The Challenge Event is a four-week team building programme for teenagers across the country. The scheme sees the teenagers undertake ‘challenges’ in their local community. For the last three years, one of the challenges assigned to local Surrey students has been to visit…
Elmbridge Village Village Diary
We have always said our residents are our best ambassadors. That’s why we’ve dedicated these pages to the residents of Elmbridge Village to fill with news, views and events, in the hope it will give you a genuine insight in village living Retirement Villages’ style.
Retirement Villages are the proud sponsors of the 2017 Cranleigh show
24th July 2017
We were delighted to sponsor the Cranleigh Show this year, the region’s leading countryside event attracting over 10,000 people every year and held just around the corner from Elmbridge Retirement Village. The sun was shining over the stunning Surrey hilltops and the day was packed…
Elmbridge welcomes Godalming Operatic Society
3rd July 2017
We recently hosted the Godalming Operatic Society, which was established nearly 100 years ago and specialises in Gilbert and Sullivan performances. Librettist Sir William Schwenck Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan formed a partnership in Victorian times. They collaborated on fourteen comic operas between…
Elmbridge shop manager retires after eleven years of service
15th June 2017
We have some sad news – at the end of this month our village shop manager of eleven years, the much-loved Kevin Gamble, is to retire. After more than a decade of working at Elmbridge Kevin wants to spend more time with his…
Q&A with Jo Burgess, hardworking front-of-house supervisor in the Elmbridge Village restaurant
1st May 2017
Jo Burgess works in the busy Elmbridge restaurant. She is one of the smiling faces that greet our residents each and every day. We caught up with Jo between shifts to find out what she thinks about working for Retirement Villages and Elmbridge…
Local MP visits Elmbridge and catches up with residents
20th April 2017
Our staff and residents at Elmbridge welcomed Guildford MP Anne Milton for a visit on Tuesday 04 April. Anne, who has served Guildford since 2005, toured Elmbridge Manor – our new multimillion-pound development, before sitting down to chat with a group of residents…
Elmbridge Village sponsors upcoming Cranleigh Show
20th March 2017
We are delighted to sponsor the Cranleigh Show, the region’s leading countryside event that attracts over 10,000 people every year. The Show takes place on Sunday 2nd July 2017 at the 70 acre showground on the outskirts of Cranleigh. The show, now in…
Open day success at Elmbridge Village
9th March 2017
We recently enjoyed a highly successful open day, with nearly 100 people attending to enjoy complimentary refreshments and look around the recently opened Elmbridge Manor, as well as the rest of the village. The open day resulted in a reservation for one of…
‘Target Bowls’ competition held at Elmbridge
1st March 2017
The Elmbridge indoor bowls group, organised by resident Laurie Russell, meet four times a week in the hall at Elmbridge Manor and twice a year hold a ‘Target Bowls’ competition. Whereas normally the bowls games use a white ball called a ‘Jack’ as…
Elmbridge silver surfer spearheading new community intranet
17th February 2017
A silver surfer at Elmbridge is spearheading a new intranet for our residents, which will make it easy for them to share and obtain news, updates and information about everything in the village community. Derrick Myers, 86, conceived the idea and when he…
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