What's On

The Chertsey Chamber of Commerce will host its Chamber Quiz night at the Runnymede-on-Thames hotel on Thursday, April 29, at 7.30pm.

Tickets cost £10 to include a fish & chips or vegetarian pizza & chips supper. Teams are a maximum of eight players, to book before April 15.

For more details call 01784 460108.

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 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

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.

A charity classical vocal concert will take place at St John's Church on Saturday March 13 from 7.30pm.

The concert will feature a selection of carols, opera arias and musical theatre. Half the profits from the evening will to to charity Changing Tunes, which uses music and performance to help rehabilitate prisoners and ex-prisoners.

Entry is by programme, priced at £10, concessions £8 which are available from the church office by calling 01784 430964 or on the door.

For more information visit www.stjohnsegham.com

Stop and Go boards will be managing traffic on The Causeway while roadworks continue until March 19.

The traffic controls will be in effect on the road (the A320) between 9am and 4.30pm daily.

Royal Holloway University will host a series of workshops and lectures from industry experts as part of a creative writing festival next month.

Celebrating its fifth year, the Runnymede Literary Festival (R: Fest) showcases the artistic talents of some of the worlds leading writers.

A Royal Holloway, University of London alumna will be giving a talk at the college on Wednesday, February 24 at 6pm.

Angela Mason OBE, was director of Stonewall for 10 years and her visit to Royal Holloway is part of a series of LGBT history month events that the LGBT staff group are setting up.