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‘Our Lives’, the book about the lives of members, carers, staff  and volunteers of the Samson Centre for MS that we have been eagerly awaiting is now available to purchase, hot off the press,  for £6.

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We had 6 very brave cyclists successfully complete the Pru Ride 100 cycling event.

Dan Gallagher, Daniel Yearsley and his Dad Graham (in first photo), Kevin & Vanessa Drury and Henri Kennedy (in 2nd photo).

Between them they have so far raised just under £5600 which is brilliant!

Thank you so much for enduring the wind and rain on Sunday – a great achievement.

5 out of 6 of our cyclists managed to get their own space in this race via the public ballot.

The public ballot for the 2019 Pru Ride 100 opens on 6 August so if you know anyone who would like to get a place in this great event for next year, do encourage them to enter the public ballot and cycle for us. We also have the option of purchasing one or two spaces in this race.

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Some of our amazing runners who took part in the British 10k run last Sunday in extreme heat!

We had 44 people running for us this year which is fantastic and so far they have raised £15,000 for the Centre! A brilliant result. Thanks so much to all of you – do let us know if you would like to take part again next year

Christine Preston kindly ran in the Shrewsbury half marathon for the Centre recently and raised over £600.

Thank you so much Christine for your support.

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The building of our annex has started with ground clearance.

Exciting times!

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Photos will be posted to show the progress being made over the coming weeks and months.

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Thank You to All Our Great Volunteers’

Our amazing volunteers at the Samson Centre for MS have won a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. So proud     #QAVS2018

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service accolade is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK and has an equivalent status to an MBE for individuals. The Award is across all regions in the UK. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation.

Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, said:
“Everyone who has received this award should be incredibly proud. Their service, commitment and care has a profoundly positive impact on communities throughout the country and I am delighted they have been recognised with this prestigious award.”

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Independent Committee Chair, former broadcast journalist Sir Martyn Lewis said:
“The recipients of the Queen’s Award are at the very top of a formidable volunteering movement in the UK involving millions of our citizens, and going from strength to strength.”

Pam Davies and Anne Brett very kindly put on a coffee morning for tvhe Centre yesterday. So glad the sun was shining for their event! They have raised over £230 with more sales of cakes still continuing so this amount will increase. Thanks so much to Pam and Anne for organising this event for us.

David Collings (on the right of this photo) ran in the Brighton marathon in April and has now raised an amazing £3139 for the Centre thanks to his own sponsorship and a very generous donation from his employer. Thanks so much David for doing this for the Samson Centre for MS. We are extremely grateful.

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The St Nicolas 9th Scout group took part in the 10km walk from Shalford Park organised by Guildford District Rotary on Sunday. Many thanks to Sara, our Lead Physio for getting the Scouts involved in this walk as they have raised around £500 for the Centre. A really lovely result.

A lovely photo from one of our Brighton Marathon runners –

William Parrott who raised an amazing £1832 for the Centre on Sunday.

Our other two runners – Sam Moore and David Collings have raised over £1170 between them – brilliant fundraising by all three runners.

Thank you so much for taking part in this event and raising funds for the Centre.

We had 6 lovely members of staff from Allianz come along on Friday to volunteer their time to help with a wide range of jobs in and around the Centre.

Thank you so much to Lucy and her colleagues from Finance at Allianz in Guildford for being so enthusiastic and helpful on Friday.

Also a big thank you to Dave Kitching (Guildford Waterside Centre Trustee) for coordinating the day and supervising the various jobs.

We would be more than happy to have you back here again some time!

Thank you to everyone who supported our Xmas Fair stalls at the Centre this week. We managed to raise an impressive £1870. Many thanks to those who helped on the stalls and for those of you who baked delicious cakes, made marmalade, chutney, donated items for the stalls etc.

At their charity quiz night, Surrey Police recently raised over £600 for the Samson Centre. A great big thank you from all of us.

We were lucky enough to receive a cheque for £900 last weekend from Lisa and Matt Stanley as a result of a Masonic Ladies event that was held recently in support of the Samson Centre for MS. Lovely to meet Lisa and Matt and a big thank you goes to St. Andrew’s Lodge in Bedfordshire for holding this event and raising money for our Centre.