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Frimley Fuel AllotmentsCertificate or Appreciation Award for the Frimley Fuel Allotments
On April 6th Simon Strachan, FFA chair, was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the charity by Sarah Jane Croke, Mayor of Surrey Heath, in recognition of the help and support given to the community during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The charity...
Storm Damage Clearance
Users of the Fuel Allotments are asked to note that tree surgeons will be at work in the estate making safe areas damaged in the storms earlier this year. The work will take place on Friday 22 April. You are asked to observe the warning signs and avoid areas where...
Tree Management
On Thursday 11 and Friday 12 February forestry contractors will be at work clearing dead wood in the eastern edge of the Fuel Allotments. Warning signs will be in place and members of the public are asked to avoid the designated area. Attached is a plan showing the...
Litter Pick – Saturday 23rd October
Most users of the Fuel Allotments take their rubbish home with them - but not all of them. Twice a year - in May and October - the trustees organise a Saturday morning litter pick where trustees, beneficiaries of FFA grants and local people help clear the area of...
2020 Trustees’ Report and Accounts
The Charity has published its 2020 Report and Accounts which can be viewed in full on this website and on the Charity Commission website www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission. Here are some highlights: Our main source of income was from Pine Ridge...
£52,000 for Laptops for Home Schooling during Lockdown
Frimley Fuel Allotments Charity has given £52,000 to schools in the GU15/16 post code areas to buy more laptops for children and students currently studying from home without basic IT equipment. With stories in the media about households sharing one laptop between...
Need help with debts, fuel bills or essential items?
At this particularly difficult time for families, single people, the chronically sick and elderly folk, remember that the Frimley Fuel Allotments Charity exists to help people in need, hardship and distress. Anyone living in the GU15 and GU16 postcode areas can ask...
Getting Homeless People back into a Home in Camberley
The Hope Hub [hehopehub.org.uk] is one of the local charities supported by a regular Frimley Fuel grant. In 2019 we gave £1000 to enable the team to meet immediate needs for travel costs, clothing and other essentials of people seeking help. We also...
Helping People in difficulty in Camberley
Connect Counselling is a Camberley based counselling service which does not impose a fixed fee for individuals who are struggling and can't afford to pay more than a donation. Referrals come from GP's, mental health teams, churches and personal...
Linden SANG opened
In January 2019, 193 acres of the Charity's woodland were designated as an area of Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace [SANG]. Providing the SANG is a condition of the planning approval for the Linden Homes housing development on the former...