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Video of LHS coming soon!

Marcus from Media2u films an interview with Kat, our Learning Development Worker. We have been working on a short film, to welcome new clients when they arrive and to inform the wider community about the work of LeatherHead Start. We hope to have it finished later in the year and will upload it here on […]

Plant sale to support LeatherHead Start

The Leatherhead Horticultural Society are holding a coffee morning and plant sale at 19 The Mount, Fetcham on May 31st 10 am until 12 midday. All are welcome. The admission charge for coffee and biscuits is £2 and the plants on sale will be of a good quality, grown by the members of the society. […]

Fun and Games at LHS!

Once a month, our fantastic volunteer, Will, runs a Games Night with prizes to add a friendly spirit of competition. Everyone playing receives at least a small prize to walk away with and it is always an enjoyable, positive way to spend an evening.   Unfortunately, Will is returning to the States and has to […]

Pastry Making Workshop

Volunteer Claire Whittaker of the Really Good Bread Co. came back to Leatherhead Start to teach clients how to make delicious pastries.  The workshop was a great success and fun was had by all!  

Go Karting Trip

Eight Leatherhead Start clients had the opportunity to try Go Karting at a centre in Crawley last week.   A great time was had by all and trophies were even given out! The trip was organised by our volunteer Paul Fraser and the costs generously covered by his local chiropractic company, Aligned For Life (see website here). Paul […]

Local youth deliver Christmas hampers

In December last year, young people from the Leatherhead Youth Project put together some Christmas goodies for our clients and came to deliver them.  Our clients were so touched by the gesture.  A huge thank you to the brilliant staff and young people at LYP! They even made a short video! To watch click here… […]

Volunteer Viv prepares an evening meal

Viv, our Volunteer Cook, prepares a meal for our clients once a week using the hostel’s kitchen.  Since December, she has come in most Thursdays at 3:30pm to start prepping the meal and then by 6 o’clock there is a delicious spread for LHS clients and staff.  This is such a huge help to our […]