What's Happening, June 2017

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On the move to Everything in
independence! the garden is
lovely!

Longest runner bean, best
summer bouquet, best
arrangement in a wellington
boot – these are all categories
people we support can enter in
the Grange Flower Show in July.

Besides flower and vegetable
competitions, there’ll be art,
woodwork and best apple pie
categories!

‘Here at last! It’s overwhelming!’ ‘It’s really close to my workplaces,’ ‘We want to show others at
is how Alison described moving says Alison. Nicky’s flat has an The Grange the achievements
into her own independent home adapted kitchen and bathroom. of people we support,’ says
in Leatherhead last month. ‘I was nervous on the first night,’ Horticulture Tutor Barry Phillips.
she says, ‘but I’m getting the hang
She and neighbour Nicky are of everything now.’ Don’t forget the Walled Garden
the first to take up residence in Shop – open 10-4pm daily
The Oaks, a block of four one- Two more Grange residents, Laura
bedroomed flats built for us in and Jane, will move in in June.
Fairfield Road, Leatherhead.
‘This is a tremendous achievement,’
The accommodation has been built says Sally Lines, ‘and it will literally
to a very high specification with easy change people’s lives.’
access to shops and local facilities.

Respite Days It offers adults with disabilities along with chill time and outings.
who may be on holiday from their Places still available: contact vikki.
Over 50 sessions have been booked normal activities the chance to come [email protected]
on our Summer Fun programme in for the day for activities such as
running from 24 July to 18 August. craft, fitness, drama and drumming

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Our Ride100 River deep,
cyclists mountain bike

Bob and Matt Austin are gearing Superfit fundraiser, Peter Dillow, Stilgoe sell-
up for the Surrey-London Ride100 is swimming the River Arun for us out success
Cycle event on 30 July in aid of on 24 June and doing Ride100 on
The Grange. As manager of the 30 July. Peter is a keen triathlon Bookham & Horsley Rotary
King George V Hall, in Effingham, competitor hence the swimming bit! organised a ‘Songs from the
Bob is a well-known local figure. Support him at: Shows’ concert featuring
He has another good reason to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ Sir Richard Stilgoe (one of
get fit for this challenge – he’s peter-dillow-ovy-PRLS-2017-4 our Patrons) and the Orpheus
recently become a grandad. alumni and the entertaining
GSA singers. The concert,
To support Bob and Matt go to sponsored by GR Lane Health
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ Products Ltd with wine
team/fyingbobmatts donations from Waitrose,
raised £2500 in addition to
Go Mel! Mike Sharp and his pal Alan, who the £1700 raised at a previous
climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for The Rotary brunch
Grange last year raising £2115, plan
to ‘stroll along the South Downs We are proud to have been
Way to raise some pennies for the chosen as the Charity of The
gorgeous Grange’. (It’s 100 miles Year and to have worked with
long!) Support Mike & Alan at such enthusiastic and
http://uk.virginmoney.com/ supportive people.
mikesharp6
Denbies now
Six new sell our fudge
people to
join us

With the new Leatherhead flats,

Mel Sheehan is our Work plus some other vacancies, six

Experience Co-ordinator. Last year new people will be able to move

she raised over £1,000 for us by into Grange accommodation over

riding the Coast-to-Coast route and the coming year. Existing tenants

this year she and her husband Mark, will also have a chance to move

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to raise a similar amount.
We will see 19 moves across

To support them, visit Supported Living as people we
http://tinyurl.com/ya9oevcr support progress in their journey
towards independence and that is

exactly what we’re here for!

Cheers all around!

