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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.
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Showing: 891-900West London school hopes to raise £257k to restore rare Loret pipe organ
Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith is seeking £257,000 to repair a pipe organ made by Belgian craftsman Hippolyte Loret that experts say may be the only Loret instrument in the UK and one of the rarest in Europe.
Residents take part in cold-water dip at Southbourne
Around 70 people joined a supervised 'Beat the Blues' cold-water dip at SOBO Beach on January 18, organised by Dorset Mind with SOBO Surf Life Saving Club and Dorset Tea; lifeguards followed RNLI cold-water safety guidance.
Cornwall Hotel Collection raises £11,000 for good causes
The Cornwall Hotel Collection raised £11,000 across 2025 through events at four hotels, with funds supporting local and national charities including Bliss and The Mermaid Centre.
Colchester Borough Homes gives funding boost to local community groups
Colchester Borough Homes has awarded £18,739.75 from its 2025 Community Initiative Fund to 13 local schemes supporting wellbeing and hardship, with the largest grant of £6,000 going to Signpost Colchester.
£18,000 raised at charity beer festival to help people across the South West
St Austell Brewery's Celtic Beer Festival raised £18,000 in November for the brewery's Charitable Trust, which supports causes across the South West. The trust has donated more than £1 million since 2003 and in 2025 funded services including youth mental health and air ambulance operations.
Sunday Worship at St Columba's reflects on One Body, One Spirit
BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship was recorded at St Columba's Parish Church, Knock, Belfast for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and featured a sermon by the Revd Dr Karen Campbell that reflected on Ephesians 4's call to unity and grace.
Toddlers invited to craft and spot garden birds in Woodchester
A Mini Beasties session for two- to four-year-olds will take place at Tinkley Gate in Woodchester with crafts, storytelling and close views of garden birds; family group tickets cost £3 and National Trust members can park for free.
Co Down couple open their home to three foster siblings.
Jonathan and Sarah McElroy in County Down are fostering three siblings aged 9, 4 and 2 who moved in November 2023; Barnardo's says the number of children in care in Northern Ireland is now almost 4,200.
Riverside village Holt blends history and natural beauty
Holt is a riverside village on the Welsh–English border with Roman-era finds and a late 13th-century castle; it also features a medieval Grade I-listed bridge, local shops and community events.
Great grandfather to eight remembered in this week's Surrey funeral notices
Surrey Live's weekly death and funeral notices include a tribute to Reverend Canon Stephen Scott Huxley, who died aged 95 on December 21, 2025, and lists funeral arrangements for several local residents.