women to take part and better last year's total raised of £250,000.

To apply call 0871 641 2282 or visit www.raceforlife.org

Voluntary Action in Spelthorne is offering charities working in the borough the chance to use free office space at Community Link, based within the council offices at Knowle Green, Staines.

Users have access to meeting and interview rooms as well as equipment such as a photocopier, shredder and laminator.

Recruitment has already begun for this year's Kempton Park Race for Life, run by Cancer Research UK, on Sunday July 12.

Last year the race raised nearly £250,000 at Kempton Park alone and the charity aims to better that total this year.

For more information visit www.cancerresearchuk.org

Last year Day Hospice patients at the Princess Alice Hospice were very please to receive gifts of beautiful patchwork quilts courtesy of Creative Quilting, Bridge Road, East Molesey. This year the Hospice is once again receiving a very welcome gift of over 30 quilts, made during 'QUILTATHON'.

Forget Jimmy Savile and instead call on Shepperton carer Samantha Bradley to fix it and make your kids' dreams come true.

Samantha, from Gaston Way, is in the final throes or organising a charity ball for little Maxwell Lovell, a two-year-old who has just had a tumour discovered on his spinal chord.

Charity for the elderly, Independent Age, is appealing for volunteers to help out its beneficiaries living in Ashford and Sunbury.

The practical support provided by the charity includes a grant of £1,000 a year for life to around 6,000 beneficiaries, enabling older people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible and to continue leading active lives.

It is looking for volunteers to offer guidance and support during hours and days which suit them.
For more information on volunteering with Independent Age, call Christine Maddy on 020 8462 4820 or email christine.maddy@independentage.org.uk or visit www.independentage.org.uk.