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Andrew has pressing engagement to help out sick children

Charity supporter Andrew Finnegan is doing press-ups for a year to help a hospital treating sick children. Andrew, 46, from Faygate, near Horsham, will do 47,000 at an average of 128 a day. He set a...

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Chance to walk for blind veterans charity

Keen long distance walkers are being sought to raise money for the Blind Veterans UK charity. They are invited to sign up for a 100 kilometre walk from London to Brighton in 24 hours in July while...

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Sleeping rough for charity

People are being invited to sleep out for a night in Horsham to help the town’s disadvantaged youngsters. The “Sleep Easy “ will be held on March 18 at Gorings Mead football ground and is organised by...

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Runners get new 10k race

Fans of 10 kilometre runs will have an extra challenge at this year’s Barns Green Half Marathon charity fund-raiser. A new 10 kilometre run, about six miles, is being added to the usual half marathon...

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Confiscated cash used to help out life savers

Criminals are inadvertently giving life savers a helping hand. Money from property confiscated from thieves by courts and then sold is put into what is known as the Police Property Act Fund for...

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10 year anniversary charity football match in memory of bradley rooke

It’s the 10 year anniversary since Bradley Rooke’s passing, so his old team mates, school friends and family are getting together to take part in a charity football match to be held on May 1, at the...

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Wordsmiths needed for Wordy Sturdy’s Scrabblathon

A Horsham “Scrabble” ace wants a word of two with anyone prepared to challenge him for charity. Chris Sturdy, 42, aims to play 100 games in 24 hours in an event called Wordy Sturdy’s Scrabblathon in...

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Dads band is class act

A band of dads was music to the ears of school fund raisers. Five of the parents performed during Leechpool Primary School’s first outdoor music festival at the Horsham school, which was called...

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Firms can help people like Andy

People like Andy Spriggs will appreciate a little help as a charity appeals for businesses in the Horsham area to back his charity. Andy spoke about his life-limiting disease as firms were invited to...

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Skyfall for daring fundraisers

A group of St Catherine’s Hospice staff is taking to the skies as part of the hospice’s  first ever tandem skydiving challenge. To help celebrate 33 years of St Catherine’s supporting terminally ill...

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