Cheam Charter Fair is nowadays growing in popularity and is a unique, colourful and special event for Cheam Village. Held in May each year, several dozen stalls are now booked in for the Saturday closest to the Charter Day. This year the Fair will take place on 16th May. In an effort to increase still further the special feel of the event, activities are spreading throughout the week, and Cheam Charter Week is now emerging as an entity in itself. The Committee Members of Cheam Chamber of Trade have agreed to promote the idea of a Late Night Shopping Evening, staged in the middle of the Charter Fair week on Thursday 14th May. It won’t be the grand affair that we organise at Christmas, but all shopkeepers, restaurants and businesses are asked to stay open beyond the normal daytime trading hours, and if possible provide special events, offers, discounts or promotions to make the event special. The hope is that extra business can be brought into the Village, and that greater awareness of what we have to offer will be the result, leading to increased footfall over subsequent days and weeks, as at Christmas. PLEASE SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE BY AGREEING TO STAY OPEN LATE ON THURSDAY 14th MAY, AND IF POSSIBLE, TRY TO PROMOTE THE EVENT WITH SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AND OFFERS.

Cheam Traders will be holding a late night shopping evening on Thursday 14th May to coincide with the Cheam Charter Fair week. All shops are asked to stay open to support the family event and invited to organise an event in store, so far a treasure hunt is being planned along with other activities.
Any queries or suggestions please contact Tom at Cheam Sports.

A tribute, in words and music, to the Heroes of the two World Wars, and
the story of 2 young men, one British and one German, and how their
meeting affected their families at home.
With members of The Spiral Youth Theatre, The Christopher Singers Younger Generation and Members of The Royal British Legion, Cheam.

Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, Carshalton.
Friday 1st May, 2015 7.30pm
Saturday 2nd May, 2015 2.30pm (matinee) and 7.30pm.
Tickets : £12/£10 concessions (matinee only) (prices inclusive of a £1
booking fee per ticket).
Box Office : 020 8770 6990 or online at www.suttontheatres.co.uk

This is your opportunity to tell us about the recruitment and skills needs of your business!

To help ensure that the council’s skills investment work meets the needs of local businesses we are undertaking a borough wide employer skills survey. This will help us better understand the recruitment and skill needs your business requires to grow and prosper.

The survey will only take 10 minutes to complete and involves a range of questions – mostly multiple choice – about your business.

The survey can be found at http://bit.ly/suttonbusinesssurvey and will close on 6 February 2015.

The information we gather will be held confidentially.

For further information or advice, please contact Joanne Cavey, Project Manager – Matching Skills with Demand, Opportunity Sutton, Economic Renewal and Regeneration Unit, London Borough of Sutton, 24 Denmark Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2JG, Tel. 0208 770 4850 Email:joanne.cavey@sutton.gov.uk

Thank you for taking part in the survey!

Joanne Cavey

Senior Project Manager – Matching Skills with Demand

Economic Renewal and Regeneration Unit
London Borough of Sutton
24 Denmark Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2JG
Tel. 0208 770 4850
joanne.cavey@sutton.gov.uk

The Committee of the Cheam Chamber of Trade proudly handed over £1,349 to Emily Nicholls of St Raphael’s Hospice Fundraising Team.

– Pictured with Emily are some members of the organising Committee Jennie Watson (Village Travel), Tom Goodliffe (Cheam Sports), Leanne Officer (The Closet) and Alex Rocha (The IT Partnership).

– These were the proceeds from the raffle (drawn by Paul Burstow MP), the stalls, donations offered for photographs of the princesses from Disney’s ‘Frozen’, and a collection organised by John Fraser Jenkins of Cheam.

– All of this was the result of organising Cheam Village’s traditional Late Night Shopping Evening on the first Friday of December.

– 2013 had been the first year raising charity money at the event, and 2014 saw a doubling of the donation to the local hospice.

– The event could not have been staged without enormous assistance and sponsorship from the likes of Smith & Byford whose generous donation again enabled the enlivening attendance of Radio Jackie, Hire Service Shops for providing barriers, much goodwill from both local Ward Councillors Mary Burstow and Graham Whitham and the Area Committee, and the guidance and assistance from other Council officers.

– Fantastic help was also provided on the night by volunteer marshalls from the community, and local scouts.

– Great supporting programmes of events were staged by Cheam Library, Whitehall and Cheam Baptist Church.

– The local police team helped with the crowd control, and estimated attendance at the event to be around 3,000.

– The Committee of Cheam Chamber of Trade is keen to keep this event alive in the future, and is even considering a mid-summer event in early July, but always needs volunteers to help.

– Many of the shops, traders and charity shops saw a substantial boost to their takings on the day, and many others will benefit in the future from the exposure and goodwill that Cheam derives from the event.

There are still a few raffle prizes waiting for collection from Village Travel so please check your tickets….you may be a lucky winner!!!!

Cheam Traders Christmas Raffle Winning Tickets

Winning Tickets
£50 Meal Voucher – Crostini 1050
Tea and Cake for Two – Cheam Cottage 1068
£15 Meal Voucher – Lal Akash 1223
£10 Meal Voucher – Superfish 1742
6 X Adults Pilates Classes – Chatsworth Studio 1159
1 x Jungle Body with Jem Classes 1357
2 x Dance Class Vouchers – Dance Options 1496 & 1349
Bottle of Wine – Cheam Village News 1639

Raffle Winners

Winning Tickets
Hamper – St Raphael’s 1113
Meal Voucher – Pizza Express 1779
£50 Meal Voucher – Crostini 1050
Tea and Cake for Two – Cheam Cottage 1068
Birthday Party – Village Ceramics 1029
£15 Meal Voucher – Lal Akash 1223
£10 Meal Voucher – Superfish 1742
Gift Card – Fruit Bat Juice Bar 1996
File and Polish Voucher – Kudos 1245
Afternoon Tea for Two – Tasha’s Tearoom 1731
Meal and Drinks Voucher – The Harrow Inn 1678
£50 Meal Voucher – Thai Regional Taste 1380
£25 Treatment Voucher – Be Beautiful 1361
Cut and Finish Voucher & Gift Set – Iconic 1564
Wine – Mimi’ E Coco’ 998
Children’s Craft Sets – Whichcraft 1862
Golf Umbrella – Lloyds Bank 577
£50 Travel Voucher – Village Travel 1751
£25 Voucher – The Clothes Rail 1522
Teddy Bear and Chocolates – Dragonfly 1100
Children’s Ballet Lessons (1 x term) – Chatsworth Studio 1703
6 X Adults Pilates Classes – Chatsworth Studio 1159
30 Minute Beauty Treatment and Blow Dry – John Fraser Jenkins 1272
2 x Jungle Body with Jem Classes 1045 & 1357
3 x Dance Class Vouchers – Dance Options 1333, 1496 & 1349
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (various) – Flair 1858
Doc McStuffins Carry Along Clinic – Flair 1004
£10 Voucher – The Closet 1343
Bottle of Wine – Cheam Village News 1639

Thanks to Paul Burstow MP for drawing the raffle and all of the Cheam Traders who donated great prizes.

PLEASE BRING YOUR WINNING TICKET WITH YOU TO COLLECT PRIZES FROM VILLAGE TRAVEL.

The Christopher Singers present
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
followed by Christmas Carols and Songs
at The Royal British Legion Hall,
Mickleham Gardens, Cheam
Saturday, 20th December, 2014
2.30pm and 7.30pm
Tickets £9/£8 (members) to include refreshments
Box Office : 020 8647 7592 and 020 8337 2053