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Pace Center for Girls to host 13th Annual Men Who Cook fundraiser
The Pace Center for Girls Escambia-Santa Rosa will hold its 13th Annual Men Who Cook fundraiser on Sunday, April 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Resource Center to support at-risk girls and young women in Santa Rosa County.
Silverstone Soccer returns for its seventh annual fundraiser.
Silverstone Soccer, a five-a-side fundraiser run by Silverstone Leasing, will be held at Daventry Town Football Club on 28 June and will benefit The Lewis Foundation as the charity partner for 2026.
Volunteers launch eco-friendly refillery and laundry at Leyland community centre
Volunteers at The Place Community Centre in Leyland have opened a free community laundry and a refillery; the washing machines were funded by South Ribble Borough Council and the refillery was funded by Progress Housing Group.
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Showing: 541-550Vintage tea room at Damhouse is back and welcoming visitors.
The vintage tea room at Damhouse in Astley, which closed last January because of mounting losses, reopened last summer under Merly's Kitchen CIC after a full refurbishment and now offers homemade meals, community groups and a Community Fridge.
Fostering agency in the Midlands aims to keep parents and children together
Rees Parent & Child Fostering, founded by Jan Rees OBE and Melody Douglas, launched in the Midlands to provide specialist parent-and-child placements and welcomed around 50 guests; the agency emphasises a trauma-informed, strength-based approach and family-centred values.
Cafe owners announce new outdoor seating pergola to begin
Planning permission has been granted for The Glade Café's pergola; construction is due to start on February 9 and is expected to last two weeks, weather permitting.
Menston Thespians present The Snow Queen pantomime with live band
The Menston Thespians will stage The Snow Queen at Kirklands Community Centre from 18 to 21 February, featuring a large cast and a full live band.
Football club announces fundraiser for city charities at local arena.
AFC Wolverhampton City will hold a charity fundraiser at the Prestige Midlands Arena on Sunday, May 3, featuring a lineup of local personalities, sports figures and family activities.
Choice Housing supports biodiversity boost in County Down.
Choice Housing planted 300 native trees at its Killaire Wood Lane scheme with support from Ards and North Down Borough Council and Idverde; its Biodiversity Action Plan also sets a target to plant at least 500 trees over the next three years.
Lottery fund raises more than £250,000 to support local causes
South Staffordshire Community Lottery has raised £252,649 and supported 107 local charities and organisations with funding for activities, equipment and conservation work.
St Albans playground reopens after £100,000 fundraiser
On this day in 2024 the Bernards Heath children's playground in St Albans reopened after a community fundraiser that raised £100,000, and the opening was formally led by MP Daisy Cooper.
Suir Catchment launches Better Farming for Water Action Plan
The Suir Catchment Better Farming for Water Action Plan was launched in Thurles to speed adoption of the 8 Actions for Change on farms and to unite farmers, industry and agencies in efforts to improve water quality in the River Suir catchment.
Local charities receive £8,000 donation from Blackburn Charity Bonfire.
More than £8,000 raised by the 2025 Blackburn Charity Bonfire was presented to six local charities at a January 21 event, and organisers said further donations will be made over the coming months.