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16 Feb 2023
New homes builder, Miller Homes West Midlands, has donated £500 to Shropshire-based children’s charity, The Movement Centre, as part of its Community Fund initiative.
The nationwide Community Fund initiative was set up by the new homes builder in September 2022, giving local community and charity groups the opportunity to apply for donations, with up to £10,000 available each year for West...
03 Feb 2023
A Shropshire charity is opening its doors next week to give people an opportunity to find out more about its work helping rural communities.
Community Resource is hosting an open day at its office on Shrewsbury Business Park between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday 8 February.
The charity is inviting people to come along and find out more about the projects it delivers across the county, including...
10 Jan 2023
Shropshire Mental Health Support has today received a significant donation from two-local businesses following a year of fundraising events.
Teams from sister companies SJ Roberts Construction and Lowfield Timber Frames, based in Lowfield near Welshpool, undertook a series of fundraising events during 2022 that included the Welshpool 10k, Brynkinalt Running Festival, Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon,...
13 Oct 2022
A Shropshire school has announced plans for a new library project which will see an existing building transformed into a modern and dynamic space which will benefit pupils and the wider community.
Oswestry School’s major capital project that will see the Long Room at the Upper Brook Street site in the town, transformed into a space which will be used for independent study, reading and debate...
26 Sep 2022
Inspirational dyslexics, supportive employers and educators were celebrated at a special awards night in Shropshire.
Amongst the winners of the UK Dyslexia Awards were Clive Knowles, founder of the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry who scooped Entrepreneur Award; Samantha Jones from Lawley, Telford, who won the Special Educational Needs (SENCO) Award and Morgan Jones from Shrewsbury who won the...
22 Sep 2022
Shrewsbury-based charity Community Resource, which supports people and communities facing challenges across the county, has welcomed its new CEO.
Bev Baxter has succeeded Julia Baron, who retired as Chief Executive at the end of August after 23 years at the helm.
Bev was previously Head of Operations and Deputy CEO of The Way in Wolverhampton and took up the position at Community Resource on...
09 Aug 2022
A popular free fitness test event that helps older people reduce the risk of falling is returning to Shrewsbury this month.
Shropshire charity Community Resource is bringing its ‘Functional Fitness MOTs’ to Christ Church, Glebe Road, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday 31 August.
Two-hour slots are available to book from 9.30am and will see participants take part in one-to-one fitness tests (...
04 Jul 2022
A new community radio station for Shropshire has launched an online crowdfunding campaign.
INTune Radio – which has already established a suite of programmes to support local businesses, charities and communities around Shropshire – wants to raise £5,000 to help it help even more good causes.
The station, which started as a podcast during the Covid pandemic, broadcasts throughout the day and...
19 Apr 2022
A Shropshire charity boss will be taking on a six-day walking challenge along the Shropshire Way next month to raise funds to support local causes.
Community Resource CEO Julia Baron will be kicking off her epic trail on Wednesday 4 May from Kingsland Bridge in Shrewsbury and will finish at Tilstock Bradbury Village Hall, Whitchurch the following week.
Julia will spend six days walking around 10-...
11 Feb 2022
Shrewsbury based singer songwriter Vincent Whyte will play a fundraising concert later this month to help a friend’s sister secure life changing surgery in Spain.
The event, which will take place in The Loft at The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury on Thursday 24 February, aims to raise money for Charlie Fitz, who suffers from a condition called Classical Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Charlie’s spinal cord...
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