Category: Our Causes
This festive season we’ve caught up with Birmingham based charity Cerebral Palsy Midlands, who are also recent winners of our eBay sponsored Big Giveaway which took place in September, securing a £500 donation. We spoke to Sarah, the Deputy Manager of the charity, to learn more about their work and their festive event in 2025. Read More …
Liverpool-based King David primary school in Childwall currently counts over 425 pupils among its ranks, with longstanding ties in the local community. Tracing their roots back to 1841, the PTA has regularly run annual fundraisers to make sure every child can make the most of every opportunity, regardless of the financial cost. But in recent Read More …
Rachel Harry, now 43, from Wrexham had a heart attack during the birth of her daughter Freya in July 2012 after an undetected blood clot. This led to a devastating hypoxic brain injury. She pulled through but after a week in a coma doctors said she would never walk, talk, eat or sit up independently Read More …
Grassroots sports clubs play a vital role in their communities and nowhere more so than in the small town of Costessey in Norfolk, home to Costessey Sports Club. For more than 70 years, the club has given residents of a range of ages and more recently, genders, the opportunity to play competitive sport. Like most Read More …
Actress Tamzin Outhwaite says she is in her ‘rebirth era’ and has ‘never been happier’ as she swaps the stage and screen to focus on her free residential retreats for women in urgent need of respite. Tamzin, who became a household name thanks to her role in EastEnders and shows including New Tricks and Hotel Read More …
In the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, thousands of families across the UK experiencing food insecurity. For the past quarter of a century, Hospitality & Hope has been there to support residents in their local area to not only get access to the necessities they need, but have developed a series of other services to Read More …
Whilst dogs are one of the most popular domestic pets across Europe, there are a number of countries across the continent that have significant numbers of stray dogs. One such country is Bosnia, where it is estimated there are more than 12,000 street dogs in the city of Sarajevo alone. One lady’s mission has seen Read More …
For more than 50 years, Contact Hostel has been providing sanctuary for young women facing homelessness. It is estimated that just over 7,000 people (1 in 74) across the city of Manchester are homeless according to the Manchester Homelessness Partnership, with many of these female and as a result of, or driven to, prostitution, escaping Read More …
It may not get the coverage that traditional rugby gets outside of the paralympics, but for the members of the Cardiff Blue Dragons Wheelchair Rugby League Club, wheelchair rugby deserves top billing. A young club, catering for players of a wide range of ages and ability, in just over 18 months they have raised more Read More …
In the village of Barnoldby le Beck in Grimsby, stands St Helen’s Church – but in 2024, it almost didn’t. Under real threat of closure due to dwindling attendance, local residents, including Sarah, now chair person of the Friends of St Helen’s group, have united to raise funds to save the church and community hub. Read More …
