Nottingham Council House was illuminated orange on Monday 21st September for World Alzheimer’s Day, in support of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s #ShareTheOrange campaign. The colour orange is used symbolically to represent how the damage to a brain with Alzheimer’s can leave it weighing about 140g … [Read more...]
West Bridgford charity dinner raises an amazing £10,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK
A charity dinner and cabaret event held at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in February raised £10,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The successful fundraising event was organised by Rushcliffe resident Eileen Haselden who founded Together We Can For … [Read more...]
Local Park Run enthusiasts raising thousands for charity
It all started in August with a throw away comment on Facebook by Jon Lamley... ‘If England knock off these 359 runs to win, I will do a parkrun just in my underpants and flip flops. In December.’ Needing 74 to win, Ben Stokes and Jack Leach achieved the impossible… A remarkable unbeaten 135* … [Read more...]