This well known fundraiser which takes place every September at the Fox and Goose, Illston-on-the-Hill, true to form, attracted a good crowd and has raised in excess of £5,000, again, for local charities.
Sarah Baillie, executive manager of Select Appointments in leicester is delighted to be supporting local children’s hospice rainbows by taking part in the Bupa Great north run.
Arriving the day before the challenge our team booked in to a cosy B&B and we went to look, at the mountains, which stopped us in our tracks!! Shocked by how high they were we were all a little worried and perhaps not as prepared as we had thought.
The charity event was held to raise money for the orphanage which Alice Pulford, friends and family built in Africa. Over 650 people attended the Sunday afternoon event, which was a great success and is now in its second year.
The event was held at the Leicester Marriott Hotel. Unique home for girls is based in India and is a shelter for unwanted and abandoned girls, giving them a life that would otherwise have been taken from them.
The Lord Mayor Councillor Robet Wann held a fundraising night at the Pierre Bistro in aid of The Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Charity.
The Muslim Khatri Association celebrated 35 years delivering quality services and facilities in the city of Leicester. A Special Gala Celebration was held at the Platinium Suite Leicester on 12th June 2011 to honour founder members and to celebrate 35 years of success within the community.
Rutland Polo Club was once again delighted to welcome eight teams to challenge for the historic Assam Cup, sponsored by Berkeley Insurance of Leicester. Known as one of the strongest 6 goal tournaments in the country, the games are always fiercely competitive and this year was no different.
At around 8 p.m. on 9th August, a gang of hooded young people went into an NCP car park where Age Concern Leicester Shire & Rutland park ten of their specially adapted ambulances overnight.
Lumbers, Leicester’s finest jewellers since 1881, have opened the doors of their opulent Diamond Room for an exclusive evening in support of local cancer charity, Hope Against Cancer.