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Job Alert! We are recruiting for a Property & IT Manager, apply today!
Post Title: Property & IT Manager Reports to: Head of HR & Internal Operations Job Purpose: To manage the office/centre environment & facilities including IT Job location: On-site in the central Surrey area (we are currently based in Fetcham, near...
Important flu vaccine information for pregnant women
If you’re pregnant, it’s important to get your flu vaccine this year. You can have your free flu vaccine at your GP practice, or it may also be available from your pharmacy or midwife. Pregnancy changes your immune system, making infections like flu more serious....
Royal Collection Trust Descriptive Zoom
The Royal Collection Trust next descriptive zoom takes place on Tuesday 4th November from 2pm, on the subject of Royal Writing. The Royal Archives holds around 7 million documents relating to the Royal Family and the Royal Household. The Archives were founded in 1914...
JOB VACANCY: Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager
Volunteer and Community Engagement Manager Salary: £35,000 Full time annual leave entitlement is 28 days per annum Are you a dynamic individual who can develop, lead and grow our volunteering and community engagement work in Surrey? Do you thrive on working with...
National Eye Health Week (23rd to 29th September)
This week is National Eye Health Week (23rd - 29th September) and did you know a shocking 19 million Brits* are not having a regular eye test? Does this sound like someone you know? You should have an eye test at least every 2 years so why not give that person you...
Change starts with a Will….
Leaving a gift in your Will, no matter how large or small, to organisations that have helped and supported you, are of enormous help as they allow plans to be made for the future. We’ve partnered with expert estate planners, Octopus Legacy, so you can write or update...
Royal Collection Trust Descriptive Zoom
The next Royal Collection Descriptive Zoom is set for Tuesday 2 September, and the session will be joined by Karly Allen who will be taking about the Royal Mews and describing the Irish State Coach. The Royal Mews is a working branch of the British Royal Family...
Emergency Alert National Test
On Sunday 7 September at 3pm, the UK government will be carrying out a national test of the Emergency Alerts system. This system is designed to warn and advise people if there’s a danger to life nearby – such as severe flooding, fires or extreme weather. A text...
Blinded by methanol
Calum Macdonald, aged 23 years old, was poisoned with methanol last November whilst traveling in South Asia. He and several others suffered severe and life changing injuries, and very sadly six people lost their lives as a result of the methanol poisoning. The day...
Wetherspoons bars thousands of Assistance Dogs from pubs
As the saying goes, a dog is a man’s best friend, but for JD Wetherspoons sadly this is not the case as the pub giant has barred Assistance Dogs from all of their 800 premises in the UK, Isle of Man and Ireland. The exception to this rule is dogs registered with a...
International Assistance Dog Week
To highlight International Assistance Dog Week Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey are uniting with Surrey Coalition for Disabled People and sharing advice on rights of entry for Assistance Dogs, how to act around an Assistance Dog and the impact access refusals can...
Devolution – have your say!
The Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Surrey is underway and this is your opportunity to have your say! So, what is devolution? Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from central government to a local level. Currently Surrey...