A team of colleagues from British Gypsum were amongst 13 fighting fit fundraisers who took part in the East Leake Triathlon last weekend, raising money for local charity ‘Stand Against MND’. Paul Freemantle, Greg Mitchell and Jason Gilbourne, all of whom work for the Company at its East … [Read more...]
Rainbows charity appeal hits £125,000
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People wants to thank everyone in Nottinghamshire who supported its fundraising appeal – which has raised £125,000. In June, the hospice, which cares for children and young people with life-limited illnesses from across the East Midlands, announced it was … [Read more...]
Nottingham runners take on virtual London Marathon to support five-year-old ‘Henry the Brave’ to access further treatment in America
5 Nottingham based runners ran 26.2 miles on Sunday 4th October to complete the virtual Virgin Money London Marathon to raise vital funds for local boy Henry from Caythorpe. Henry was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer, in 2019 … [Read more...]
Nottingham mum to run virtual London Marathon for cancer charity 12 months after finishing treatment
Race day marks Susanna’s 18-year wedding anniversary A mother of two from Nottingham will be running the virtual London Marathon to help finish cancer, following her own recovery from the disease. Susanna Stephenson, who was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 41, has chosen to take on … [Read more...]
Local care home is making a run for it!
The team at Chetwynd House in Chilwell, Nottingham are running or walking the length of the United Kingdom to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. The team started the sponsored walk in August on a treadmill with the aim of completing the 874 miles by the end of September. Courtney … [Read more...]
Free family fun in Nottinghamshire for Rainbows
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People has launched a free summer fundraising event for families in Nottinghamshire to get involved. The Summer Virtual Rainbows 5K encourages families, friends and colleagues to help spread smiles by completing the miles. People can run, hop, skip, … [Read more...]
Best friend’s fundraising skydive for local hospice
A young care worker from Long Eaton will be taking to the skies in August to raise money for the hospice that cared for her best friend’s family. Cloe Rydzyk, 20, is doing her first sky dive – a lifelong goal – on Saturday 22 August and has so far raised over £440 for Derbyshire’s leading adult … [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...]
Scarecrow summer event is a huge success
Judging of the scarecrow competition commences! You may have come across some weird and wonderful scarecrow characters in your neighbours’ front gardens whilst wandering around Burton Joyce in June… Well don’t worry, it wasn’t a cult, it was the Burton Joyce Scarecrow Competition! The … [Read more...]
Lockdown Fundraising success for the Friary!
Adjusting to lockdown back in April, West Bridgford resident Mark Ryan set himself the challenge of fundraising for the Friary. Motivated by the promise of match-funding from his employer Boxes & Packaging , part of Logson and the W&R Barnett Group. It started … [Read more...]