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Elaine Wyllie, Founder of The Daily Mile, wins Lifetime Achievement Award at The Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards 2024

Guest Opinion Posted on 27/05/202424/05/2024

Elaine Wyllie MBE, the founder of The Daily Mile, supported by INEOS, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards in Glasgow for transforming millions of lives all over the world. The award recognises Elaine’s outstanding contributions to the health and wellbeing of children in the UK as part […]

‘Remember Me Roses’ to bloom at Cardiff castle this summer

The Rooftop Posted on 14/05/202409/05/2024

Cardiff charity City Hospice’s popular, award-winning Forever Flowers campaign will return to Cardiff Castle for a fourth consecutive year this summer. Supporters are invited to purchase a limited edition ‘Remember Me Rose’ to remember and celebrate the lives of family members, friends and colleagues. This year’s choice of flower symbolises love, affection and respect, while […]

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Epic Atlantic rowing challenge raises more than £150,000 for charity

Guest Opinion Posted on 07/05/202402/05/2024

A turkey farmer from the Midlands has helped raise more than £150,000 for charity after rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Rod Adlington and his Brightsides crew completed the epic trans-Atlantic crossing in aid of the Get A-Head Charitable Trust, which supports people with head and neck disease, and Meningitis Now, the UK’s leading […]

Fundraising Health & Social Care

Age is just a number as 81-year-old completes 81-mile hike

Guest Opinion Posted on 01/05/202401/05/2024

David Levin, a tenant at Bield Housing and Care’s Dean Court in Bo’ness, took on the Scottish elements in support of Calum’s Cabin.

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Runners raise £3,500 for the Brighton and Hove Albion Foundation

Guest Opinion Posted on 16/04/202412/04/2024

After months of preparation, a group of runners from award-winning accountants Knill James were thrilled to raise an impressive £3,500 for the Brighton and Hove Albion Foundation by completing the Brighton Half Marathon. Comprising eight team members from across the firm, the running group known as the KJ Leopards took part in the 13.1-mile race in February. […]

Community Recent

Pioneering local partnership to support the charity sector in Southwark begins

The Rooftop Posted on 10/04/202411/04/2024

Community Southwark, the umbrella body for Southwark’s voluntary sector, local funder United St Saviour’s Charity, and Southwark Council have come together to seek to find a way to solve one of the charity sector’s greatest challenges in Southwark: access to affordable premises. Southwark is home to over 1,300 registered charities that provide essential services to […]

Community Education Fundraising Recent

Blind brain tumour patient ‘honoured’ to be face of charity campaign

The Rooftop Posted on 22/03/202414/03/2024

A young brain tumour patient is appearing on the backs of buses and on digital display screens nationwide as part of a charity campaign to raise awareness of the disease. Betsy Griffin, 10, from Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, is one of the four faces of this year’s Wear A Hat Day campaign. It is hoped her poster, which will feature on 400 buses and more than 100 […]

Health & Social Care Recent

Charity Provides Support to Siblings of Children Diagnosed with Cancer

Guest Opinion Posted on 13/03/202412/03/2024

Leading childhood cancer charity, Children with Cancer UK, is supporting a new programme to provide help and guidance for children whose siblings have been diagnosed with cancer. Children with Cancer UK is supporting the new Siblings Programme, which launches this month, as part of its five year partnership with Beads of Courage UK. Beads of […]

Education Recent

Global Health Specialists Team Up With Charity To Promote Access To Education In China

Guest Opinion Posted on 11/03/202411/03/2024

Global health and nutrition company, H&H Group, has today announced a new partnership with Couleurs de Chine (Colours of China), a Paris-based NGO that promotes access to education for disadvantaged young girls in the Guangxi region in China. The H&H Foundation – H&H Group’s charity arm – will help support 15 young girls in the […]

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Midland’s farmer leads rowing team to cross-Atlantic success

Guest Opinion Posted on 04/03/202428/02/2024

A turkey farmer from the Midlands has led his team to complete an epic 3,200-mile row across the Atlantic to raise money for Get A-Head and Meningitis Now.

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