RADCLIFFE LIONS CLUB UNVEIL DEFIBRILLATOR
Rob Sims, president of Radcliffe-on-Trent Lions Club, together with fellow Lions Bob Alderson, David Clayton and Mal Fairy, presented Phil Clarke of East Bridgford Parish Council with a cheque for £500 towards the cost of installing a community access automated external defibrillator by the telephone box on Main Street. The defibrillator, which can be accessed [...]
COAST TO COAST CHARITY WALK FOR ROGER
Radcliffe-on-Trent resident Roger Allton is to walk coast to coast for charity. This is an impressive feat for anyone but even more so considering he is 78 years old. Roger said: “After 20 years of raising money by running around 45 half-marathons and two marathons, and having two recent minor heart operations, it would suggest [...]
BEN IS GIVING UP THE DAY JOB FOR CHARITY
A West Bridgford man is giving up his day job to volunteer with a charity. Ben Sturrock works as an NHS physiotherapist but is to give up the security of his normal life to help fight poverty in Africa. The 24-year-old will be working in local communities in Kenya and needs to raise £800 of [...]
LOCAL MAN TO RAISE MONEY FOR BRITISH BOY
Phil Jackson from Gamston is heading over to the States in May to participate in a team relay event to raise money for six-year-old Dylan Hockley. The British boy was tragically killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on the 14th December 2012. He will be running along with Dylan’s father Ian and 10 [...]
RAISING MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Honest-Inks Ltd Cash 4 Cause raises money locally in West Bridgford and surrounding areas for local charities and good causes, such as Friary Drop-in on Musters Road. Suzanne Reeveley told The Local News: “We went again to collect the empties from the Conservative Club and the PCRC Computer Shop on Musters Road, as well as [...]
FAITH IN FAMILIES CELEBRATES DONATION
Faith in Families, based in West Bridgford, is celebrating after receiving a £300 donation from the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund. Faith in Families is a registered children’s charity and adoption agency working throughout the East Midlands and beyond. It believes that every child has the right to grow up as part of a loving and [...]
BUSY BEES BUSY RAISING MONEY
Children from Busy Bees Nursery in Clifton are looking forward to an exciting year of fundraising activities. Busy Bees nurseries across the Midlands have announced that their sponsored charity for 2013 is Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice – a charity that offers care and support to children with a shortened life expectancy, both in their own [...]
RADCLIFFE LIONS FUNDRAISING UPDATE
The Club raised over £560 at the recent race night and this enabled a donation of £600 to be made to the Rutland House School for Parents. This was the first time of running this event and it was a huge success. The Club’s thanks go to many local businesses for their donations and support. [...]
THANK YOU CLIFTON FROM THE STAFF AT GREGGS
The staff at Greggs in Clifton would like to say thank you various people and groups who have helped them raise money in the last few months. Jean Rogers said: “A big thank you to the 12th Clifton Brownies for doing a sponsored walk and bag packing for the Children In Need appeal. We would [...]
BRIDGFORD OLYMPIC MEDAL-WINNER HELPING CHILDREN
West Bridgford’s 2012 Olympic bronze-medallist Helen Richardson took time out to join local children at a holiday club run by A-Star Sports, one of the UK’s most dynamic sports coaching companies. The world-class player joined in games of hockey, volleyball, dodgeball and handball. Helen, who won a bronze medal with Team GB in hockey, tweeted: [...]