Wednesday 23 September 2015. CSH Surrey's Community Fund panel has awarded a £2,000 grant to the Sunnybank Trust, a charitable company based in St Barnabus Church, Temple Road in Epsom that supports adults with learning disabilities. The grant will go towards providing and developing the charity’s Flagship Friendship Programme, which aims to combat isolation through three areas of activity:
- Home visitors who spend time with 38 of the residents of 8 local care homes
- 1:1 friendships between 23 volunteers and service users, involving visits and fun outings
- A pen friend scheme currently offering 48 residents the pleasure of written communication from volunteers.
