09 Jan 2024
Employees from housebuilder Vistry Group’s Mercia region have raised £5,000 for the company’s chosen charity of the year, the Alzheimer’s Society.
Staff based at Vistry Mercia’s regional head office in Dunston, near Stafford, took part in a series of fundraising activities throughout 2023, including a golf day, memory challenge and Christmas jumper day.
Colleagues also successfully completed a...
29 Nov 2023
The board of Shropshire Community Foundation has been boosted by the addition of a new trustee.
Roger Pemberton has lived in the county since 1980 and built up a successful distribution business which operated across the UK and beyond.
After retiring, Roger – who was raised and educated in North Wales – has volunteered his time in a number of roles including being a trustee of the City of...
14 Sep 2023
One of Shropshire’s biggest music festivals has scored a record fundraising total to smash a major milestone in its ongoing bid to fund music therapy sessions for children with life-threatening conditions.
Hope House raised more than £11,400 from this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival, which includes a donation from the organisers for every adult weekend ticket sold for the four-day event at the...
16 Jan 2023
A fast-growing Shropshire financial firm is sponsoring a year of adrenaline-fuelled events – and helping raise cash for a special charity.
Q Financial Services – which has offices in Wellington and Shrewsbury – has extended its sponsorship deal with Adrenaline Sporting Events (ASE) to cover all 11 of its 2023 events.
Q team members will take part in the events to raise cash for the Little Rascals...
24 Nov 2022
Celebrity chefs and renowned Shropshire eateries have donated ‘warming’ recipes in support of a local charity’s fundraising campaign.
Shrewsbury-based organisation Community Resource has put together a collection of winter recipes as part of its Warmer Winter Appeal, an annual campaign raising money for local people in fuel poverty.
The campaign has been supported by Rosemary Shrager, Marcus...
08 Sep 2022
One of Shropshire’s biggest music festivals has raised more than £10,000 to fund music therapy sessions for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has boosted the coffers of Hope House Children’s Hospices by £10,185 thanks to a contribution from the organisers for every adult weekend ticket, donations from festivalgoers and other fundraising activities at the event...
18 Jul 2022
As part of the 60th Anniversary celebrations, Shropshire Wildlife Trust is calling for residents and organisations to support its new appeal to raise vital funds to continue wildlife conservation in the county.
Shropshire’s beautiful countryside is home to some incredible species, but behind the scenery there is another story, wildlife is in crisis.
Lapwing are declining and threatened with...
13 May 2022
A Shrewsbury charity CEO has completed her fundraising challenge to walk 70 miles along the Shropshire Way over six days before she retires.
Community Resource Chief Executive Julia Baron was greeted by friends and colleagues at Tilstock Bradbury Village Hall, Tilstock, after crossing the finishing line at 3.15pm on Wednesday 11 May.
The charity leader, who is stepping down at the end of August...
19 Apr 2022
A daring duo from a Shropshire construction company will take the plunge and jump out of a plane to raise funds for Severn Hospice this weekend.
Sabrina Davies and Emma Yarwood from Knockin based Pave Aways Building Contractors will take a leap of faith for the charity at Tilstock Airfield near Whitchurch on Saturday (April 23). They will perform the parachute jump from 15,000ft — a first for the...
15 Nov 2021
A Shropshire charity has launched its annual campaign to help local people who “will have to make the choice between heating and eating”.
Community Resource, formerly known as Shropshire Rural Communities Charity (RCC), runs the appeal to raise funds to give out as grants for emergency fuel and energy-saving improvements in people’s homes.
The Warmer Winter Appeal has distributed over £79,000 and...