At the start of the pandemic we reported on a young man from Sunbury who had the brilliant idea of offering tutoring free of charge. Jacob Kelly’s Coronavirus Tutoring Initiative drew on the resources of 4000 volunteer university students who pro-vided 25,000 hours of free online 1:1 tutoring for school pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds across […]
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Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust This month we’d like to take the opportunity to share the story of Sean Fitzpatrick who was a pa-tient at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey and the Brad-ley Neuro-rehabilitation unit, which is run by Ash-ford and St Peter’s Hospitals, located within Woking Community Hospital. Before becoming unwell, Sean
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By Kacie Thomson, SUEZ We would like to reassure the community that emissions from the Eco Park are mostly steam (the largest and only visible emission), with oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and tiny amounts of pollutants that must comply with the Environment Agency’s (EA) permitted limits and strict EU regulations. Steam is an odourless, colourless
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The Light Fantastic If I say ‘winter garden’ what do you imagine? A stately home? Evergreen shrubs? Topiary maybe? It dawned on me a few years ago when I was out walking the dog on a frosty morning that winter gardens are really all about the light. From late autumn through the winter there is
Halliford School announced a 100% pass rate in LAMDA exams at the end of last year. 19 Halliford students took ex-ams in either acting, verse and prose, or mime, securing an impressive 11 distinctions, 7 merits and 2 passes. Halliford are so proud of Sixth Former, Robert Pleasance (pictured right with headmaster Mr Davies), who
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We always love seeing local photos taken by you. Thanks to this months contributors. We are getting more and more images every month. Keep them coming and see them in print in Sunbury Matters: monica@villagematters.co.uk
By Monica Chard No, Prancer and Dancer have not done a run-ner over the festive period. There are deer living happily in Shepperton. I saw a post on Friends of Shepperton from an astounded Lisa Rollin who had come face to face with a star-tled Bambi near Shepperton cricket club. The post served to assure
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By Monica Chard Trust the Nordics to come up with another great idea which means you have no excuse NOT to sit outdoors, even during winter! Recent restrictions have meant we can meet other householders OUTSIDE, but not in the cosy indoors. That is fine for the warmer months, but is a bit on the
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia Moving towards Christmas and a time to feast and celebrate and watch lots of TV, or are some of you think-ing that’ what I have been doing through-out Lockdown any-way! But some people have been busier than others getting out and about in stolen and cloned vehicle committing burglaries and stealing
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By Nick Pollard Christmas this year is going to seem very different to the usual festivities, with restrictions on church going, meeting up with friends and family, shopping or even getting away from it all on winter breaks. Spare a thought though, for the inhabitants of Sunbury village in 1879, when the day’s events got
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From humble beginnings we started our small group of 6 members that was 3 dementia members and their carers. We were offered to use the main hall in the Greeno Centre which has over the years ac-commodated so many of us having amazing get together. We are now having to consider how we can accommodate
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Is the world ‘on pause’ due to Covid 19? One thing is for sure, mental health prob-lems are certainly NOT ‘on pause’. The pandemic has had a crippling effect on mental health. Mother Lynn Craig, whose daughter, Natasha, died of an eating disorder, under-stands all too well the anxie-ty that the Covid crisis will be
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From Douglas Dick (With apologies to Dr. Clement C. Moore) T’was the Night before Christmas, all through Shepperton Town, No-one was smiling, all had a frown; The stockings were hung by the chimneys with care, But what chance had St. Nick and his sleigh to be there? The Children were nestled all snug in their
By Monica Chard During this challenging period of isolation it is more important than ever to keep active, stay connected and do something positive. Peggy Pickering organises a competition theme for her Shepperton Artists group every year. This year it was to paint a picture de-picting one of the four seasons, which would be laminated
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The Mayor of Spelthorne, Cllr Colin Barnard, and Mayoress joined the Spelthorne Litter Pickers for a litter pick last month at Laleham Riverside. The litter pick saw eight bags collected, which in-cluded items such as take-away boxes, clothes, a plastic fender and sofa cushions despite there being bins in the area to utilise. At the
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It’s such a challenging time for everyone right now, with so much uncertainty caused by COVID-19. The latest government figures show the UK’s unemployment rate rising to 4.8% in the three months to September and redundancies rising to a record high of 314,000 in the same period (Office for Na-tional Statistics). Surrey County Council’s latest
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by Sarah Tune Its nice to have some colour near your front door during the winter and If you have the luxury of buying a few plants, there are many colour-ful types available this time of year, so why not choose something other than the winter flowering pansy on their own. Cineraria maritima with its
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By Carl Phillips, Shepperton Residents Association Hopefully, by now, we have been freed from the confines of the second Lockdown. It’s time to get those delayed Christmas plans up and running. An exciting prospect, perhaps a bit more frenetic this time. Don’t forget your masks! We have been busily organising the Christ-mas trees for the
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Have you ever wondered who organises the Christmas trees on the shop fronts in the high street? This is all down to the Big Tree Night commit-tee. This year however due to Covid there has been a significantly smaller group of volunteers to organise this festive cheer. This year we must thank a special man,
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By Monica Chard Those in the know tell us that the best time of the day is first thing in the morning. But at this time of the year, when it is dark and cold, it takes some conviction to get up and out. But Win the Morning. Win the Day (WTMWTD) is a group
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