Charity

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.

Rothley Park Golf Club recently held the Matt Cort Challenge Golf Day. Over 100 golfers competed, with the top three players qualifying to enter a Pro-Am team with Matt.

The co-director of award-winning charity Soft Touch Arts has set himself a challenge to run eight marathons for eight months straight, in a bid to raise money for the organisation.