Daily Echo | Charity

Downsizing 'could create difficulties'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000

A PLAN to help free up properties for families in need by helping elderly people downsize out of large homes could create more problems than it solves, according to a charity for older people.

Dickensian fundraiser

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000

HUNDREDS of pounds were raised for two news trade charities at a special dinner to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in Hampshire.

Hundreds saved by lifeboats

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000

MORE than 300 people were rescued at sea last year by lifeboat crews across the area, new figures published today reveal.

Charity abseil raises over £30,000

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

FUNDRAISERS are celebrating after a daredevil abseil 60ft down Southampton General Hospital raised more than £30,000 for children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

People of Hampshire show their caring side

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:30:00 +0000

THE Daily Echo has been inundated with calls from dozens of people across the region who want to help stop loneliness and isolation in Hampshire.

Mosque could close over £10,000 gas bill

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:05:02 +0000

RELIGIOUS leaders last night launched a frantic scramble to raise £10,000 to settle a massive backdated gas bill and save a Southampton mosque from closure.

Charity needs help to make new unit a reality

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000

Smile4Wessex is appealing for Daily Echo readers to help raise £150,000 towards building a new specialist new £600,000 children's neurological unit in Hampshire.

£50k boost for activities centre

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

An activities centre for disabled people has received a fundraising boost. The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activity Centre in Manor Farm Country Park has been given £50,000 from the BAA Communities Fund, on behalf of Southampton Airport.

£2,000 boost for nature reserve buggy service

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0000

AN ALL-TERRAIN electric buggy service for visitors to a Hampshire nature reserve is a step closer thanks to a big donation.

Skandia staff raise £23,000 for cancer charity

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:00 +0000

Staff at Skandia in Southampton have collected a massive £23,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through months of marathon fundraising.