Charity for Change
A blind veteran from Somerset is leading a campaign to make ‘Every Penny Count” to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, which has been supporting him for ten years. John Brice, 77, from Weston-Super-Mare, is asking people across the country to save an old plastic milk […]
PHYLLIS Tuckwell Hospice Care, Teddies for Loving Care, Shannon Court Care Home, and two Farnham locals’ moonwalk for women’s cancer have received donations after Surrey Freemasons raised over £10,000 by hosting golf and fishing days. Members of Castle Lodge in Farnham organised the events and have donated the money raised to causes close to them. […]
APPEARANCE pressures are one of the biggest concerns amongst girls in the UK, with many considering cosmetic procedures in their futures, according to early findings of Girlguiding’s Girls’ Attitudes Survey. The new research, supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, reveals that girls are finding their own negative thoughts about their looks to be all-consuming, […]
THANKS to generous support from Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Pennines Township, Rochdale Borough Council, the hoard discovered in 2020 will be able to remain in the local area for the community to enjoy. The stash of 376 Roman coins was found buried in shallow earth, only seven inches below the surface, […]
LOCAL FW Capital staff members have volunteered at Changing Lives in Newcastle, lending their support to the homeless housing project at Bentinck Terrace. Forming part of a Volunteer Week arranged by FW Capital and the Development Bank of Wales (DBW), the team from the FW Capital Newcastle office were involved in a variety of gardening […]
Dr Sarah Ruggins is raising money for the St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation, as she races in what is described as one of the world’s toughest races: the Transcontinental Bicycle Race. Sarah, who is Head of the Investment Specialist team at St. James’s Place, is one of the few females who has been accepted to […]
CategoriesNEWSONE of London’s leading Grant-Givers in the Children and Young People’s sector, John Lyon’s Charity, has announced plans to adopt a new Directorate structure, effective from 1st September. This organisational model shift follows the news that Cathryn Pender, the Charity’s esteemed Grants Director, will be stepping down after 34 years of dedicated service. Dr Lynne […]
MOORFIELDS Eye Charity has launched its impact report showing that it has grown to become the leading charity in the UK funding research into eye health and innovation and improvement in patient care. The charity awarded grants worth almost £50 million over the past six years. This report gives insights into how the charity’s support […]
A kind-hearted volunteer at Corby Foodbank has marked a decade of service helping people in crisis. Donna Sumpter is the first person that local people meet when visiting the foodbank, sitting at the welcome desk just inside the door at St Peter and St Andrew’s Church on Beanfield Avenue. She has dedicated two days a […]
A Shropshire teenager has become the first advanced scuba scholar to be supported by the county charity The Georgia Williams Trust. Eddie Smallman first completed his PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification when he was just ten years old after first winning the support of The Georgia Williams Trust. He has since gone on to […]