Blog

Pub Social October

12th October 2023

Pub Social, OctoberWhat a pleasure to welcome 30 guests at our pub social on Tuesday 11th October at the Fairmile Pub in Cobham. A great event spent chatting, eating good food and providing support where needed. Lovely t ...

Volunteer Training

4th October 2023

When do you call an Ambulance? How do you get people up from the floor safely? These questions and many more were answered during our Volunteer Training Session yesterday with Alan, an Emergency Care Paramedic Practitioner and Re ...

Pub Social June

10th July 2023

We had a lovely time with 50 guests at the Fairmile Pub in Cobham. It was a great opportunity for everyone to chat over a good meal. The perfect occasion to share problems, discuss issues and have some fun.

Volunteers' Week 2023

8th June 2023

We got together with our CHEER volunteers to say a huge thank you for all the work that they do. CHEER helps well over 100 older people every year by reducing financial hardship and social isolation. None of that would be pos ...

Coronation 'Street Party'

17th May 2023

The CHEER indoor 'street party' was an amazing way to celebrate the Coronation with the help of our volunteers and the Brownies, Guides and Rangers as part of the Big Help Out. A huge thank you to them and to the Co-op for the de ...

Thank you to the Community Foundation for Surrey

23rd May 2021

We are grateful to the Community Foundation for Surrey and Elmbridge Philanthropy for their grant towards the purchase of 3 laptops for the CHEER staff. Our staff have been working remotely during the pandemic and they are t ...

Walton Charity bring CHEER to the retired community

31st January 2021

We would like to thank Walton Charity for their generous grant to help us upgrade our IT system, which will enable staff to lay the foundations for expanding our befriending service. CHEER has been supporting retired people in El ...

CHEER's New Year Lunch

13th February 2020

We were delighted by a wonderful turnout of guests including the Mayor of Elmbridge, Councillor Mary Sheldon and her Consort, John Sheldon, CHEER trustees, volunteers, and clients for a lunch in the Chessington Safari Hotel. Th ...

Winter Warmer event

3rd December 2019

We were delighted to welcome more than 60 of our clients and volunteers to enjoy our Winter Warmer lunch at Chessington Garden Centre at the end of November. It was a lovely opportunity to get everyone together to share a hot me ...

Befriending referrals

6th June 2019

CHEER has been helping the local community and changing lives for over 65 years, providing help with benefits claims, one-to-one befriending visits by volunteers, events to promote social interaction and signposting to other ser ...