Charity

More than £250,000 has been raised by this year’s Derbyshire Charity Clay Shoot. The shoot was held at Chatsworth, with BBC Countryfile’s Julia Bradbury acting as Master of Ceremonies to 180 guns in five person teams drawn from across the country.

Kirstie, Dan, Nigel and Natasha would like to thank all who attended their fundraising event for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on June 7th at Flaxlands Farm. A special thanks goes to all those in the community who donated auction Lots and raffle prizes, helping them to raise an amazing £14, 255.

Sara’s Charity Summer Ball held in June was held in memory of Sarah Houston who passed away on November 11th 2013.

Every year RDA’s 18,000 volunteers help 30,000 people with disabilities discover just how much they can achieve. Why Volunteer? With the support of people like you, investing a couple of hours each week we can continue to provide life changing activities to more people who are missing out.

HSBC, based at Grove Park, recently held their 6th annual Table Tennis Tournament, raising an incredible sum of £3,000 for LOROS and beating their total of £2,500 from last year!

On the eve of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, team GB Paralympian and Ambassador of The British Polio Fellowship, Anne Wafula-Strike MBE, donned a dress with a difference.

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP backed calls from researchers at Leicester’s Hospitals to increase funding for liver and pancreatic cancer research in Leicester. Mr Vaz’s support came ahead of his visit to the department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery at Leicester General Hospital on Friday June 20.

This year is the 60th anniversary of an event which changed the world. 25th April 1954, saw Randy Kerr, a six-year-old American boy, become the first human recipient of the Polio vaccination as part of a successful and pioneering medical field study conducted by the University of Toronto.