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Age UK Surrey

Mission Statement

Age UK Surrey aims to:

  • promote the wellbeing of older people in Surrey
  • improve public awareness of issues concerning ageing
  • influence public policy to meet the needs of older people
  • work with other agencies in the provision of relevant services for older people

If you have the time - however little - there are so many ways in which you can help.

The rewards are great.  You will use your skills, meet new people, have fun and find it very, very rewarding.  You can be sure that the time you give is making a positive difference to older people in the community.

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Men in Sheds Volunteer

Volunteer Title: Men in Sheds Volunteer


Volunteer hours: 1 or 2 mornings or afternoon sessions each week (3 hour sessions). Fridays and other days possible.


Reporting to: Shed Co-ordinator (staff)


Location: Men in Sheds workshop, Merrist Wood College, Holly Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3PE

Main Role:

A volunteer who really enjoys woodworking and has good woodworking skills is needed to help in our Men in Sheds joinery workshop supervising / supporting woodworking projects and working as a team with other volunteers and the Co-ordinator.

This will include working with hand tools, power tools and small woodworking machines.

Essential Skills:

Experience in a woodworking environment with specifically woodworking expertise.

An understanding of Health and Safety or willingness to learn.

A willingness to pass on skills and knowledge to Shed members / participants.

Has good communication and organisation skills.

Willingness to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable Skills:

An interest in wood work, furniture making, cabinet making.

A knowledge / understanding of issues that face older people.

Be reliable, trustworthy and competent. 

Provide occasional absence cover.

Note: Training will need to be undertaken in the Workshop on the use of all woodworking machinery.


Expenses: Age UK Surrey will reimburse any agreed expenses including travel.

Enquiries to: volunteer@ageuksurrey.org.uk

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Cancer Testing Services CIC

The mission statement of Cancer Testing Services CIC

Community service is paramount in our approach to providing families with both awareness and possible solutions to all too common cancers and the problems that they can bring. 

  The awareness and detection work of Cancer Testing Services CIC is driven by a passion to find early indications of prostate cancer in men and also aims to lead to the uncovering of any other cancers, regardless of gender, that, through testing with a simple blood test, might assist in this early detection and the possibility of saving or extending life.  

We aim to learn, educate and use knowledge, to reduce death from prostate and other cancers that affect adults in the community and will reduce the impact upon the wider families that cancer complications and deaths provide. 

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Skillway

Mission Statement

Skillway trains young people in manual craft skills to give them a better future with ongoing employment opportunities. 

INSPIRE -  CREATE -   FULFIL  - SUCCEED

Skillway is based in the Old Chapels in Deanery Road, Godalming.  The young people are usually aged 14 to 16 or 17.  They come for one day per week, on recommendation of their school.

We have an excellent employed Workshop Manager and two employed tutors, but most skills are taught by volunteers who have specific craft skills, aided by other volunteers who can give skilled and/or pastoral support.

The main skills offered are Woodworking,   Metalwork & basic engineering,   Practical motor mechanics,  stone carving,   creative arts including jewellery making and working with glass.

 

 

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Surrey Remap

Mission Statement

Surrey Remap is the local group representing the national charity Remap (www.remap.org.uk).

The objective of this charity is to design and make custom equipment for the disabled when such equipment is not available commercially.

A visit to the website will demonstrate that this often involves quite simple devices, modifications to existing equipment, and even some quite complex projects. Remap comprises a very small head office and a countrywide network of volunteer engineers and handymen, who work from their own home workshops.

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The Spike Heritage Centre (Guildford)

Mission Statement

The Spike Heritage Centre is one of the few buildings remaining from Guildford's Workhouse in the Poor Law era, which housed the forgotten classes of Victorian England.  The Vagrants and Casual Ward, known as The Spike was built in 1906 to house vagrants and low paid workers.  After the Poor Laws ended in 1929, it continued as a night hostel until the mid 1960s. The NHS took over the site becoming St Lukes Hospital, operational until the mid 1990s when the new Royal Surrey hospital was opened.  The majority of the workhouse site was redeveloped, but due to the efforts of local campaigners, the Casual Ward was saved and remains as a historic building with lots of stories to tell. Individual visitors and groups are welcome to explore this unique building with guides providing the insight about how the poor were treated in a bygone age. 

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