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All in Charity
A Gala Dinner Charity Ball organised by a team of emerging leaders from De Vere Tortworth Court Hotel, near Bristol, has smashed its fund-raising target for the Brain Tumour Support charity.
As London braces itself for the TCS London Marathon this weekend, one man's determination shines brightly amid the sea of runners.
Giving a spring face-lift to the garden of the dementia home in Bridgwater where his father has been living for the past year was the activity of choice for specialist fibre engineer, Andrew Chaplin and 10 of his colleagues for their spring volunteer day.
In a new initiative to support individuals and families affected by the tragedy of suicide, a Bristol funeral venue has announced its partnership with local charity Sunflowers Suicide Support.
Westerleigh Group has extended its partnership with specialist dementia nursing charity Dementia UK, pledging to raise £160,000 for the charity on top of the £140,000 it has raised over the past year.
Employees at the Bristol office of Evelyn Partners, the leading integrated wealth management and professional services group, have launched a charity fundraising challenge in memory of their colleague Dave Mouncey.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is shining a light on misdiagnosis as part of its annual efforts in support of World Encephalitis Day tomorrow (22nd FEB).
A team of emerging leaders from De Vere Tortworth Court Hotel, near Bristol, have organised a Gala Dinner Charity Ball which they hope will raise thousands of pounds for Brain Tumour Support.
Lifeskills Learning for Living, based at The Create Centre in Bristol, has won significant funding to promote electrical safety in the home to reduce deaths, injuries and damage caused by electricity.
Westerleigh Group has donated nearly £71,000 to Dementia UK following a campaign which ran during World Alzheimer’s month.
Law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has announced a national charity partnership to launch its focus on a community strategy support for social mobility. It’s part of a wider commitment as a firm to its ESG plans.
Teams from a dozen Bristol hotels netted more than £500 for charity after taking part in a fund-raising football tournament.
Desperate to play football, yet so short of resources they have been taking to the pitch barefoot, members of a Bristol team whose members are all refugees or asylum seekers – are celebrating a supply of new boots thanks to a firm of local housebuilders.
Westerleigh Cemetery & Crematorium is marking World Alzheimer’s Month by pledging to make a donation to Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity, for every memorial purchase made over a six-week period.
After a four-year hiatus, the epic two-day cycling challenge, Hilly Hundred is back with a bang for its tenth birthday. This September (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd), participants will yet again don their fabulously fancy-dress costumes to brave the elements and take on the gruelling hills of Cornwall in aid of breast cancer education charity, CoppaFeel!
With a valiant team effort by staff and families of residents living at a specialist care home in Plymouth producing £575 in sponsorship money through a 24-hour bike ride to help fund a specialist new interactive mobile entertainment unit for residents living with dementia, just £225 more is now needed to reach the team’s final target.
A sunshine safari to Longleat proved to be just the ticket for a group of Weston-super-Mare school children, thanks to the local Rotary Club and coach operator Bakers Dolphin.
Westerleigh Group has named Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity, as its new corporate charity partner and aims to raise £120,000 over the next year to support its vital work.
