A Royal Mail team has raised over £1,500 for charity after competing in a boat race. The Grantham team participated in the Newark Dragon Boat Race on Sunday (September 17). They raised £1,500 for two “wonderful” children’s charities, including Beaumond House Hospice, in Newark, and the Children’s Bereavement Centre, in …
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The annual Jason Ginnelly Memorial Football Match will take place on Sunday. Jason, who worked as a postman, and was actively involved with Holy Trinity football team, both as a player and manager, died in 2017 aged just 42, and his family, friends, team mates and work colleagues pay tribute …
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A Lanarkshire man is on a mission to play on every single golf course in Scotland. Barry Smith has always loved golf but following his kidney and pancreas transplant in November 2019, the 41-year-old said the sport has given him a “new lease of life”. This World Kidney Day, on …
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A Bath charity fears the effect of postal workers’ strikes on donations to its Christmas appeal. Julian House supports vulnerable people in the city who are experiencing homelessness, domestic abuse, learning disabilities or rejoining society after being released from prison. Yet, donations to its Christmas fundraising campaign have slumped this …
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A postman in Bishop’s Stortford had the ginger dreadlocks he’s been growing for three decades shaved off for charity. Jeremy White, who is based at the Royal Mail sorting and delivery office in South Street, celebrated his 50th birthday on Sunday (Oct 18). To mark the milestone he decided to …
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A calendar filled with lockdown artwork has been launched to help raise funds for a little boy living with an incurable muscle wasting illness. Five-year-old Digby Donnelly from Deal was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in 2017, aged two. Artist Bryony Sadler, Digby Donnelly and mum Lisa Donnelly celebrate …
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Craig Kielburger, left, and his brother Marc speak at a WE Day event at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, on Sept. 28, 2017. Fred Lum/the Globe and Mail Royal Bank of Canada has decided to cut all its ties to WE Charity less than a week after announcing a …
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PUBLISHED: 17:44 07 July 2020 | UPDATED: 17:44 07 July 2020 Aaron McMillan Posties of Fakenham have been delivering mail across the region regardless of weather, to raise money for ‘littlelifts’. Picture: Posties of Fakenham Archant What do Batman, bananas and pirates all have in common? Email this article to …
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The Lost Stock initiative to save lives in Bangladesh using fashion chains’ unsold adult clothes has today launched a new version for children. Lost Stock for Kids follows the same idea but this time selling £35 boxes containing five pieces of children’s wear matched to the customer’s size and fashion …
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The joy of a much longed-for pregnancy against all the odds turned to shock and fear when doctors told Sarah-Jayne Larkins her unborn son had multiple abnormalities. Now, as she comes to terms with Archie David’s death, she is determined to raise £15,000 as a lasting legacy to her little …
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