Businesses and residents from across the borough will offer freshly baked homemade cakes and mugs of steaming coffee as part of nationwide initiative to raise money for charity.

Coffee mornings will take place on Friday, September 30, as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, a charity dedicated to helping cancer patients.

Kingston MP James Berry and deputy mayor Cllr Rowena Bass will join the Alpha Road Community Group for a cuppa at Charles Summer House, in Hobill Walk, Surbiton.

Marks and Spencer will host a coffee morning at its store in Eden Street and has also been donating 5p from every cup of coffee sold throughout September.

Store manager Jon Reddie said: “Macmillan is a charity that’s close to the hearts of many of our customers and colleagues which is why we’re determined to make this year’s event our most successful yet.”

“World’s Biggest Coffee Morning provides the perfect opportunity to get your friends and family together to enjoy a coffee, a cake and a catch-up for what is a very worthy cause.”

It is the seventh year the store has fundraised for Macmillan.

For a full list of events visit coffee.macmillan.org.uk.