Local judge Jeremy Lea undertook the Robin Hood Marathon in aid of West Bridgford’s children’s charity Faith in Families. Completing the half marathon in less than three hours, the Right Honourable runner has raised a substantial donation for the charity.
Judge Jeremy is a family court judge and has recently become the chair of trustees for Faith in Families. He trained for the marathon for several months and kept a blog of his eventful progress. You can read this online at facebook.com/FaithinFamiliesNotts.
Jeremy told The Local News: “It was absolutely exhausting but I feel delighted to have completed the run for Faith in Families. It’s great to be able to support a local charity and the great work they do in schools and with vulnerable children across the region.”
Faith in Families chief executive, Sumerjit Ram, and other members of staff were on hand to cheer Judge Jeremy on as he sped over the finishing line.
Mrs Ram said: “Our charity is absolutely thrilled to have the support of Jeremy Lea. Not only has he brought so much to Faith in Families in his role as chairman, he has also proven that he can rise to any challenge; climbing the three peaks may be next on our list.”

FHP Living raised £300 for the Macmillian Cancer Research as part of the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’. The money raised by donations has been matched by FHP Living and their sister company FHP Property Consultants, who are based in the city centre.
Steve Parker said: “We could not have picked a better day to host the charity coffee morning. The sun shone and the temperatures reached 26 degrees celsius in West Bridgford.
“Thanks to the warm weather lots more people were out and about. When people started to notice what we were doing they came over and joined us.”

In partnership with Obsessions of Main Street in Keyworth, the Rotary Club of West Bridgford organised a very successful fashion show at Keyworth Village Hall. It raised over £1,200 for the DARE programme and other charities supported by Rotary.
Thanking the audience of 180 people for attending the first Rotary Fashion Show, president Geoff Chivers invited any of the ladies present, who were interested in joining Rotary, to contact membership officer, George Golledge, on 0115 923 5954.
Bouquets of flowers were presented to Michelle Coulthard of Obsessions and to Rotarian Debbie Chambers, who assisted by Rotarian Charles Tyrie, had organised the whole evening.

The Rotary Club of West Bridgford has donated £250 to Nottingham Hospitals Charity to support cystic fibrosis patients at the City Hospital. Cystic fibrosis is the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease, with one in 25 people carrying the gene. The current average age of survival is 36 years and there is currently no cure.
The money donated by the rotary club will be used to support cystic fibrosis patients from across the county and East Midlands, who are treated at the City Hospital. Nottingham Hospitals Charity exists to enhance patient care at the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), NHS Trust’s Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital campuses. Donations to the charity are used to benefit patients at NUH by providing added extras, such as specialist equipment, medical research and staff development programmes.
To find out more about Nottingham Hospitals Charity, to make a donation or to get involved in fundraising, visit their website at nuhcharity.org.uk.

Over the last few weeks, local choir BeVox has been out and about raising money for good causes. After staging ‘A Real Variety Performance’ at the Becket School in West Bridgford, alongside several events in other areas, the singers have raised over £2,100 for several charities, including Treetops Hospice.
Choir director, Timothy Allen, said:  “It’s great to be able to give something back. We often perform in the local community, which can raise people’s spirits, but making a financial contribution to the running of local charities does so much more than that.”
Local singers have travelled widely with the choir, taking part in everything from large-scale flash mobs in London’s St Pancras, a sound-and-light extravaganza at Rotherham’s Magna, to informal performances in the reception areas of hospitals.
Singers also get involved in organising the events – one group singer arranging for the choir to travel down to Hemel Hempstead to sing for residents at her grandmother’s retirement home.
Plans are already afoot for a whole host of events in the choir’s next season. They are always looking for local people who enjoy singing to come and get involved. There are no auditions to take part, no requirement to read music – and every member has a voice in the choice of songs that are sung.
Music for the autumn season includes everything from Gershwin to The Monkees, from Karl Jenkins to Russell Watson. To find out more visit the website at bevox.co.uk or call 01226 712 173.