Rallying cry for charity
31st March 2020
THE team from The Little Ale House in Wellingborough will be taking to the road in style for this year's Rust Bucket Rally. Alan Piggot and Tracie Clarke-Piggot will be undertaking the challenge,...
Gift to help lighten charity’s load
31st March 2020
IN the run up to Christmas last year, Midshires Electrical & Lighting ran a competition for customers to win £1,500 for a chosen charity. Once again, instead of handing out corporate gifts to...
Developer names its charity
31st March 2020
LEADING developer David Wilson Homes South Midlands has recently selected Northampton and District Mind as its charity of the year for 2020 to promote and support good mental health in the areas in...
Don’t keep charity shopping a secret
1st December 2019
CYNTHIA Spencer Hospice are encouraging everyone taking part in Secret Santa in their workplaces this Christmas to think locally and sustainably by purchasing their gifts from one of the charity's...
Awards recognise county’s charity heroes
1st December 2019
AN inclusive film-making programme, a support group for vulnerable families and a group providing support for cancer sufferers - just a few of the winners at this year's Northamptonshire Community...
Star misses charity bike ride
30th September 2019
HAVING launched the annual campaign for Northamptonshire's favourite bike ride in aid of the county's Cynthia Spencer Hospice back in March, nothing was going to stop Saints star Piers Francis from...
Aiming high for eye charity
30th September 2019
A DAREDEVIL clinical technician from Northampton got a bird's eye view of the world when he took the plunge for a charity skydive, despite having a lifelong hatred of heights. Lyndon Bird faced his...
Innovative dish will spark the senses at charity dinner
30th September 2019
ASPIRING chefs at Northampton College have been challenged to come up with a dish that awakens the senses as part of a charity dinner raising awareness of visual impairments. The event, called...
Uphill battle for charity
31st July 2019
VOLUNTEERS from TruckEast in Wellingborough joined colleagues from across East Anglia to ascend some of the UK's highest mountains in only 24 hours. To climb the three highest mountain peaks in...
Is your charity at risk of cyber crime?
30th June 2019
PEOPLE, not tech, are the biggest threat to a charity's cyber security according to the NexusProject at their recent conference in Liverpool. The biggest scams right now are carried out by phishing...
Challenge teams go above and beyond for charity
31st May 2019
IN January, 13 teams from local companies took part in the 2019 Franklins £50 Challenge to support Cynthia Spencer Hospice, raising a total of £20,026.88 which will go towards supporting the...
Charity dinner proves a hit
30th April 2019
THE Kettering Rotary Charity Dinner, held in March, raised over £10,000 for local charities as over 330 Rotarians and guests packed into Wicksteed Park Pavilion to be entertained by the voice of...
Puttin’ on the ritz for charity
30th April 2019
VICKI Pearce and Rachel Hayes from the Court of Protection team at Wilson Browne Solicitors took to the stage in March and performed with Lesley's Dancers Musical Allsorts, a tap dancing group from...
Team aims for charity target
30th April 2019
LEADING recruitment agency Encore Personnel has pledged its support to national children's charity, Children with Cancer UK, setting a target to raise more than £20,000 over the next year for the...
Vital funds for animal charity
31st March 2019
THE RSPCA Northamptonshire Branch has received £3002 in fundraising from Novacroft, after being the focus of the software organisation's fundraising and volunteering activities in 2018. The money...