Community Collaborations/Events

  • Oxted Employment Hub (TDC and Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership (SLLP): Job skills 18-24 yrs (NEETs). 60 on the books, 7 job starts already (opened 21st May!) 

  • Hurst Green School and Titsey Rotary: outdoor library 

  • Hazelwood School: outreach workshops (Yrs 1 & 4), Bee Project and Compassion at Christmas 

  • St Mary’s School and Limpsfield Grange School: provide choirs for our Christmas socials 

  • The Friendship Project: networking initiative (Claire Coutinho, MP) 

  • Limpsfield Village Fete: Stall, “pocket-money” gifts 

  • Limpsfield Chart Fair: Stall and Men-in-Sheds made “A” Boards for the event 

  • Love Oxted “What’s On” monthly poster: we contribute with activities 

  • Oxted BID: we attend networking events with local businesses 

  • Voluntary Action Surrey East (VASE): networking and volunteer advertising 

  • Oxted Pram Race: helped with money collecting and marshalling 

  • Oxted Boot Fair: helped with marshalling 

  • Annual Remembrance Day display at Morrisons 

  • United Reform Church Christmas Tree Festival: MiS and WHCC entered Trees 

  • Oxted Christmas Event: we opened the Hall as an additional venue for visitors 

  • Love Oxted Christmas Adventure Trail – participant 

  • Titsey Rotary Santa Sleigh: annual sleigh repair, storage and helping collect money 

  • UKMSA Development Officer for Greater London: we loaned items to encourage more Sheds 

  • Creative Community: Exhibition at Hurst Green Train Station planned this summer 

  • Godstone WI: we gave a talk  

  • Oxted WI: we are giving a talk 

  • The Bull Pub, Limpsfield Christmas Event: we provided raffle prizes and had a stall 

  • The Haycutter Pub: we participated in their MacMillan coffee morning 

  • Oxted Parish Council AGM: attended 

  • Limpsfield Village Parish Council AGM: attended and promoted our services 

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital Bottle Top collection point which then goes to Penny Kirk, our local co-ordinator 

  • Café Connect, Godstone – we gave a talk and had a stall on occasions 

  • Head to Head Sensory Theatre - MiS have done work for them and they have sold our Christmas Cards 

  • St. John’s School, Caterham and Titsey Rotary: working in partnership with Men-in-Sheds to refurbish the school’s playground bus.