Guildford Philanthropy launches new website
The charity was established five years ago by Guildford Borough Council and the Community Foundation for Surrey to help transform the lives of less fortunate members of our community and address the disadvantage that exists on our doorstep.
ON YOUR BIKE! Initiative in Guildford
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex last summer visited one of the projects which typifies the work Guildford Philanthropy undertakes to give opportunity and tackle need across the Borough of Guildford.
The Guildford Bike Project is a social enterprise set up by the Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership which, since its inception, has received grants from Guildford Philanthropy and from three other funds supported by the Community Foundation for Surrey. The Bike Projects refurbishes donated bikes, provides free skills, accredited training and work experience for local job seekers and young people. The bikes are then sold to the local community at an affordable price and the income is “recycled” to sustain the project. In the six years since its inception over 400 people have benefited from the project with 106 achieving an accredited qualification and 58 having gone on to get jobs.
