As with many people during the Coronavirus pandemic, life has been very difficult and for 87-year-old June Gladwin, from Bingham, life became even harder when she fell in the shower at the start of lockdown causing a knee injury. In normal circumstances, June’s family would be there to help her … [Read more...]
Canal Bridge is second stage of massive Great Central Railway project to be completed
Two day operation ‘all but’ finishes overhaul of elegant Victorian structure and marks another step forward for eighteen mile heritage line vision. A bridge over the Grand Union canal built in the late 1890s has been overhauled and fully restored to carry trains again as part of an ambitious … [Read more...]
Builder’s cash helps fund elderly carers
A Nottinghamshire charity that supports people with learning disabilities has received £1,000 from a housebuilder to help fund its digital elderly carers programme. Reach was awarded the funds from Persimmon Homes Nottingham, thanks to its Community Champions scheme which is currently supporting … [Read more...]
Work to replace city centre tram track finishing early
Essential work to replace tram track between the Royal Centre and Old Market Square tram stops is to finish almost a week ahead of schedule. The replacement work was due to be completed next Sunday (July 19) but the network will now be ready to reopen on Tuesday (July 14). Contractors … [Read more...]
Sign up to take part and raise money for Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Vicky McClure, asks the public to help support the charity by taking part in their own Memory Walk. Under normal circumstances, many thousands of people would have by now signed up to take part in an Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk. These hugely popular events … [Read more...]
Horsendale Primary School sisters used lockdown to help Babbington Rescue
Sisters from Horsendale Primary School in Nuthall say they used some of their lockdown time to raise money for a local animal charity. Rosie (Year 1) and Alice (Year 3) said they came upon the idea after talking to their Dad. Alice said “We were at home and did our schoolwork in the morning … [Read more...]
Vital fund-raising resumes as charity reopens its Lenton shop
The Friends of Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) is looking forward to reopening the doors to its shop on Derby Road in Lenton, after being closed for almost four months, as part of its phased reopening. In the last couple of weeks staff have been busy preparing the Derby Road shop to reopen by … [Read more...]
Nottingham Charities Share in Half a Million Pound Covid-19 Homeless Support Fund
Nottingham-based charities that support homeless people have received support from the Morrisons Foundation’s Covid-19 Homeless Support Fund. Nottinghamshire YMCA and Canaan Trust each received a share of the fund which in just 12 weeks has donated over £560,000 to nearly 100 homelessness charities … [Read more...]
intu Victoria Centre calls for local residents to share lockdown photos
intu Victoria Centre is calling for local budding photographers to submit images captured during lockdown, to form part of a new Lockdown Gallery that will be installed in the centre. Aiming to spread positivity and capture the lives of our local community over the last few challenging … [Read more...]
Edwalton Primary School seek support for farm as coronavirus puts a stop to traditional fundraising events
Edwalton Primary School children are asking for the community to help to keep their farm running as their traditional fundraising events have been cancelled due to the response to Covid-19. Established in 1972, it is now England’s only school with both a working farm and a 3 acre … [Read more...]
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