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Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile

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February 1st 2012

The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile is coming to the Royal Agricultural College

Bradford 10k run to raise funds for Leeds-based national charity Epilepsy Action

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January 26th 2012

Epilepsy Action is urging people across Yorkshire to burn off their Christmas calories and take part in the charity’s fifth annual Bradford 10k road race. The event raises money to help support the 600,000 people affected by epilepsy in the UK

Will you be a red hot hero?

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January 24th 2012

Winston’s Wish, the charity for bereaved children, is all fired up over its firewalk taking place in Gloucestershire on Saturday, February 11

Surrey-based Swingbridge 2 to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

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January 24th 2012

Local charity the Surrey Care Trust will be helping to make royal history when its Swingbridge 2 boat joins the Queen and thousands of others for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

Greatwood celebrates 10 years in Wiltshire - advertisement feature

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January 24th 2012

This weekend Greatwood Charity celebrated a decade in Wiltshire. During this time the charity has rehabilitated and re-homed hundreds of former racehorses as well as helped over 2000 children with special education needs (SEN) within the region

College charity single hits the Charts

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January 23rd 2012

South Devon College students are pleading for the support of the South West after this week releasing their own, self made, performed, and produced single into the download charts to raise funds for Armed Forces charity Help for Heroes.

Charity: Headway Worcestershire

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January 23rd 2012

Across the UK there are an estimated 500,000 people (aged 16 to 74) living with long-term disabilities as a result of traumatic brain injury. The brain injury association Headway, supports them ...

Close House

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January 22nd 2012

Close House is, a youth project in Hereford, where staff and volunteers pride themselves on “being there” for young people, whatever their needs. Lynn Johnson, chair of trustees, explains how the charity is founded ...

Eat ‘n’ Greet with Nigella Lawson for Shooting Star CHASE campaign

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January 9th 2012

Food writer Nigella Lawson is backing local children’s hospice service Shooting Star CHASE’s latest campaign, Eat ‘n’ Greet

Max Clifford on Christopher's Smile

January 9th 2012

It takes very special people to have the desire, energy and ability to turn their own personal tragedy into a means of helping countless others.

CPRE Hertfordshire: Protecting our countryside

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January 5th 2012

This issue sees the first of a new monthly column by CPRE Hertfordshire, looking at issues that affect our county and how you can play your part...

Paralysed Godalming man to ‘cycle’ from Guildford to Glasgow

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January 5th 2012

Two years after being paralysed while working in Colombia as an English teacher, Godalming resident Dan Eley is set to begin a "virtual" Ride for Research of 550 miles to raise £10,000 for Guildford charity Spinal Research.

Serving an Ace for charity with a 24-hour tennis match

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January 4th 2012

Silver Worldwide, the Digital and Brand Marketing agency based in Cheltenham and London, aims to raise £3,500 for two children’s charities

Kevin to conquer Kilimanjaro

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December 30th 2011

Stroud town councillor Kevin Cranston wanted a challenge for his 60th birthday. So the former Army officer will climb Mount Kilimanjaro and raise money for three charities

Remembering Sophie Edwards

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December 24th 2011

Sophie Edwards began the searingly honest journal she kept as she battled terminal cancer

Exclusive Hotels raises over £122,000 for charity at South Lodge Hotel

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December 20th 2011

On Friday 2 December, Exclusive Hotels hosted a spectacular gala dinner at South Lodge Hotel in Horsham, West Sussex as the finale of their 30th Anniversary celebrations.

Golf Captains at Exeter Golf and Country Club start their campaign with donation to Diabetes UK

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December 19th 2011

The new Golf Captains at Exeter Golf and Country Club are celebrating a great start to their captaincy year during which they will be fund raising for Diabetes UK.

Help save Surrey's heritage - current campaigns and calls to action

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December 10th 2011

Around the county, there are constant efforts to preserve Surrey’s natural and man-made heritage that require both voluntary work and philanthropic funding. Here, we bring you a few of the projects in Surrey that you can get involved with today

The Oar-some Four

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December 9th 2011

Devon twins Hugo and Ross are two of a four man crew getting set to row the Atlantic this winter, raising money for a very personal cause

Rainbow Trust's Heather Wood on her perfect Surrey weekend

December 2nd 2011

As chief executive of the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary Heather Wood can find herself doing anything from attending a village fête to jumping out of a plane to dining with Mark Ramprakash!