A primary school is asking for votes to help it win a raised bed allotment.

The Hythe Primary School, Thorpe Road, has entered the Get Schools Growing competition which encourages schools to grow their own produce.

The school currenty lies in the second place. The competition runs for five weeks. To vote, visit:

Older members of the community can enjoy a special service thanks to Age Concern Runnymede.

The Songs of Praise concert takes place on Wednesday, April 7 at St Paul's Church, Thorpe Road, from 2.30pm until 4pm.

For more details call 01784 459444 and for transport call Ann Hawkes on 01784 452983.

A community songs of praise will take place at St John's Church, Manor Farm Lane, on Tuesday, March 23 at 2pm.

The concert will be a chance for people to enjoy hymns and even chose their own. Tea and cakes will be served afterwards.

For more details contact the church office on 01784 430964.

A piano concert will take place to celebrate Egham & District Music Club's 60th birthday,
The concert, performed by Nigel Clayton, takes place at the United Church, in the High Street, on Saturday (March 20) at 7.30pm.

Cost for visitors is £6 for the concert, and £15 for dinner. For more details visit: www.edmc.org.uk

Jellyfish, sharks, freezing water, and oil-spewing ships may be some of the obstacles six girl guiders may have to face as they swim the English channel this summer.

Team Twenty Ten are planning to swim 21 miles from the English to French coast in July, to celebrate the Girlguiding Centenary and to raise money for charity Street Child Africa.

Workshops for creative writing and poetry will take place at Royal Holloway, University of London as part of a literary festival.

The Runnymede International Literary Festival, R:Fest, takes place from Tuesday, March 16 until Saturday, March 20 at 8pm.

For more details call 01932 425670 or visit www.runnymede.gov.uk

A special concert and dinner will take place at St Paul's Church on Saturday, March 20 from 6pm.

The Haydn Nelson Mass is organised by The Hythe Singers and Chamber Orchestra. Tickets cost £8 or £5 for concessions. To book, call the box office on 07968 325636 or email: thehythesingers@hotmail.co.uk.

The concert begins at 7.30pm

A ward councillor's surgery will take place at the Hythe Centre, Thorpe Road on Saturday, March 27 from 10am until 12noon.

The surgery is chance for residents to meet their Runnymede Councillors face to face and raise any issues or concerns they may have.

For more details contact Cllr Jon Wilson on 07545 350611.

As part of Student Volunteering Week, Royal Holloway hosted its first ever Community Partners' Network Lunch held at Founders' Picture Gallery.

More than 80 guests from more than 25 Community Action Partners attended the lunch last week, as well as the Mayor of Runnymede Cllr Paul Tuley and Acting Principal Rob Kemp.

Through the Community Action Partners scheme student volunteers work do work with the local community.

Six schools from Spelthorne and Runnymede started a competition on Saturday (6) for the chance to win their very own allotment.

The competition, which is co sponsored by the Staines Informer was launched at The Elmsleigh Shopping Centre and will see pupils competing for a raised bed allotment and seeds, gardening equipment and expert advice on how to get started.

Pupils from Buckland Primary School, in Berrycroft Road, Staines, Kingscroft Junior School, in Park Avenue, Staines, Manorcroft Primary School, in Manorcrofts Road, Egham, Shortwood Infant School, in Stanwell New Road, Staines, Hythe Primary School, in Thorpe Road, Staines and Stanwell Fields School, in Clare Road, Stanwell, will be encouraging people to vote for their schools.