Charity Awareness Day
Approximately every two years, we hire the Village Hall for a Saturday and invite local charities to exhibit and publish their aims and services available for those in need. We provide tea, coffee and biscuits. Publicity is obtained through local newspapers and the St Nicholas Church monthly newsletter underlining that the exhibition is absolutely free, there are no collections, donations or charges made for refreshments.
Over the years the function has been successful by informing relatives and friends of those in need exactly what services and facilities are available. It has also proved to be an important vehicle for recruiting helpers to the various organisations. Members of the public regularly express their amazement at the vast area of social and charitable work readily available
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Spelthorne
Crossroads provides service and trained staff for Alzheimer's
disease.
Helper Elsie Wood |
Care
in Shepperton assists local people and refers cases
to the other organisations.
Marilyn Bulford & Sally Dick |
The
Hope Club is run for stroke victims.
Margaret Lilly & Audrey Bevington |
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Spelthorne
Farm Project hosts visits and provides riding for the
disabled.
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Home
Start supports any family under stress with achild under
five.  |
CAMEO "Come
and meet each other"  Leo Roderick & Alice Comboy |
Saturday 18th May 2002, another Charities Awareness Day organised by the two Rotary Clubs of Shepperton - The Sunbury Millennium Embroidery & Voluntary Action In Spelthorne.
The Sunbury Millennium Embroidery was on display, this remarkable piece of work was much appreciated by the large numbers of visitors. Once the hall was set up the event was declared open and the public were admitted. The charities were spaced to allow for easy circulation and the hall was busy all day but never overcrowded. Most of our local charities, and some covering a wider canvas, were present.
The Mayor, Robin Sider, and his wife visited at mid-day and spent nearly two hours looking at the displays and talking to the representatives. At the end of his visit he spoke about the displays and told the groups how impressed he was and how important the work shown was. Robin said it was his intention to support initiatives like the ones on show as much as possible during his term of office.
