Family-run Birds Bakery has raised an outstanding £53,000 in total for a selection of its chosen charities throughout 2020 and has announced the charities it will be supporting this year.The East Midlands bakery, which prides itself on contributing to both local and national charities, focussed … [Read more...]
New Forest book charity success
A new Nottingham Forest book featuring ten City Ground legends has raised hundreds of pounds for the club’s Powerchair team.‘Talking Reds’ features chapters by Garibaldi greats including Steve Chettle, Bryan Roy, Mark Crossley and Chris Bart-Williams, telling their stories of life with the … [Read more...]
Businessman offers to help organisations with free laptop repairs
Kevin Searcey who runs a computer business in Mapperley is looking to join forces with a charity or organisation that provides free laptops to children.Kevin said, “We are looking to offer our services to a charity or organisation regarding the laptop for a child scheme.“Whilst we cannot … [Read more...]
Local School pupils organize donations for homeless charity
Students from a school in West Bridgford gathered items to be donated to local homeless charity the Friary.Year 11 pupils at The West Bridgford School on Loughborough Road, organised a ‘contact free’ collection of non-perishable food and toiletries for The Friary in West Bridgford on Wednesday … [Read more...]
Man raises an astonishing £40K for charities that support him
Hospice supporter and patient Sam Perkins has raised £40K for Nottinghamshire Hospice and Motor Neurone Disease research.Sam, a triathlete who was diagnosed with MND in 2018, aged just 37, set up his own charity with his wife Emma to help others with Sam’s condition.Although lockdown scuppered … [Read more...]
NCT and NET ‘make the difference’ to Nottingham homelessness charity
Independent charity Emmanuel House Support Centre’s colourful campaign message of hope and positivity can now be spotted all around Nottingham thanks to a generous donation worth over £25,000 in advertising from Nottingham City Transport, the city’s tram network and its print supplier … [Read more...]
Bargain Christmas range at Rainbows Beeston shop
As Christmas fast approaches, shoppers in Beeston can bag a quirky bargain at the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People shop. Shopping at the High Road store is a perfect way to pick up great thrifty gifts as well as helping the hospice, which cares for children and young people with … [Read more...]
Gamston resident lights up home this Christmas for charity
David who lives in Gamston has lit up his home with a very special Christmas display.You may know of David’s remarkably festive home on Sandale Close after passing it or perhaps just seeing the bright lights in the distance. Every year for almost a decade, David has lit up his home with an … [Read more...]
The Friary launch Winter 2020 Christmas appeal
Nobody wants to be on the streets at this time of year. Help the Friary help the homeless, especially this Christmas. Here the Friary talk about their aims and introduce their 2020 Christmas appeal to help those left out in the cold:It’s not only the longer-term rough sleepers keeping us … [Read more...]
West Bridgford resident makes headbands for charity
A West Bridgford resident has been making colourful headbands where the proceeds go to charity.During lockdown, Clara Tennant has been busy creating headbands from fabrics that were donated by local textile company, Lacy Agencies in West Bridgford.These headbands can be purchased from … [Read more...]