Charity News & Updates
- 30th May 2012
Get together with your friends, family or work colleagues and take part in Time for T. Everyone can get involved, and you can do as much as your imagination allows. All we ask is that you have some fun, and raise a ton!
The Wimbledon Sporting Project provides a unique opportunity for local businesses to get involved with Sport in Wimbledon and Merton. You can help ignite a sporting passion & broaden sport participation amongst 9,000+ school children in Merton during 2012.
To celebrate the Olympics 2012, Paul Strank Roofing will be hosting a star-studded Charity Gala in September 2012 in aid of the Shooting Star CHASE Hospice and One Life charities at the Bank of England Sports Centre, South West London.
- 24th January 2012
Merton Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a grant of over £45,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support a tourism related project involving young people, schools and community organisations to help people learn about their local heritage.
Do you need to clear out the clutter, or even pick up something you need for free? Well, Stuff for Free in South West London can help you out: Help yourself, help others, help the environment.
Here's a warming and chilly prospect for Winter 2012: How would you like to sleep rough, for one night only, in winter...huh? Well, this is all in a good cause – supporting the YMCA London South West Sleepeasy January 2012 fundraising event.
STEM4 - a local charity that helps teenagers with mental health issues - is holding a fabulous online silent auction, where the winning bidder will have the services of a 2-star Michelin Chef in their home, to cook for them and their friends!
- 21st November 2011
Join STEM4 for an evening of Christmas Carols in St Mary's Church, Wimbledon Village with the Vasari Singers, one of the UK's leading Chamber Choirs. Then enjoy some wine and mince pies in the festive spirit.
- 21st November 2011
John Krause, an experienced marathon runner, is organising a fund raising event for STEM4, a charity that supports teenage mental health in schools by providing help in early detection and change. Run it - or walk it - the Malta Marathon in February 2012
Around the world the poppy is associated with the remembrance of those who died in order that we may be free. But are aware of the reason of how & why the poppy became the symbol of remembrance and an integral part of the work of the Royal British Legion?