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Newton Faulkner to headline Ambition Gig

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May 23rd 2010

TreeHouse's second Ambition Gig looks like being one to remember

Team spirit

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May 21st 2010

Noah's Ark and the World Cup aren't light years apart, as Lorraine Feldman writes

Spiderwoman spotted at Guildford Cathedral

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May 20th 2010

At 160 feet, looking out from the top of Guildford Cathedral, Vicki Smith felt her legs turn to jelly.

Adam and Katie go the extra mile to raise funds for Tommy’s.

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May 19th 2010

Dorset and South Devon Property Manager Adam Bott along with his colleague Katie Pratt raise over £4,000 for Tommy’s baby charity by completing their first ever London Marathon.

Hairaising times at HOB Salons

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May 19th 2010

How HOB Salons raised over £25,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Charities news from around Kent this June

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May 17th 2010

Catch up with all the latest news from Kent's many charities

Get in the running for Wheathampstead 10K

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May 15th 2010

As runners limber up to take part in the 11th Wheathampstead 10K/2K run on May 23rd, organisers explain how the scenic route is one of the things that keep competitors coming back year after year

Charity event in aid of 'Lumos' - founded by J K Rowling

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May 14th 2010

Help light up the lives of institutionalised children across Europe - On International Children’s Day this year (01 June 2010), Lumos, the charity founded by J K Rowling, is asking people to light a birthday candle...

Join Starlight Walk for Watford Peace Hospice

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April 28th 2010

IT will be a night out with a difference as 2,000 women join together for the Peace Hospice’s popular midnight half marathon walk on May 22.

BBC3 joins charity fashion show in St Albans

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April 27th 2010

The TV cameras will be rolling as The Dressing Room boutique in St Albans hosts a charity fashion show to celebrate its 5th birthday.

Jane Weeks Looks back on her favourite Heritage Lottery Fund Projects in Sussex

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April 22nd 2010

Chichester resident Jane Weeks stepped down recently after six years chairing the South East England Committee of the Heritage Lottery Fund, she looks back at some of her favourite projects in Sussex.....

Charity walk in aid of Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted

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April 19th 2010

Fine and Country Berkhamstead are sponsoring a 12 mile walk in aid of Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted

Norton St Philip Scarecrow Trail 2010

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April 19th 2010

Norton St Philip First School PTFA are holding their third SCARECROW TRAIL fundraiser to help raise money towards a new and much needed classroom.

Time for sharing

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April 16th 2010

Parents Michael and Sharon explain how Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has helped them and their child, Eli

Frank Martin's BIG WALK, Devon

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April 15th 2010

Frank Martin's BIG WALK - for Big Hand, Little Hand, our local crafts in schools education charity

Norfolk multi-millionairess aiming to inspire the county's youth...

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April 13th 2010

...to emulate her success-but first she wants them to pull on their running shoes, as Angi Kennedy discovers.

Sightsavers, 60 years of helping the blind to see

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March 31st 2010

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Sightsavers, a charity that literally helps the blind to see. It has been based in Haywards Heath for the past 40 years. Sussex Life spoke to Lady Wilson, widow of its founder Sir John Wilson, to find out more.

Hundreds hike Box Hill for Surrey charity

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March 31st 2010

Hundreds of dedicated Surrey walkers battled Box Hill on Sunday to raise money for the Princess Alice Hospice in Esher. Over 250 turned up in all sorts of elaborate fancy dress and raised in excess of £12,000 for the Surrey charity

Be inspired by The Inspiration Ball

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March 30th 2010

Be a part of the first ever Inspiration Ball

Laundey Abbey A multi million pound makeover in Leicestershire

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March 29th 2010

Set in the East of Leicestershire sits a stunning Elizabethan manor house named Launde Abbey, one of the few remaining retreat houses in the UK. This year restoration works began following a year-long million-pound fundraising campaign