Photo: Chris the Greyhound with Owner Samantha Marshall
A Management Accountant at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust, returns to work after hours with her dog to offer pet therapy to patients at East Surrey Hospital.
Samantha Marshall who has worked at SASH for four years, and her greyhound Chris visit the hospital every Sunday afternoon to allow Chris to meet patients. They became involved with the Pets as Therapy charity in August last year. The charity provides therapeutic visits to hospitals, hospices and schools by volunteers with their own friendly dogs.
Deputy Chief Nurse at the hospital, Victoria Daley, said the visits have a positive impact on the physiological and psychological wellbeing of patients.
Service men and women from Headley Court, The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, paraded through Dorking’s High Street in a celebratory farewell to the District. The facility will be moving to its new home in Loughborough.
Dorking High Street was closed for the event which was attended by The Countess of Wessex as Dave King reports.
This season’s final On The Front Foot with David Jay and Tim Bowling features two cricket club Chairmen – Mike Trowbridge of Burgess Hill and Paul Howard of Outwood. There’s also an appearance from Merstham’s 1st XI captain Laurie Nicholson who recently broke his own record club score when he hit a tidy total of 173 runs.
Redhill Business Guild (RBG) held its first breakfast meeting on Wednesday 27th September at Three Central on London Road, Redhill.
RBG Breakfast Club is a series of morning business networking events that provides each delegate the opportunity to connect with other members of the Redhill business community. These events also offer the opportunity to hear from a local guest speaker about their business’s journey and experiences whilst enjoying a complimentary breakfast buffet of bacon sandwiches, pastries and fresh fruit.
Redhill Business Guild (RBG) Breakfast Club welcomes their first presenter Sumi Wang. Picture shows: Sumi Wang and the eFOLDIRedhill Business Guild (RBG) Breakfast Club welcomes their first presenter Sumi Wang. Picture shows: Sumi Wang and the eFOLDI
Simon Bland gave the opening speech during which he expressed his love for Redhill. Following his speech the RBG Breakfast Club welcomed the Guild’s first presenter Sumi Wang, the local Redhill entrepreneur behind the eFOLDi, a collapsible mobility scooter, which won British Invention of the Year and the Reigate and Banstead Entrepreneurs Academy. eFOLDI also came runner up in the Richard Branson VOOM business awards.
Sumi and her father, who together designed and pitched the eFOLDi, had a fantastic story to share, one that reaches all the way to the Chinese National Acrobatic Troupe. Sumi provided an illuminating presentation of the eFOLDI mobility scooter.
Simon Bland, Economic Prosperity Programme Manager at Reigate and Banstead Council said: “I’m really pleased by the way the meeting has gone today, we’ve had a good turnout, a good cross section of people and all engaged really, really well, people talking to each other and I thought we had a really good presentation from for the first event.”
Redhill Business Guild (RBG) Breakfast Club welcomes their first presenter Sumi Wang. Picture shows: L/r Simon Bland, Economic Prosperity Programme Manager at Reigate and Banstead Council, Sumi Wang, eFOLDI and (seated) Richard Coad, Borough Councillor for Redhill East.
Borough Councillor for Redhill East, Richard Coad said: “This is a business networking breakfast with a very good representation of the Redhill businesses here, all networking together. This is something that the Redhill business community has been crying out for a long, long time, and now, one year into the Business Guild, we’re holding this fantastic event, with Sumi Wang as our guest speaker.”
Redhill Business Guild (RBG) Breakfast Club welcomes their first presenter Sumi Wang. Picture shows: Borough Councillor for Redhill East, Richard Coad and the eFOLDI
Among those attending the first RBG Breakfast Club were Jerry O’Leary, Chairman of Redhill Football Club, Belfry Shopping Centre Manager Andy Nash, Vicky and Dave from VIDA Training and Alix from the Include Choir, an inclusive choir of people with and without communication, memory or learning difficulties.
Established in September 2016 and representing a wide cross-section of businesses the Redhill Business Guild promotes and improves the trading interests of all its members and welcomes all proactive businesses wishing to join the Guild to help us achieve our objectives and become a part of the Redhill business community.
Listen On Demand:
Chairman of Redhill Business Guild, Richard Coad
Simon Bland, Economic Prosperity Programme Manager at Reigate and Banstead Council
Tess Lewsey spoke to Jo Josh and Paul Chawls from the Redhill based travel agency Travel Matters.
The main topics of conversation this week were Hurricanes – when they happen (the hurricane season) and how they are covered (or not) by travel insurance plus Ryanair – how many people are affected by the timetable disruption and whether they will be compensated (or not), and how this is covered by European Law and travel insurance.