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Events Heritage Day

Surrey Artists Saturday, 9 September
Open Studios
Visit us and discover the history of
12-18 June (but not 14 June) The School of Stitchery and Lace,
10am-5.00pm as we were formerly known.
Call in to our studios and see
the arts and crafts we’ve been Bookham Open Cake and Lace
working on. Gardens
Saturday, 30 September
18 June 11am-5.00pm
We’re opening our gardens for you to A celebration of lacemaking,
visit. See the Victorian Walled Garden embroidery and knitting. Stalls and
and smell the sensory garden - then workshops. Contact: Tina Pedrick,
taste some marvellous cake with a [email protected]
lovely cup of tea!
Bridge
Summer Fun Masterclass
Respite Days
Thursday, 12 October 2017
24 July – 18 August, Monday to Times Bridge Correspondent
Friday Andrew Robson, OBE, will be
Call Vikki: 01372 455229 for details leading this popular masterclass.
Tickets £200 per table include
lunch and glass of wine. Contact
[email protected],uk

Thank You! Angela Faulkner for donating a Leatherhead Horti Society for
projector and a video camera – making us charity of the year
The Great Bookham Belles WI for these will be very useful
choosing us as their charity of the Nicholas and Gemma Woods of
year and for gifts of a wheelbarrow Penny Wright for boxes of ceramic the Kitchen Shop Weybridge for
and talking scales and a cheque for plates and vases which will be giving us discount on new pans for
£1100. Our grateful thanks to all of decorated and sold in our shops Granary kitchen (using funds raised
the Belles for their fantastic support for us by Albury Café)
over the past year. We have been busy giving talks
to Women’s Institute groups Dairy Crest team and CEB Global
The Provincial Grand Lodge of including South Heathlands WI and for putting up sheds and gardening
Surrey PGM Surrey Fund for an Leatherhead WI – thank you for
exceptional donation of £1000. your donations and for buying so Individual donations including
much fudge! one for £300
A massive thank you to the
Co-op Local Community Fund for Joyce for the rowing machine and Raffle prizes - thank you Sarah,
a fantastic donation of £2386 which punchbag! Wendy and June and others!
will go to The Sound and Light
Project in the ballroom. Staff of Iress software company A gift of £135, from the family of
for raising £145 by holding a Mrs Sheila Hamilton, mum of
cake sale Lyndsay Minihane, who passed
away in March.

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Walk a Mile The film is on our website – you
can watch it at
www.grangecentre.org.uk/1150-
little-hats-innocent-smoothies

Open Studios

Walk a Mile is a new feature in our Hat tip! Creative Arts & Textiles took part
Passport to Fitness scheme for in the launch of Surrey Artists
people we support and it’s got off Innocent Smoothies sent us a huge Open Studios (SAOS) with a drop
to a good start. Every Monday and box of their products as a thank in workshop featuring hirameki
Wednesday, staff and people we you for the animated film we made Japanese doodling and the
support meet at 4.25pm and walk about knitting little hats for their popular zentangling.
a mile round the Grange site. A big Smoothie bottles.
thank you to volunteer Stephen Our studios will be open for SAOS
Dean for leading the walks and our Week, 12-18 June 10am – 5pm
Activities Co ordinator Brenna for (but not Wednesday 14 June).
setting the scheme up.
Prize photography competition -
Please vote get snapping over the summer!
for us!
Don’t forget The Grange photo
competition – some of the latest
entries we’ve had are on the left.

There are two categories: ‘Family
& Friends’ and ‘Patterns in Nature’
and the deadline is 1 September.

We are pleased to be one of 300 Bookham and Lovelace DFAS
charities who will benefit from a Groups have put up a prize fund
special £3 million fund from the worth £500. You can enter 3
Masonic Charitable Foundation to photos. Email them to
celebrate the 300th Anniversary [email protected]
of the United Grand Lodge of
England. The more votes we get See www.grangecentre.org.uk/
the larger the grant we will receive. grange-photography-competition
for details.

Voting opens on 12 June until
31 July 2017.

See www.mcf.org.uk/vote

The Grange Centre for people with disabilities founded in 1938. Registered charity No: 207740. A company limited
by guarantee & registered in England (Companies Act) No. 348341. Housing Association No. H3727. Rectory Lane,
Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT23 4DZ

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