8th London Charity Potato Fair

8TH LONDON CHARITY POTATO FAIR Sunday 24 January 2010, 10am – 3pm Harris Girls Academy, Homestall Road, London SE22 0NR.   The gardener’s year gets off to a flying start with the 8th London Potato Fair, on Sunday 24 January. Around 1000 people from serious potato heads to Sunday afternoon gardeners, will be choosing from [...]

ShelterBox tackles logistical ‘nightmare’

ShelterBox tackles logistical ‘nightmare’ 17 January 2010 International disaster relief charity ShelterBox has now pledged emergency shelter provision for more than 30,000 people with more due to follow but the logistical nightmare in Port au Prince continues. 1,700 ShelterBoxes have already been dispatched and a further 1,600 will leave from the UK this week directly [...]

ShelterBox helps out in El Salvador

Flood-hit families in El Salvador receive aid from ShelterBox ShelterBox Response Team members who have just returned from flood-hit El Salvador have described the gratitude they encountered delivering emergency shelter to people who had lost their homes and loved ones.   Andrew Biss and Ben Spurway helped set up ShelterBox camps in San Vicente, Verapaz, [...]

Remembering today is the 5th Anniversary of the Tsunami

Big events always leave impact on you. The Tsunami is one of them, do you remember where you were, when you started to hear the sad news?  I was on a family holiday in Mexico, the year before that we had been in Sri Lanka, one of the areas hardest hit by the natural disaster!  [...]

Last minute xmas cards sorted!

Every year I write out my faithful Christmas Card list and no matter how many times I think I have the complete list, somebody unexpected sends me a card!  This year I have been undecided whether I should be sending cards or not!  From a green aspect is it the right thing to do, even [...]

Charity of the Month: Breast Cancer Haven

BREAST CANCER HAVEN Every year more than 45,500 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer.  That’s more than 125 women a day, which is 1 in 9 women. Being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing treatment can have a huge emotional and physical effect.  In addition to the side-effects of treatment such as [...]

Shelterbox helps El Salvador

ShelterBox team responds to El Salvador floods International disaster relief charity ShelterBox is sending a response team to El Salvador after torrential floods and landslides left thousands of people homeless. At least 130 people have died in the disaster which was linked indirectly to Hurricane Ida. The President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes has declared [...]

ShelterBox helps the Philippines

Number of ShelterBoxes sent to typhoon-hit Philippines tops 1,000   More than 10,000 people who lost their homes in a series of typhoons to hit the Philippines have been given emergency shelter by an international disaster relief charity. ShelterBox has now deployed a total of 1,145 boxes of aid in the country which has been [...]

Wahanda Helps Charity!

Give us your views, we’ll give clean water! Wahanda is always here to help when it comes to health, beauty and happiness. That’s why we’ve teamed up with charity: water to help provide clean and safe drinking water to deprived communities around the world. We’ve got such a buzzing community here on Wahanda that we [...]

Swap, shop and swoon at the ethical catwalk and charity Christmas Fayre

On the 29 October Derwent Manor Hotel, County Durham.  Newcastle born www.daisygreenmagazine.co.uk is hosting its first charity Christmas Fayre and Fashion show to aid local charities, all with a local, ethical and sustainable flavour. The Daisy Green team will be entertaining the North East with their largest fayre and fashion show to date at the [...]

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