Ready 4 Action
Ready 4 Action
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Well done to everyone who volunteered for Ready 4 Action 2011! You worked on a massive 54 properties in some way, shape, or form. God blessed us with some great jobs and fantastic weather and the 124 R4A volunteers from loads of local churches shifted over 30 tons of rubbish and consumed copious amounts of drinks and cake! A good number of us also stayed for the R4A meal and the service at St Peter’s Church on the Sunday evening.
The weekend would not have happened without the massive support and practical help of Surrey County Council and the brilliant Guildford Borough Council Parks’ Department team, Kendal Van Hire and the help of all our volunteers.
Below is just one tiny snippet of the overwhelmingly positive feedback we’ve had so far:
One little girl whose garden was cleared spoke in class at her school in the sharing time about how excited she was to have a garden to play in. She hadn't been out for 2 years!
Ready 4 Action is an annual project started in 2000 to encourage young people to help out in their communities by doing practical jobs like gardening, decorating, removing rubbish, demolishing sheds (only unwanted ones though!) and ultimately demonstrating God's love in real, practical ways.
Over the years it has become an annual event on nearly every local church calendar. Whilst the original young people may have grown up, they've brought along the next generation.
In 2009, Matrix won The Queens Award for Voluntary Service for it's Ready4Action project
For more information contact Ewan Petty at ewan@matrixtrust.com
We'll be organising smaller R4A jobs throughout the year so if you're interested, email Ewan on ewan@matrixtrust.com or call our office on 01483 574900 for more info.
The Ready 4 Action Team
Pauline is a seasoned R4A champion and has been working on R4A projects for years. This will be Pauline's first year on the R4A team and we're delighted to have her on board
Dave Slinn is the Deputy Director of the Matrix Trust and has headed up the R4A team for the past 6 years. He also enjoys using power tools!
Ant Horton is Youth Pastor at Guildford Baptist Church and has been
involved with R4A since 2002. He also loves his family, golf and Apple computers.
Georgina Micklewright has been on the R4A Team for the last 4 years and works in freelance web design. She particularly enjoys driving tippers
Ewan is a CYM student at The Matrix Trust and now does much of the admin for R4A. This will be his third year on the R4A team.
Emma is also a CYM student with Matrix and this is her first year on the R4A team. Emma loves football, God and winey man-with-guitar music.
Office Address >>
The Lodge, Allen House
Chertsey Street, Guildford
Surrey, GU1 4HL
+44 (0) 1483 574900
matrix@matrixtrust.com
Projects & Activities Base Address >>
Allen House Pavilion
Eastgate Gardens, Guildford
Surrey, GU1 4AZ
allenhouse@matrixtrust.com
Reg Charity No: 1081852
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