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Dominique Nicholson, a mother of two from Bagworth, is once again taking on a formidable challenge for the Brain Tumour Charity, less than two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. In 2020, she raised over £1,600 by walking around Thornton Reservoir, but this time, she is undertaking
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A medieval music band, the Colchester Waits, is hosting a concert to raise funds for the bell restoration project at St Andrew's Church in Earls Colne. The group aims to raise between £60,000 to £70,000 for the complete refurbishment of the 150-year-old church bells. The bell-ringers,
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Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, has announced that he will donate the "net proceeds" from the sale of the team to a charitable foundation supporting Ukraine's war victims. This decision comes amid mounting pressure on Abramovich, with Labour leader Keir Starmer
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This year, YMCA Derbyshire will host their Sleep Easy event at the Incora County Ground in Derby on Friday, March 11, where participants will spend the night sleeping rough to raise funds for the organization's vital support services. The event will allow attendees to choose between participating from
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Rolls-Royce, a luxury car manufacturer based in Chichester, has successfully raised £10,000 for the Chestnut Tree House children's hospice through a private art auction event. The auction, hosted by Rolls-Royce's private members club Whispers, featured artwork created by contemporary British artist Laurence M White. The
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A group of 84 farmers and countryside folk from Devon, England, have gone au naturel to raise money for Brain Tumour Research. Photographer Cat Down, from Cullompton, captured the images at rural locations across the county. The men and women, accompanied by dogs, horses, and a vintage Land Rover, posed
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LadBaby, comprising Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, has made history by becoming the first act to score four consecutive Christmas number one singles in the UK. Their sausage roll-themed charity single, "Sausage Rolls For Everyone," featuring Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John, reached the top of the charts on
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A restored vintage fire engine, aptly named "Martha", has been making Christmas collections in West Swindon for over 80 years. The 1943 turntable ladder fire engine was owned by former mayor Chris Wannell, who rescued it from a scrap yard in 1975. Chris's family has continued
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As the holiday season approaches, many of us will be sending text messages to loved ones, a tradition that originated nearly 30 years ago. The first text message, sent in 1992 by Neil Papworth, a British computer programmer, is now up for auction to raise money for charity. The digital
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Emma Ferguson A brave teacher fighting advanced cancer in Helston has been given a pre-Christmas makeover after shaving her head for charity. Clair Day, a 47-year-old food technology teacher, discovered she had stage four bowel cancer in July this year after a routine endoscopy and colonoscopy. She decided to '
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Celebrity friends and cricketers Greg James, Felix White, and Jimmy Anderson have joined forces to raise money for Pendleside Hospice, a charity that cared for Jimmy's grandfather before he passed away. The trio has donated £10,000 through their Go Well charity fund, which was raised from sales
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Charity organizations often rely on poignant images to raise funds, but these images can perpetuate negative stereotypes about people living in low-income countries, creating a distorted view of their reality. Despite the pressure to avoid portraying beneficiaries in a stereotypical light, many charities continue to use these images in their
