2016

We love our volunteers – and couldn’t do without them.  From running activities at The Welcome Project in Surrey Heath, to offering one off the best second-hand book buying experiences around in Godalming, to providing professional and caring counselling support for people addressing substance use – they help make Catalyst what it is. We asked […]

The Welcome Project likes to do interesting things, and what they planned for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Godalming was no exception. An attentive audience in the newly refurbished Wilfrid Noyce Centre got to hear Dan Eley speak about the challenges he has had to face early in his life, and how he

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Good relationships are fundamental to our mental health and wellbeing #MHAW16 There will be lots happening all across the country (and county).  Catch us on Eagle Radio Mental Health Awareness Week page, where Debbie will be talking about work of The Welcome Project in Godalming and there is lots of

The Welcome Project are offering time and volunteers to a local project, The Garden House in Godalming. We will be taking part in various outdoor activities to help them get the get as much out of the plot as possible. The Vision is to develop The Garden House as a model environment through sustainable use

Beautiful early summer weather accompanied a group of 12 staff and clients as they explored the River Wey Navigation in Guildford – a chance to talk, explore and get some exercise. Highlight of the walk was finding a hidden lake, right next to the A3!  And the enCOWnter with some very hungry animals – who

Thrilled! The only word to describe Debbie and the team at the Welcome Project in Godalming recently when Eileen, a longstanding volunteer who supports the bookshop, A Novel Idea, presented them with a cheque for £726.   In her role in with the Grand Charitable Trust of the Order of Women Freemasons, Eileen nominated the Welcome

Want to find out more about lots of the different charities in Guildford and Surrey?  Come along to the beautiful Guildhall in Guildford High Street on Saturday 16 April 2016 and meet us! We will be there with Surrey Drug and Alcohol Care, Catch-22 and CRi offering information around alcohol, drugs and wellbeing. Come along

Thanks to Eagle Radio’s Easter Egg appeal, we have been able to distribute lots of yummy chocolate eggs and bunnies to our clients with children across the county.

It seems like Catalyst staff and clients can’t get enough of walking in the Surrey countryside. Hot on the heels of a beautiful walk round Hampton Court, some keen walkers set off from Jenner Road in Guildford and  headed out to Shalford Mill and Pewley Down in stunning sunshine and crisp temperatures.    More walks to

On a bright frosty morning, service users and staff set off for a ramble exploring Hampton Court Palace. The walk was a good five miles and followed the River Thames down to Kingston Bridge, where we stopped for a warming cup of coffee and delicious cake. We returned through the centre of Hampton Court Park,

Have a look at the feature on the Safe Haven in Aldershot from BBC Television The One Show. Great to see the work of the groundbreaking mental health crisis support which the Safe Haven provides in Aldershot (and soon to be available across Surrey). Open at The Wellbeing centre in Aldershot 7 days a week out

We are looking for some very special people for our SMART Recovery Groups across Surrey. Listen here: * Have you ever been in treatment for drug and alcohol issues * Do you have the capacity, stability and lifestyle to become a facilitator? * Would you like to increase your skill set, support others and give