Charity/voluntary

A student from Weybridge will take on a challenge of a lifetime for charity when he climbs Mount Kilimanjaro in July.

Callum Johnson, 19, of The Paddocks, will follow in the footsteps of the Comic Relief team who climbed the 19,300ft mountain in Tanzania, in March.

The Halliford branch of the Womens' Institute is looking for new members.

They meet on the third Tuesday of every month at the community centre in Upper Halliford Road at 7.30pm.

For more information, ring 01932 781303.

A charity fair day will be held by Shepperton Rotary Club on Saturday, March 28, at the Anchor Hotel, Church Square, Shepperton, between 10am-2pm.

Twenty-eight charities from across Spelthorne will be promoting their work and looking to recruit volunteers while visitors can also get a free hearing test.

The Spelthorne Natural History Society is conducting a litter pick on Thursday, April 16 from Splash Meadow to Nutty Lane, meeting at the far end of Old Charlton Lane at 9am.

Organiser Joan Ponton is looking for sellers to participate in a craft fair on Saturday March 21 at Shepperton Village Hall in the High Street.

Anyone interested can call her on 01932 223217.

Pupils at Halliford School in Shepperton held a mufti day to raise funds for pupils at a special school in the village.

Two to three times a week sixth form students at Halliford visit Manor Mead, a school for kids with severe learning difficulties, to help with structured sporting activities.

Spelthorne Civic Pride Volunteers will turn their attention on Sunday, April 5 to Funky Footprints nature reserve in School Lane, Shepperton.

From 10am they will be cutting willows and Goats Rue.

Anyone interested in getting involved can call 01932 564543.

Spelthorne Natural History Society will visit The Ranges in Docket Eddy Lane, Shepperton, on Sunday, February 22 from 10am to make baskets from dry willow.

Anyone interested in getting involved can call 01932 232344.

Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers will be cutting canes on Sunday, February 22, from the cane plantation at The Ranges, Shepperton, at 10am.

Canes supplied from the plantation are used by craftsmen across the region and volunteers will need to bring wellies and secateurs if they have them.

Anyone interested can meet in Dockett Eddy Lane, OS MAP 176, grid reference TQ 066 663.

For more information, call 0208 977 4675.

Voluntary Action in Spelthorne is offering charities working in the borough the chance to use free office space at Community Link, based within the council offices at Knowle Green, Staines.

Users have access to meeting and interview rooms as well as equipment such as a photocopier, shredder and laminator.