Tag: Charity
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Local hospice launches first colour run for charity
A charity champion from Dewsbury is calling on more members of the BME community to get involved...
Childcare scare
Nurseries say free places scheme is not achievable
Fewer than half of nurseries in the UK are likely to offer places to meet the...
Calais’ charitable chaps: Beeston boys visit camp in brother’s memory
Earlier this month, six local men from Beeston visited the refugee camp in Dunkirk, Calais, to deliver around 500 hampers which were organised by...
Manchester schools raise over £40k for charity
Refugees in Jordan receive aid thanks to enterprising pupils
Four schools in Manchester have collaborated with an international charity, helping to raise over £40,000 to...
Bradford charity group revisit refugee camps in Dunkirk and Calais
Keeping ‘in touch’ with the world’s neediest
Osman Gondal, founder and CEO of Bradford’s InTouch Foundation, has visited the migrant camps in Dunkirk and Calais,...
Money stolen from under shops’ noses using fake ‘preacher’ personas
Charity box crooks target Empowering Communities
An international charity, which provides humanitarian aid to people in some of the world’s most deprived areas, is appealing...
Run, walk or cycle for your 2016 charity challenge
Places still available for Halifax to Bradford fundraiser
In 2014, they raised £2,000, in 2015 it was £7,000, and now, with just weeks to...
Charity supporters take to the streets to experience homelessness first hand
Sleeping rough in Bradford
Volunteers and supporters of a charity in Bradford, which feeds the homeless every week through their mobile soup kitchens, are...
Local bobby PC Ash Razzaq named on the Queen’s Honours List
A local police officer from Leeds is preparing to swap the streets of Harehills for the red carpet of Buckingham Palace later this year,...
Empowering Communities has big plans for the New Year
Please donate to help the homeless in Pakistan and India
With the advent of the New Year, Empowering Communities is now more determined than ever...
Fears over terror links meant crucial aid did not reach victims
Banks block Muslim charity
A Muslim charity has confirmed that HSBC withdrew banking services over concerns about links to terrorism.
The charity, Islamic Relief, had its...
Serving a ‘side of charity’ with tea and coffee in Bradford
New social enterprise marks 25 years of success for local charity
As funding for charities becomes ever harder to secure, one organisation in Bradford has...
A sweet success: Thousands raised for Diabetes charity
Kirklees’ Indian Muslim Welfare Society hosted a charity dinner in aid of the Mayor’s appeal last weekend, which this year is raising funds for...
Mehreen’s story: Bradford-based charity changing lives overseas
This is Mehreen. A young child no older than six-years, she was the victim of a hit-and-run accident a couple of months ago.
Being...
Education delegation
Bradford duo attend international learning conference
A teaching model developed in Bradford and implemented around the world was the point of discussion in Pakistan last...
Empowering Communities: Giving a second chance at life
Empowering Communities have been pursuing their aims of facilitating people for a healthier tomorrow with complete fervour and dedication.
A year on from the...
‘Men are abused too’
Bradford charity raising awareness of domestic violence
As the festive season approaches, a Bradford service is appealing to more male victims of domestic abuse...
Tribute to “kindest soul on the planet”
Children remember dad who died after attack at a charity function
A man who died after being attacked at a charity function has been...
Eliminating poverty, one family at a time
Bradford charity working around the world
From providing the basic living necessities to supporting children and adults into securing a better future, Empowering Communities seems...
Charity Champion: President’s award for inspirational Bradford mum
A Bradford mother, whose son was diagnosed with an incurable muscle wasting disease seven years ago, was presented with a prestigious award last weekend...