Tag: Charities
4 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Captain Tom's daugthter tarnished his name and made us a laughing stock, neighbours fume

A controversial spa complex erected by Covid hero Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter is due to be torn down following a...

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6 months ago
walesonline.co.uk

Brother and sister leave £1.3 million legacy to Welsh charity

It was their way of saying thanks for the help that they received from the Wales Air Ambulance

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8 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Cancer patients have charity cash cut amid soaring applications in cost of living crisis

Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - ...

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9 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Palace charity advises visitors how they can drive past ULEZ cameras without being seen

Hampton Court Palace has entered the expanded area for ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) fees, but its managing charity ...

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10 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Michael Gove refuses to close loophole that let Tories pocket £8.7m from secretive donors

The Committee on Standards in Public Life called for tighter rules for 'Unincorporated Associations' - but the govern...

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11 months ago
inews.co.uk

Girl Guides' row as charity seeks to sell off five activity centres in money-saving drive

Campaign grows to save the five centres used by young people across the UK, and sell Girlguiding's London HQ instead

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11 months ago
telegraph.co.uk

Prince William says his life's work will be to end homelessness

Prince of Wales unveils Homewards scheme to help people across the UK have a roof over their head in what will be his...

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12 months ago
mirror.co.uk

How power of sport is tackling mental health issues after starting with a bus stop

Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, Mirror Sport spoke to UK charity Sport In Mind, who have helped more than 18,0...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Fundraiser who completes London Marathon in bizarre outfits is to run his last race

The 61-year-old faces the final finish line in what will be his 21st and last race this Sunday, 37 years after his fi...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Heartbroken mum desperate to take sons who likely won't live past 10 to Lapland

Cortney Webber's sons Oscar, four, and Theo, 22 months, both have the rare life-limiting brain condition Pelizaeus-Me...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Builder, 34, wins massive £3million London home and huge £100k jackpot in raffle

Builder Kevin Johnson, 34, won the four-bed Victorian-style town house in Islinghton, north London, in a £50-a-ticket...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Girl, 5, dies suddenly after collapsing with 'sickness bug' leaving family heartbroken

Isabella Grace Docherty's family are still awaiting answers after a post-mortem came back inconclusive, with the five...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Superfit dad's final post after he's found dead during Mount Everest climb

Kellinu Portelli set off from Britain for the 4,5000 mile trip to the Himalayas. He said "just one more sleep and I'm...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Family of Brit, 21, who fell 60ft from Thai balcony raises £75,000 to fly her home

Maddi Neale-Shankster was on holiday in Ko Pha-Ngan, Thailand, when she fell 60ft from a balcony, breaking her back a...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Wilko announces huge change from today as it stops selling National Lottery tickets

High street retailer Wilko says selling National Lottery tickets requires a "significant investment" that it no longe...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

'Poorliest girl in England', 4, comes off ventilator in Strep A fight but remains in ICU

Camila Rose Burns, four, was dubbed "the poorliest girl in the whole of England" by staff at Alder Hey Children's Hos...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Dad turns home into Christmas winter wonderland after saving on energy costs for months

Dad-of-one Kevin Buckley, 35, turns his home into a winter wonderland every Christmas for charity - but this year he ...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Prince Harry confirms how much he was paid for memoir - and what he's doing with it

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir, titled Spare, will be published on January 10, Penguin Random House said

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Woman stashed drug dealing boyfriend's heroin and crack cocaine inside her

Pregnant Brooke Morgan told the court she agreed to accompany Ryan Leonard on his supply missions after being subject...

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almost 2 years ago
thestar.com

Summer camp was an entirely new life, a distinct realm, a weeklong alternate reality

Looking back, camp life was an early and important taste of independence, a brief sense of what it’s like to strike o...

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almost 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

Inspirational fundraiser Laurie Brophy who completed Welsh Three Peaks challenge at 89 dies

Laurie Brophy's family said he "certainly did not go gentle into that good night".

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almost 2 years ago
irishmirror.ie

Calls to charity St Vincent de Paul up a fifth amid soaring cost of living

SVP says the rising cost of living is pushing more and more families into poverty

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almost 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

The important checks you need to make before donating items in plastic charity bags

Anyone can print a collection bag - so it's always worth checking that the bag you're filling is going to a registere...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Dad, 33, told he has 6 months to live after waking up to find paramedics in bedroom

Former Merseyside detective sergeant Dave Bolton, from Greasby, Wirral, had a nocturnal seizure before being diagnose...

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about 2 years ago
corkbeo.ie

Patricks Hill ball run gets biggest ever turn out as Cork rallies behind Ukraine

The Cork Lions Club were delighted to see so many people turn up to the event which made it's first comeback since th...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'My boobs are so big I burnt them boiling the kettle but NHS won't fund reduction'

Carly Smart, 21, is desperate to reduce her 36JJ breasts but is now having to fundraise for the expensive operation a...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Newborn orphan of police officer parents who killed themselves 'adopted by relative'

Six-week-old baby Jayce was left an orphan after his parents Clayton Osteen, 24, and Victoria Pacheco, 23, took their...

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over 2 years ago
irishmirror.ie

Adi Roche charity flies team of surgeons to Chernobyl to carry out life-saving operations on babi...

Chernobyl Children International said it is 'heartbroken' it had to cancel a Christmas visit by special needs childre...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Charities claim Covid booster roll-out has left most vulnerable at 'the back of the queue"

Charities call on the Government to not leave those most a risk from Covid behind as the NHS races provide booster ja...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Why Mirror Football is proud to support Shelter's #NoHomeKit campaign this Christmas

Mirror Football and Reach PLC, are teaming up with Shelter to support the homeless charity's #NoHomeKit campaign this...

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over 2 years ago
corkbeo.ie

Pieta House hiring extra therapists as demand for children's services soars

One quarter of the under 18s who have gotten support from Pieta in the last year have attempted suicide

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over 2 years ago
corkbeo.ie

Pop up shop selling fab fashion opens in city in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland

October is Down Syndrome awareness month

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over 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

Welsh mum makes the most incredible lifelike cakes - and has only been doing it for five weeks

Jade Phillips, from Bridgend, now wants to donate the stunning cakes to charities

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over 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

The amazing reason this man is turning heads with his completely unique hairstyle

Stu Turner has raised a few eyebrows with his bizarre new look

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over 2 years ago
corkbeo.ie

Cork lad to run six ultra marathons in Sahara desert to raise money for SHARE

Robert is taking part in the gruelling challenge for a good cause

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over 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

The best pictures from Cancer Research's Race for Life in Cardiff

Bute Park was packed with colour for a weekend full of events

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over 2 years ago
walesonline.co.uk

The best pictures as hundreds brave the mud to take on Cancer Research's Race for Life

The event returned to the Welsh capital after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic

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over 2 years ago
corkbeo.ie

Cork company employee donates veg grown on campus to local charity via her bike

The veg is grown on the company's Mahon campus and then delivered to charities around the city

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Prince Charles offered to meet controversial Russian donor after he gave £535k to charity

Prince Charles wrote a gushing letter to businessman Dmitry Leus after he donated £535,000 to the Prince's Foundation...

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