Increasing numbers of older people have been asking Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland to take them out rather than provide support within the home - so much so the charity has decided to launch a Personal Assistant Service.
David Wilson Homes has kicked off Sport Relief with a football donation to Sketchley Hill Primary School, as part of an ongoing pledge to encourage local school pupils to keep active in 2018.
Leicester based charity, Charity Link, is looking for people to take on its annual Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge in September to help improve the lives of local families living in hardship.
The hugely successful annual Golf Day for LOROS Hospice is now in its 12th year and has raised over £110,000 so far, which could be used to cover the cost of Day Therapy for 55 days, or to cover the cost of a specialist nurse for three years.
Lady Captain of Scraptoft Golf Club, Sheila Plant, recently organised a fun Zoom competition to raise money for Sport Relief. The object was for teams of 4 ladies to complete 9 holes in the quickest time possible and for spectators and supporters to guess the time achieved.
Introducing a new LOROS Hospice challenge this year ‘The Mudnificent 7’, the UK’s most popular mud and obstacle race.
LOROS opened its biggest store yet, with a shop, showroom and donation centre based in Wigston Magna welcoming people through its doors.
Nick Sone, a Financial Controller at Leicester’s Hospitals and Simon Pizzey, Head of Planning and Strategic Commissioning for East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG are running the London Marathon on 22 April 2018 to raise vital funds for Leicester Hospitals Charity and awareness of Red2Green.
Tony Andrews and Digby Lund, both from the Lodge of Science and Art No.8429 in Loughborough, made a charity jump off a cliff in Malaga on Sunday 3rd September 2017 for the Masonic Charitable Foundation.