Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has announced two new appointments. Kelly Heaton-Ralph has been promoted to Executive Director of Fundraising and Philanthropy and Symon Russell to Executive Director of Individual Giving. The new Senior Leadership roles have been created as part of a strategic drive to further strengthen income streams at the…
Over £17K has been raised by dog lovers across the South East who took part in Hound Hike 100 – a sponsored dog walk organised by Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) which invited people to walk a total of 100km or 100 miles with their canine companions throughout the month of April. …
Michael Aagaard, former Head of Foreign Exchange at Saxo Bank has been appointed as Managing Director of GCEX in Denmark. He will be responsible for all GCEX’s activities out of Denmark and GCEX’s growing team in Copenhagen. He will also work closely with Founder and CEO, Lars Holst on strategic growth plans for the organisation.…
Jack Meggitt-Phillips has been chosen as the winner of the 2022 Awesome Book Awards for his debut novel, The Beast and the Bethany (Egmont), announced via a special online event. Jack said: “Well right now Isabelle and I are feeling abominable – no that’s not it. Atrocious? Nope, not that either. AWESOME! Yes, we are…
Award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, leads campaign An initiative by Maggie O’Farrell, author of literary sensation Hamnet, and Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival has successfully secured the first memorial to William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet – whose tragic early death is believed to have inspired what would become one of the most famous plays in the world.…
MILES4MADI RAISES OVER £11,000 FOR AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY KENT SURREY SUSSEX A community fundraising event organised by the family and friends of a former Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) patient has raised over £11,000 for the life-saving charity. Miles4Madi, which took place on 26th March in Claygate, Surrey, was organised by…
CREATIVE SPACES: Artists in the early decades of the 20th century 5 May – 19 June Watts Contemporary Gallery Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 5 May (until 19 June), Creative Spaces explores how artists working during the early decades of the 20th century were inspired by the spaces which they inhabited.…
IMPORTANT PAINTING BY G.F. WATTS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE NATION AND ALLOCATED TO WATTS GALLERY A significant painting by George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817-1904) has been allocated to Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village via HM Government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme, run by the Arts Council. Commissioned in 1848, the large-scale painting…
HASLEWORKS HOSTS RECEPTION FOR JEREMY HUNT MP’S CAMPAIGN FOR NEW CANCER & SURGICAL INNOVATION CENTRE On Thursday 31 March, HasleWorks – a new co-working space in Haslemere Town Centre – hosted a reception to thank members of the local community for supporting Jeremy Hunt MP’s fundraising campaign for the new Cancer & Surgical Innovation…
VISIT WEST HORSLEY PLACE THIS SPRING West Horsley Place reopens to visitors this spring with a programme of special events, guided tours and open days. From 7 April, visitors will be able to see the GladRags community banner, which will go on public display in Place Farm Barn for the first time. The…