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Poole pet photographer given Small Business Sunday award
Sophie Matthews of Poole, who runs By Sophie Photography and began focusing on dog portraits in January 2025, was given Theo Paphitis' Small Business Sunday award at the ICC in Birmingham.
Community singing group at Bedwas Workmen's Hall brings people together
A bi-weekly community singing group at Bedwas Workmen's Hall, run by Parklands Care Home with Inside Out Cymru, offers an inclusive space where attendees, including people living with dementia and their carers, have formed new friendships.
Shop hosting Coffee and Cake fundraiser for life-saving charity
The Wales Air Ambulance shop in Tenby will hold a Coffee and Cake fundraiser on Saturday 28 February from 12pm to 2pm as part of the charity’s 25th‑anniversary Coffee and Cake campaign, which runs through March and April to raise funds for its critical care services.
Recent heartwarming stories
Showing: 861-870Stroudwater canal seeks volunteers to restore the 'missing mile'.
The Cotswold Canals Trust has a £6.4m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to restore the 'missing mile' of the Stroudwater Navigation and is seeking more volunteers ahead of work planned for late 2026.
Peterborough dementia centre relocation will be discussed by cabinet
Peterborough council will consider relocating the Dementia Resource Centre from Lincoln Road to Paston Farm Community Centre and approving funding for accessibility upgrades and internal reconfiguration.
West Bute House to add private offices, members' gym and underground café-bar
iungoworks is expanding West Bute House in Cardiff Bay by reuniting five grade II‑listed plots to create ten new private offices, a private members' gym opening July 2026, and an underground café-bar due December 2026.
Máiría Cahill recalls the Dolls Hospital and cherished childhood toys
Máiría Cahill recounts her mother's memories of a 1950s Dolls Hospital in Belfast and how repair services kept toys in use, and she describes a family decision to buy a similar doll found online.
Leicester city centre bank to become a vibrant creative hub
A derelict bank at 29A Horsefair Street in Leicester is being converted by charity Pedestrian into a creative hub with workshops, recording studios and community spaces, and work has started after a year of fundraising.
Stratford lunch club reaches £140,000 after latest donation
Stratford's Sunday Lunch Club, entering its 10th year, has raised about £140,000 for local causes after donating £7,500 to the Shakespeare Hospice.
Hospice's Christmas tree recycling scheme raises £4,000
The inaugural Oakhaven Treecycle collected nearly 220 trees across BH25, SO41, SO42 and SO45 postcodes in early January and raised £4,000 for Oakhaven Hospice.
Wildlife volunteer responds to critics after bird rescued by fire crew in Brampton
A volunteer said a jackdaw trapped in netting in Brampton was freed by Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service, recovered overnight and rejoined its group; the volunteer criticised online comments calling the rescue a misuse of emergency time.
Law firm raises more than £20,000 for North East hospice
Hay & Kilner raised £22,074.72 for St Oswald's Hospice, including £11,037.36 raised by staff that was matched by the firm's partners.
MLK Day of Service brings community together through volunteer work
University of Mississippi students, alumni and local residents volunteered across Lafayette County at animal shelters, community centers, a food pantry and a community garden project during an MLK Day of Service hosted by the Division of Student Affairs.