Members of Parliament and e-skills UK have launched the 6th year of the Make IT Happy competition, which recognises and rewards the excellent and inspirational work primary schools do with Information Technology.
Nicola Henderson, a 2011 school leaver needs your help. Not only has she just climbed Mount Kilimanjaro which is 5895 meters high (to put into perspective Guildford Cathedral is 49 meters high), she also plans to run the grueling 26.2 miles in the London Marathon in April.
The Queen Elizabeth’s Park Residents Association Gardening Sub-Committee are planning to hold a couple of events this Autumn to get local residents, particularly children, involved in caring for the grounds of the park.
Anne Milton, Member of Parliament for Guildford, has tried her hand at Twitter to let residents know what she is doing as a local MP and Health Minister.
Anne Milton met representatives from Water Aid during Conservative Party Conference in Manchester to discuss the international water and sanitation crisis that is affecting the lives of the world’s poorest people.
The new Leader of Surrey County Council, David Hodge, has outlined a ‘new direction’ for the organisation.
Anne Milton, MP for Guildford, has thanked local charity trustees for their dedicated work in running local charities, and highlighted the benefits of becoming a charity trustee in the run-up to this year’s national Trustees’ Week.
Anne Milton was put on the spot at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester when Max Sampson, 17 year old Ambassador for the charity Whizz-Kidz, turned interviewer.
Chilworth Youth Club has held a charity car wash in aid of Help for Heroes at Chilworth Infant School. The Youth Club, formed in September 2010, is entirely run by parents and community volunteers, meeting weekly throughout the year.
New figures for Guildford and Waverley shows mostly positive trends with a year on year decline of early death rates from cancer and heart disease, compared to the rest of England.
