Date: 23 August 2022
Following the successful Walk the Way sponsored walk last year, Bishop Andrew and Bishop Jo are inviting you to join them once again, but this time for Walk the Wey (very slight difference). Last year's walk raised £4,300 to help the disadvantaged and vulnerable across the Diocese of Guildford through the Bishop of Guildford's Community Fund, and they would love your help in supporting even more community projects.
This year they will be walking the Wey Navigation tow path on Saturday 8 October, starting either in Godalming for a relaxed 6-mile walk to Guildford, or from West Byfleet for a longer 12½-mile walk to Guildford via Pyrford and Send.There will also be an alternative start point at Send for those preferring a shorter 6-mile walk.
The two groups from Godalming and West Byfleet (or Send) will meet up at St Mary’s Church in Quarry Street, Guildford for refreshments at the end. For the return journeys, there are four trains an hour back from Guildford station to Godalming or West Byfleet.
Parishes are encouraged to get together groups of walkers to support this initiative. More details and how to sign up for the walk will be published nearer the time.
This event is being organised by the Bishop of Guildford’s Communities Fund, which gives grants to a range of community projects throughout the Diocese, including those which:
- Support people with disabilities and mental ill-health
- Provide facilities and services for older citizens, children and young people
- Support families and disadvantaged communities
- Provide practical help for the financially challenged
- Offer training and skills programmes
During the past year the Fund has provided funds to help St Martin’s, Old Dean, Camberley to launch a community breakfast scheme in an area of high deprivation, keep Andy’s Café at St Andrew’s, Goldworth Park serving the community while it recovered from lockdown, set up a support group for new mothers at St Mark’s, Great Tattenhams, helped Dorking Christian Centre to re-open in doors to the isolated and deprived in the area and has helped start an Ann Chaplaincy scheme in Bookham.
To find out more about the fund go to www.bgcf.org.uk and click on the ‘Stories about our work’.