Photo credit:  Crawley Borough Council.   Photo shows donations and foodbank group.

Crawley Borough Council and its contractor, Wates, are supporting local foodbanks this Christmas. 

The Council has set up a donation station at the Town Hall for two foodbank charities, The Easter Team and Free Shop Crawley. 

Meanwhile Wates has supplied more than 200 advent calendars and festive food to one of the foodbanks.  Residents can donate items in the Town Hall foyer until Tuesday 19th December. 

The Easter Team foodbank are looking for help to deliver food parcels on 22nd December.

For more information on the Easter Team:  www.theeasterteam.org/

For more information on Free Shop Crawley:  freeshopcrawley.com/

Photos:  Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Surrey Hospital held a ‘Meet the Practitioner’ careers event last week for students from local schools and colleges. Students in year 9 and above were given behind the scenes access and expert demonstrations from teams at the hospital. 

They watched doctors, nurses and therapists in the simulation suite, and attended presentations about different careers in healthcare.

Photo credit: Tracey Franklin

Surrey Police will temporarily move its Reigate teams to the former Surrey Fire and Rescue Service HQ at Wray Park in Alma Road.

Wray Park is located around a mile from Reigate Police Station where Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was found last month.  Officers and Staff will be there for at least the next 18-24 months. 

The public facing front counter was recently moved to Caterham Police Station where it will remain, as there are no suitable locations for this service at Wray Park.  It’s expected that a phased relocation will be completed before Christmas.

Photo courtesy of Tracey Franklin