Charity searches for “Snow Angels” to help older people this winter
Angels are being sought in West Sussex to help clear snow for vulnerable people. Although the county has so far had a mild winter, the dangers of icy and wet footpaths in harsher weather can result in...
View ArticleJo and pals all heart for fund raising
When Jo Gill helped raise money it was for a cause dear to her heart. J0 lost her father to heart problems and she decided to raise money to help others who have similar problems. Jo is a personal...
View ArticleCharity firewalk at The Shelley Arms
20 locals of the Shelley Arms pub, in Broadbridge Heath, are participating in a sponsored firewalk, in aid of ‘Little Heroes’ Children Cancer Charity. The event, set for January 23, is generously...
View ArticleNifty pancake racers sought for charity event
Pancake racers nifty with a frying pan are invited to enter this year’s Horsham Charity Pancake Race. All local Horsham businesses, charities and other organisations are invited to enter teams,...
View ArticleHospice launches new giving scheme
Party revellers are being invited to give up gifts to help people with terminal illness. Instead St Catherines’s Hospice would like them to give money to the charity using its newly launched “In...
View ArticleAndrew 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...
View ArticleChance 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...
View ArticleSleeping 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...
View ArticleRunners 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...
View ArticleConfiscated 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...
View Article10 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...
View ArticleWordsmiths 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...
View ArticleDads 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...
View ArticleFirms 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...
View ArticleSkyfall 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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