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CategoriesNEWSTo celebrate World Table Tennis Day 2024 (WTTD2024), Team GB Para Table Tennis star Jack Hunter-Spivey joined people supported by national social care charity Community Integrated Care for an exclusive online experience. The charity welcomed people with learning disabilities and autism across the UK to meet the Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist on their free accessible […]
LEADING Midlands-based charity Get A-Head has joined an influential coalition of organisations working to improve the lives of people with head and neck cancers. Danni Heath, director of the Get A-Head Charitable Trust, has joined the Head and Neck Cancer UK Coalition CIC as a director, helping to widen Get A-Head’s network and influence in this field […]
GLOBAL conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) has appointed Timon Drakesmith as the new Chief Financial Officer. An international conservation charity driven by science, working to restore wildlife in the UK and around the world, ZSL is protecting critical species, restoring ecosystems, helping people and wildlife live together and inspiring support for nature. In […]
THE charity Diagrama Foundation has announced that Janice, one of the adults they support, has gained a place on a pottery course at the Bexley Learning and Enterprise College. Janice, a huge fan of Channel 4’s Pottery Throw Down, who is supported by the charity Diagrama Foundation to live semi-independently in Bromley, is delighted to […]
An inspiring line-up of footballers impacted by life-threatening heart conditions are joining forces with Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to urge more than a quarter of a million people to learn life-saving CPR. Former international stars Graeme Souness, David Ginola and Glenn Hoddle took their places alongside Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer […]
CategoriesNEWSDhul Hijjah marks the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar. It holds immense significance for Muslims worldwide, especially in the first ten days, when Hajj and Eid Al-Adha (as well as the sacred act of Qurban) take place. This year, the first day of Dhul Hijjah is expected to begin on the evening […]
CategoriesNEWSEid al-Adha is one of the two blessed celebrations Muslims obverse, the other being Eid al-Fitr. There are many observances unique to Eid Al-Adha (and Dhul Hijjah in general), including Qurban. This year, Eid Al Adha 2024 is expected to fall on the evening of Sunday, July 16, 2024, depending on the sighting of the moon. […]
FOR over 20 years, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have funded voluntary, community and charitable groups to support customers needing extra help fulfilling their tax obligations and claiming the correct benefits. This evolved into HMRC’s Voluntary and Community Sector Grant Funding Programme and with a new round of funding starting, Charity Today asked the policy […]
MORE than 400 people braved the wet weather and gathered in Aldershot recently for a 10K race and family event that raised £6,500 for the military children’s charity Little Troopers. Celebrating the fact that April is the Month of the Military Child, runners from across Aldershot and beyond laced up their trainers as Raceways Events, supported by RUK […]
CHILDREN from 8th Salisbury Cubs and Beavers have been raising funds for the Westcountry-based disaster relief charity ShelterBox. The community group, which has announced ShelterBox as its charity of the year for 2024, kickstarted their year of fundraising by sleeping out at the local Church hall. The sleepover raised hundreds of pounds for the Westcountry-based charity […]