Charity/voluntary

The St Georges Hill Lawn Tennis Club was full with song writing legends belting out their hits on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November. 'The Songwriters and The Kestrals' evening hosted by the Walton and Weybridge Friends of Princess Alice Hospice Committee was a great success and saw hundreds of guests enjoying classic hits. This is a wonderful flagship event in the calendar and would not take place without the dedication of the committee, which includes an instrumental member in Brenda Greenaway, wife of songwriter Roger Greenaway.

Last year Day Hospice patients at the Princess Alice Hospice were very please to receive gifts of beautiful patchwork quilts courtesy of Creative Quilting, Bridge Road, East Molesey. This year the Hospice is once again receiving a very welcome gift of over 30 quilts, made during 'QUILTATHON'.

The Princess Alice Hospice 'Look Good Feel Great' patient makeover day on Friday 10 of October saw project partner and world famous hairdresser Trevor Sorbie and the FAMOUS make up team return to host a day of patient pampering. The event held to coincide with World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Saturday 11 October comes very soon after the incredible success of a visit from Trinny and Susannah on September 24.

On Saturday 6 September, Jonathan Perkins, Trustee of the Princess Alice Hospice led by example as he took part in the Hospice's first Midnight Walk, he also encouraged two other trustees Lynn Gilbert and Jenny Provin to join him and make up a team called 'The Alice Band'.

A youth football team which was saved from certain downfall had their new ground opened on Saturday September 20.

Hurst Park Juniors were given four pitches, goal posts, and flags by Apps Court Farm owner Stuart Macgregor for the three under 10 teams to play and train on.

It's that time of year again when poppys go on-sale and this year volunteers are needed to help with collections in Walton.

The national and Surrey launch of the 2008 Poppy Appeal takes place in October 25 and will last until November 8.

A late summer fete will take place at Apps Court Farm in Hurst Road on Saturday September 13.

Organised by the Caravan Club of West Surrey, the day will see raffles, tombolas, and refreshments, as well as clowns, cheerleader displays and falconry.

Tickets are £1 and all money raised will go towards charity Rapid Assistance for Potentially Terminally Ill Children in Kew.

Doors are open between 12-4pm.

Following on from the hugely popular all women 'Look Good Feel Great' patient makeover days the team at the Princess Alice Day Hospice decided to spoil the men, although there were no make up or nail treatments on offer.

The very first all male 'Gentlemen's Day' took place on Tuesday 2 September and 25 patients enjoyed a very entertaining talk from Trevor Baylis the inventor of the hugely successful and innovative 'Wind Up' radio. The male guests also enjoyed a question and answer session with Trevor, and had the opportunity to view Trevor's most recent inventions.

A mum is organising a fundraising wedding ball in memory of her pregnant daughter who died from meningitis.

Alice Austin, 68, is staging the event for her daughter Gillian Redman, of Green Lane, Hersham, who died in March 2004 aged 31. She was 26 weeks pregnant and her baby, called Grace, died a short while afterwards when her lungs failed.

The ball is being held at the Gold Cup Suite, at Sandown Park Race Course, on September 27, and gives women the chance to dust off their wedding dresses and wear them again.

The Princess Alice Hospice Therapy Team members are leading by example; they have been building up their fitness levels and getting in some additional training following their registration for the very first, Princess Alice Hospice MIDNIGHT WALK on Saturday 6 September.

The therapy team, led by their manager Kathy Birch has signed up for the 13.1-mile challenge, Kathy has also recruited some of her friends and together they go by the name "Team G N O".