Festivals
The Big Bark festival is a brand-new event debuting in Cirencester, promising two days of fun and celebration of the bond between dogs and their owners. The festival will take place on August 16 and 17, 2025, at Cirencester Park in Gloucestershire, with a packed program of activities, interactive zones,
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Local residents and Star Wars enthusiasts are in for a treat as Dorchester Strikes Back returns to the town, featuring a weekend of exciting activities, competitions, and charity fundraising. Hosted by the Jedi Archives and Starbores Podcast, this event promises to bring the magic of a galaxy far, far away
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The popular Art in Penallt festival returns to its Monmouthshire village home over the August Bank Holiday weekend, showcasing the best talents of local artists and raising money for local charities. The three-day event takes place at three adjacent venues within the village, featuring a wide variety of art and
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A family from Steventon is poised to surpass their £50,000 fundraising goal at the Truck Festival, with their efforts aimed at supporting bereaved families who have lost a child in hospital. Nicola and Gareth Keymer have been raising money for the Oxford Hospitals Charity in memory of their 14-year-old
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Four members of the Rugby rock band, The Soul Revival, will conquer the highest mountain in Wales, Snowdon, on July 27, to raise awareness and funds for the Ian's Chain charity. Drummer Karl Selickis says the idea started as a joke among bandmates but evolved into a serious
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Dozens of Volkswagen enthusiasts gathered at the Hollybush Garden Centre in Shareshill, near Wolverhampton, for the annual Dubs at the Bush Volkswagen event. Organized by Lee Ashbourne and the WVVW group, the one-day festival showcased over 50 Volkswagens of various makes, sizes, and styles. The event raised funds for the
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Terrorist groups, such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, have been found to be using sham non-profit organisations (NPOs) to raise funds, recruit operatives, and facilitate logistics under the guise of humanitarian assistance. These NPOs often claim to provide relief and charitable services, but are actually covertly funnelling donations into terror
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Kathryn Stowers, The Salvation Army's Ecumenical Officer for Wales, is celebrating her 50th birthday by jumping out of a plane and fundraising for the charity's homelessness outreach service in Newport. The goal is to fund a permanent mobile device charging station for people experiencing homelessness. According
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Lisa Capstick, the organizer of the first Festival of Life at Biggins Farm in Bedlam, is holding the event to raise money for her friend Tracy Ashby, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2020. Tracy's cancer has metastasized to multiple areas of her body, and she
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Tom Clarke, a devoted runner and fundraiser, has successfully completed the Rat Race ultra challenge in support of Winston's Wish, the UK's first children and young people's bereavement charity. This grueling event saw Tom navigate 100 miles of uphill terrain from Bamburgh Castle to
Concerts
April McGuigan, a choral scholar and student at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Trinity, is organizing a fundraising concert to support the Fermanagh School of Music and Performing Arts (FSOMPA)'s summer production of Footloose the Musical and the St Macartin's Choral Scholarship scheme. The concert,
Charities
The Leeds Congenital Heart Unit has received a generous donation from the Morrisons Foundation to purchase a state-of-the-art sensory trolley designed to provide a calming and relaxing environment for young patients, including those with additional needs, and their parents and carers. The trolley, known as the 'Rhino Sensory Voyager
