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Meet professional interior designer Debby Thurston, who focuses on designs for the everyday home that ooze individual style.

A staple in our events programme, whether you’re interested in watching or performing, find out what makes our Open Mics so special.

This Volunteers’ Week hear from Viv, Becca and Rob as they share their stories and experiences volunteering at The Guildford Institute.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to serve as Chair of our Board of Trustees. Guide our charity to grow and secure its longevity.

Get to know our tutor Laura Ribatallada, who teaches a range of art for wellbeing courses at the GI. She is also the founder of Espasa Studio in Surrey.

We’ve launched our biggest programme to date, with over 130 activities taking place from April to September!

We’re looking for a full-time Programme Manager to oversee our eclectic course programme and room hire offering.

We celebrated the grand opening of our new Community & Wellbeing Centre, with the Mayor of Guildford and Zoe Franklin in attendance.

Find out about our latest programme which is packed full of courses, talks and events taking place from January to March.

We’re creating a Community & Wellbeing Centre with purpose-built consulting rooms available to rent from September 2024.

Find out about our new second floor tenant, M:Tech, and our plans to convert the ground floor into a Community & Wellbeing Centre.

Alice Fowler is an award-winning writer and former creative writing student at the Institute. Find out about her journey from student to published author.

Get to know our newest tutor, Lucy Ella Rose. She is a lecturer at the University of Surrey who specialises in Victorian literature, art, culture, and feminism.

It is our understanding that our long-term tenant, the Royal Bank of Scotland, will be closing the North Street branch on 9 March 2022.

If you’re in need of some summer reading inspiration, take a look at our list of books-turned-TV-shows that we recommend you read!

Get to know popular tutor Ronnie Ireland, an expert in the art world who teaches a wide variety of art history courses at the Institute.

As Christmas approaches, our Library volunteers have put together their recommendations of the best books to read over the festive period.

Celebrate World Vegan Day with Nick and Ian’s chocolate cake! The chefs share their 9 simple steps to chocolate cake heaven.

Nick Humble and Ian Loffel, from V Café at the Institute, share one of their delicious vegetarian recipes.

Volunteers working on digitising the Scrapbooks in the Library’s archive reveal Guildford from the 1880s to the 1930s.