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They are currently having a big recruitment drive The popular family and dog walking spot organisers, Matthews Organisation, for nurses, care assistants and housekeepers to Earlswood Lakes has got a new catering and local cocktail bar owners Joules. work in Tadworth, as well as shop assistants for contractor, who hopes to bring a new café Their proposal also includes a plan to their charity shops in Surrey. If you’re interested to the lakes in 2016. An application for a reintroduce pedalos and rowing boats in working for this invaluable organisation, visit log cabin-style café and new loos will be to the top lake in time for the Easter www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk submitted to Reigate & Banstead BC, as holidays. a joint venture between Reigate on Ice The lakes and commons, bordering Autism Woodhatch, Mead Vale, Redhill and Earlswood are a haven for wildlife and Awareness Week Roe deer, rabbits and foxes can often be Around 700,000 people in the UK are on spotted. There was outcry last year when the autism spectrum. Together with their the council removed trees around the New families they make up around 2.8 million Pond on Woodhatch Road, leaving the people whose lives are touched by autism area bare and exposed to the elements. every single day. Autism Awareness Week The clearance was to stop blockages to the takes place from 2nd-8th April, with lots of dam and remove potentially damaging activities planned around the UK to support tree roots. You might be surprised to this great charity. A Night Walk for Autism discover Earlswood Common was home will take place in London on Sat 2nd April, to Victorian author George Elliott and also with 5km-15km routes, and the London mentioned in Charles Dickens’ articles. musical Wicked will be hosting a specially It was previously the site of Reigate adapted Autism-Friendly performance on Earlswood Lakes_ rspb.org.uk Workhouse and the lakes used to be used Sat 14th May. For more info about what’s as bathing ponds. Bit chilly! happening in Surrey, visit autism.org.uk Families Surrey East March-April 2016 3 News Wear a Hat Day Brain Tumour Research is holding their annual Wear a Hat Day on Thurs 24th March to highlight the lack of awareness of this life changing disease. Unbelieveably, just 1% of the national cancer funding is spent on brain cancer research – and it is the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK. Celebs including Sarah Beenie, singer John Newman and actress Sheila Hancock are ambassadors for the charity. Visit braintumourresearch.org to find out how you can Breck’s Silent Disco support this vital cause, and look pretty jaunty at the same time! You might have seen the disturbing documentary Murder Games on BBC One recently, about the sad case of Breck Bednar, the Need a Furniture Fix? 14-year old boy from Caterham who was murdered in 2014 by Have you got a furniture idea in mind, but just can’t quite find someone he met online.