The independent Duty of Care in Sport review, which was led by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, advocates more training and better awareness of cardiac health to help protect people - especially young people - who play sport.
People are being encouraged to volunteer at one of the city’s biggest annual events, The Leicester Marathon, fast approaching once again.
In support of Dementia Awareness Week, local company Home Instead Charnwood, which provides home care and companionship services for older people across Charnwood, Leicester and Loughborough donated copies of their dementia care book, Confidence to Care, to their local Loughborough and Syston Librar
Leicester’s Hospitals’ staff and their patients, friends and family are aiming to raise £25,000 as they prepare for the 5th Annual Liver & Pancreas Cancer Research 100 mile Charity Bike Ride from Leicester to Hunstanton on Saturday 24 June 2017 followed by a ‘Survivors BBQ’ on Sunday 25 June hos
Charity Link, a charity which supports people in poverty, hard- ship or crisis throughout Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, is looking for individuals and teams of friends, family or work colleagues to join it for its ‘Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge’ on Sunday 24th September 2017.
Women in Philanthropy celebrated the finale of its third Leicestershire-born Maggie Philbin, herself a champion of local year with a red carpet film premiere at Curve, Leicester, hosted by Dr Maggie Philbin OBE.
Another LOROS Hospice has been targeted by thieves, making this the sixth incident of its kind in just two months.
LOROS is desperately urging people to volunteer at this year’s Twilight Walk on Saturday. The Hospice is in need of a few more pairs of hands to help out at this year’s annual 10km event.
Ovarian cancer isn’t as well-known as some other female cancers, yet it is the fifth most common - with more than 7,000 diagnoses in the UK each year.