Leicester dairy firm, Kirby & West, is starting the New Year with another good deed as they continue their charity work by donating a van to Age UK.
Diners paid £15 each for a three-course dinner at The Almanack, and enjoyed a fantastic night out in the process.
More than 50 businesses from across the region have pledged their support to help raise vital funds for two children’s charities with the launch of this year’s Charley Mill Charity Shoot.
Aisling Tiernan from Leicester will be reaching the roof of Africa by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Marie Curie Cancer Care in October 2010. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the highest freestanding mountains in the world.
As part of leading housebuilder Persimmon Homes’ long standing national campaign ‘Building to Beat Cancer’ the company has pledged its support throughout 2010 for a charity which specialises in research into blood cancers – Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.
Hope Against Cancer were delighted to be able to host a Raffle Draw at Goldmark Galleries in Uppingham during December courtesy of Mike Goldmark. Rutland High Sheriff, Mrs Elizabeth Mills, kindly drew the winning ticket.
Sherilyn Wileman (10) has penned “Redgate Tails – Sultan” a story about a European Eagle-Owl that she met at the Redgate Farm Animal Sanctuary in Markfield. The new book follows another exciting adventure with heroine Nat as she rescues a trapped owl and solves a kidnapping mystery.
The sun shone on a magnificent Charity Fund Raising Lunch, hosted and organised by Janet and Arthur Bridgwood at their beautiful home, to raise money for the Devonshire Court Care Home, (RMBI) Oadby. £1,500 was raised, £1,000 of which went to Devonshire Court directly.
The great and the good of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire joined forces to help raise over a staggering £8,000 in one afternoon for MacMillan Cancer Support.
Some people will do almost anything in order to raise funds for charity .. but perhaps the staff of Sainsbury’s really do take first prize with their fundraising plans.