Surrey Community Action

28/04/2026

Can you be a good neighbour?

Fairwood Helpers in Guildford are extending their services into Jacob's Well and Worplesdon. They currently help the residents of Fairlands with transport needs to hospital appointments as well as many other services. They are looking for new volunteer drivers especially in the Jacob's Well and Worplesdon areas. If you would like to know more, please drop into our coffee morning on Monday 18th May at 10am at Jacob's Well Village Hall.
Further information can also be found at www.fairwoodhelpers.com and www.surreyca.uk

23/04/2026

We were delighted to attend the launch of the Woking Community Grocery today. Jo (pictured below) and Katie, our Warmth Matters advisers, joined Liza, our Office Manager, for the event.

Run in partnership with Welcome Church, the grocery offers affordable food shops from just £5 per visit as well as wrap-around support courses. Our Warmth Matters team make regular visits to the Warm Welcome sessions at the church, so visitors to the grocery will be able to combine a shop with some energy saving advice too.

23/04/2026

Congratulations to Olive Hogan from Ashford Helping Hands for her volunteer award. Olive has given her time to this good neighbour scheme for many years. Well done too, to Carol Sullivan for her volunteer work in the community including time spent helping the Stanwell Village Hall committee and SIGNS, Stanwell's good neighbour scheme.

We're delighted that these two wonderful women, whom we know through our support for Surrey's good neighbour schemes, have they recognition they deserve. 👏👏👏

⭐ Many congratulations to the seventeen volunteers who were recognised by the Spelthorne Civic Awards Trust for their voluntary service in the borough at a special ceremony on Tuesday 21 April ⭐

Use the link below to read the full article

21/04/2026

Last year our Warmth Matters team supported 372 residents with energy saving advice, support with managing energy debt and practical energy saving devices.

Find out how they helped Yasmin to overcome her energy debt and feel more confident to make other changes in her life (link in comments).

14/04/2026

We are seeking a skilled advice and guidance officer to work with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Surrey, providing practical advice and support to those in need, in areas of housing, health and benefits.

Link in comments.

14/04/2026

Read all about it! Your latest update from Surrey Community Action. - https://mailchi.mp/14e604e73ceb/updates-from-surrey-community-action-16582931

27/03/2026

Parting is such sweet sorrow. This week we bade a fond farewell to our marketing volunteer, Tom Cross and our Advice & Guidance Officer - Gypsy, Roma and Travellers (Kingston) and Skills Impact Tutor for Surrey (and holder of the world's longest job title), Vicky Nash.

We're delighted that Tom has found employment since he began working with us almost three years ago and we wish him the very best as he considers future pathways. Tom has been a great help with putting together our newsletters, updating the website, assisting with events and much more. We will miss his lovely smile and his Christmas jumpers!

Vicky (Vix to all of us) joined us in 2021 while we were on lock down and met her colleagues and clients online initially. Last year, Vicky supported 165 clients in Kingston with information and advice on health and wellbeing, benefits, finances, and housing, as well as many others from the GRT community in Surrey with one-to-one tutoring to help develop functional maths and English skills. Sarah is one of the clients that Vicky has helped to learn to read, work out budgets and numbers and to support her son with his Maths homework. Sarah said: 'Thank you Vicky for helping me. I feel much more confident, independent and happier”.

We will miss Vix's laughter, her ability to remain calm and unflappable in any situation and her sense of humour and wish her the best as she starts a new life in Manchester.

26/03/2026

Bridges and Beacons, a new “State of the Sector” report which highlights the vital role of Surrey’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and offers practical policy solutions, was released today by the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey, in partnership with Surrey Community Action at our launch event in Woking.

We commissioned the report to deepen the evidence base on the state of Surrey’s VCSE ecosystem and provide an expanded set of practical policy recommendations designed to strengthen collaboration between civil society, local government, and regional stakeholders.

You can find the report in our resource library (link in comments).

18/03/2026

As part of Action with Communities in Rural England - ACRE , our Community Buildings Adviser Kym Pearson organised at drop-in event at the vibrant Vital Village Community Hub in Thames Ditton today.

Community buildings management teams (most of whom are volunteers) popped in to pick up information and advice from Kym and other stallholders and to network.

The theme of this year's Village Halls Week is Health and Fitness and Kym will be at an event at St Clare's Church in Guildford on Friday, which includes a free community pilates class. Find out more in the link in the comments.

18/03/2026

Read all about it! Your latest update from Surrey Community Action. - https://mailchi.mp/0df76c272fd1/updates-from-surrey-community-action-16582278