Charity

Tunbridge Wells charity Build Africa launches campaign to raise funds from local businesses to build a school in East Africa.

 

The opportunity to visit 25 private gardens in and around Sevenoaks has been organized by the Rotary Club of Sevenoaks Amherst in aid of Rockdale Housing Association in Sevenoaks.

Tea lovers can make a brew to support the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) volunteer crew with the new Lifeboat Tea range. Each of the full bodied, flavoursome teas raise invaluable funds, with 7p from every pack sold going directly to the RNLI to help train and equip the charity's dedicated volunteers*.

Over 165 million cups of tea are consumed daily in the UK** and if each of these brews was a Lifeboat Tea, up to a staggering £231,000 could be raised for the RNLI every day.

On June 4, 2010, a team of eleven Bedfont Scientific Ltd employees will embark on the Three Peaks Challenge, scaling the three highest mountains in the UK within just 24 hours to raise money for Asthma UK.

If you're looking for the ultimate physical challenge, then what better way to put your stamina to the test than by conquering the world's highest mountain!

Breast Cancer Campaign is calling on all gutsy fundraisers with a sense of adventure to pull on their hiking boots and sign up to its Everest Base Camp trek to help the charity continue funding vital breast cancer research.

The world's top explorers and daredevils are gathering under one roof for one night only to share their experiences of adventure with a live audience.

More than 400 guests will be treated to 15 talks from some of the finest adventurers on the face of the planet during the inaugural ‘A Night of Adventure' event at the Vue Cinema in London's Leicester Square on May 17.

National Children's charity CHICKS (Country Holiday for Inner City Kids) is asking for runners to join their team for the British10K London Run on Sunday 11th July 2010. CHICKS have provided hundreds of disadvantaged children from London, Kent and surrounding areas with a respite break at their retreats in Devon & Cornwall. CHICKS plan to give free breaks to 1,200 children per year in 2010 but as the charity receives no government funding, events like the British 10K London Run play a big part in funding the respite breaks.

Already a hit with celebrities such as Cameron Diaz, Teri Hatcher and Nicole Kidman, who have all been spotted Power Walking, one of the many benefits of the sport is that anyone can do it, from mums with buggies to fitness fanatics.

Sometimes, when you have your nose firmly stuck to the grindstone, you can forget to look up and acknowledge what is going on in your community.

Members of Eastbourne's Curves fitness centre raised £900 last month for Breast Cancer charities. Besides holding raffles, competitions and an auction, 270 bras were donated by the members for recycling.