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All in Charity
A leading figure in Bristol’s hospitality industry has helped raise £12,000 for a children’s hospice – after confessing to being a workaholic.
West Wiltshire Crematorium recently held a forget-me-not walk and coffee morning fundraiser in aid of Grief Encounter and the important work they do.
Some vulnerable and tenanted families in Bristol and North Somerset will be able to sleep a little more soundly thanks to a city centre hotel.
A Bristol law firm has pledged to extend its support for charity Duchenne UK after fundraising activities were seriously curtailed over the last two years due to the pandemic.
A programme of learning, researching and actioning social change has reached its conclusion at Marlwood School, with local charity St Peter’s Hospice receiving a grant of £1000 thanks to students’ efforts.
A leading figure in Bristol’s hospitality industry is appealing for help as he prepares to spend a day in jail – all in aid of charity.
West Country PR agency Empica is the latest firm to join the Children’s Hospice South West Business Club 2022.
Tom Rooney, a 93-year old retired Grenadier Guardsman who lives at a dementia care home in Bridgwater, has produced artwork which so astonished his carers that they have been inspired to organised an exhibition of his work.
A Wiveliscombe food project set up during the pandemic, a therapeutic counselling service for children and young people, and a personal development project for those not currently in employment, education or training are among the first charity projects of 2022 to receive backing from Taunton-based legal firm Clarke Willmott.
A dozen charities are to receive donations adding up to a total of more than £12,000 in West Wiltshire Crematorium’s ’12 Days of Christmas’ giveaway.
Penny Brohn UK has announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees: Dr Penny Kechagioglou, consultant Clinical Oncologist, and Jon Green, former NHS hospital Chief Executive and Operational Director.
The Bristol branch of a national stillbirth and neonatal death charity has received a £3,000 donation towards its vital work from Westerleigh Cemetery & Crematorium.
After 18 challenging months for the social sector, a group of dementia care workers from Wellington, Somerset, and families of people living with dementia have combined their efforts to take on a whole different challenge and raised £1,000 in sponsorship money.
A Keynsham man in rehab from a very rare form of cancer is taking on Snowdon as part of his recovery and urging others to adopt their own fundraising ‘Stomp’ in support of cancer charity Penny Brohn UK.
Smith & Williamson, which is part of leading wealth management and professional services firm Tilney Smith & Williamson, is putting the charity sector under the spotlight at an online conference next month.
Students from OneSchool Global (OSG) UK’s Salisbury campus in Wilton have raised a staggering £11,000 for the Salisbury Trust for the Homeless, while taking part in a ‘Sponsored Move’ fundraising event.
The Westerleigh Group will be honouring pandemic hero Captain Sir Tom Moore by raising money in his memory on what would have been his 101st birthday on 30 April.
