Menphys is a local charity that supports families and children with disabilities and complex health needs. This event was generously sponsored by Sandicliffe KIA and raised £3,500 for the local cause.
Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland is once again calling for all knitters to join in The Big Knit this year to raise much-needed funds to help keep local older people warm and healthy this coming winter.
A glittering birthday bash – attended by the High Sherriff of Leicester, Richard Brooks – raised more than £1900 for Leicester Charity Link.
The evening was in aid of the Mayor of Hinckley Martin Cartwright’s Charities and raised £736.18. The Mayor would like to thank Hinckley Golf Club for a superb venue which was donated for the night along with free Canapés for the guests.
Mrs Heather Ford has donated £5,000 to name a Hearing Dog puppy in the memory of her mother, iris giles, who passed away on the 6th april 2012 aged 89. Heather met volunteers of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People at the Burbage Carnival in June who put her in contact with the local representative.
A firm of financial advisers from Leicestershire has raised a total of £7,000 for a range of local and national charities after producing a photo calendar.
On a blustery Friday night in June, supporters of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution attended a fundraising Summer party at Whatton house near Loughborough by kind permission of Lord and Lady Crawshaw.
On 1st June 2012, the Captain of Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Steve Ackling, completed 150 holes in 13 hours 50 minutes raising £2,200 for Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Loros charity golf day at Rothley Park, Leicestershire. Visit www.loros.co.uk/fundraising for Diary of Events page.
The 2012 Captain of Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Steve Ackling, is taking on a golfing endurance challenge which involves recreating a remarkable historical feat which dates back to 1913. This charity challenge is to complete 150 holes of golf in under 14 hours!