The Crocodile 8 is back! After a brief hiatus, the Crocodile 8 run is back at Burghill Community Academy (HR4 7RP) on Sunday 28th May 2023 from 2pm. This year the event is supported by a fun day at the school with children’s races at 2.30pm, bouncy castle, food...
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NEWS | Beth and her boyfriend will be taking part in the Leeds Marathon to support people living with Motor Neurone Disease in HerefordshireÂ
Beth and her boyfriend will be taking part in the Leeds Marathon next month to help support people living with Motor Neurone Disease in Herefordshire. Beth’s Story from Just Giving: “We have all watched the deterioration of Rob Burrows, Doddie Weir and friends...
NEWS | Therapy Pets Donated to Herefordshire Nursing Home by the ‘Friends of Herefordshire Alzheimer’s & Dementia Sufferers (FHADS)
Lynhales Hall Nursing Home, in Lyonshall, Herefordshire, was impressed by the generosity of ‘Friends of Herefordshire Alzheimer’s & Dementia Sufferers ‘(FHADS), who donated eight robotic cats and dogs to the home. The charity was passionately started in 2010 by...
NEWS | Morrisons Ross-on-Wye and Morrisons Leominster to get a visit from company director who is cycling from Lands End to John o’Groats after losing his wife to LeukaemiaÂ
Two Morrisons stores in Herefordshire will be visited by Morrisons Group Commercial and Manufacturing Director, during his cycle from Lands End to John o’Groats later this month. James Badger, who is from Harrogate and works and Morrisons Head Office in Bradford, will...
NEWS | The Courtyard team are delighted to announce that Estelle van Warmelo has won Best Director for Beauty and the Beast in the UK Pantomime Association’s Pantomime Awards 2023
The Courtyard team are delighted to announce that Estelle van Warmelo has won Best Director for Beauty and the Beast in theUK Pantomime Association’s Pantomime Awards 2023. Beauty and the Beast was nominated for two awards this year: Best Script (Lyndsay Maples)...
NEWS | London Marathon comes to Hereford in aid of The Royal National College for the Blind
Two experienced long distance runners Hollie Francis and Kieran Merrick, from the Hereford Couriers Running Club, are putting their best feet forward later this month and running the ‘virtual’ London Marathon in aid of the Royal National College for the Blind.Hollie...
FEATURED | Four men from Hereford to complete 36 holes of golf to help raise money for Prostate Cancer UK
Four men from Hereford are aiming to compete 36 holes of golf to help raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Dave Mapp, Richard Quaterman, Chris Bridges and Brandon Emmett will be taking part in the fundraiser on Good Friday (7th April) at Brampton Golf Course in Madley....
NEWS | St Michael’s Hospice Big Spring Walk raised more than £12,000 for the charity thanks to the efforts of more than 300 people
Hundreds began British Summertime with a walk throughHerefordshire’s beautiful countryside in support of a county charity. The St Michael’s Hospice Big Spring Walk raised more than £12,000 for the Bartestree-based charity which provides palliative and...
NEWS | Fundraising page set up to help support local girl Bella who has a rare condition that causes a short life expectancyÂ
A fundraising page has been set up to support a local girl called Bella who has a rare condition called Infantile Neuroaxanol Dystrophy (INAD). The condition causes loss of vision, muscular control, mental skills, deteriotion and short life expectancy. On the GoFundMe...
NEWS | Herefordshire couple almost half way through epic adventure through the Arctic Circle in the depths of winter to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support
A Herefordshire couple have reached the half way point of their epic adventure to Nordkapp in Norway, with the aim of raising as much money as possible for MacMillan Cancer Support. The pair have so far raised an incredible £2,849 - with the total still rising by the...
NEWS | Ross-on-Wye on-call firefighter to tackle 100km in one day to raise money for charityÂ
Ross-on-Wye Fire Station on-call firefighter Shane Kittner will tackle 100km in one day for charity on Saturday 11 March. Shane will do a 10km run, 2km swim, 20km row and 60km bike ride before wearing full fire kit for an 8km walk. The money raised will be split...
NEWS | Shell and her friend to brave the shave to raise £4,000 for Blackmarston School in Hereford following terminal cancer diagnosisÂ
Shell and Amy from Hereford will be braving the shave on Saturday 11th March, to help raise money for the wonderful Blackmarston School. The decision comes after Shell received devastating news that her cancer diagnosis is terminal. In a post on the Just Giving...
NEWS | Shell and her friend to brave the shave to raise money for Blackmarston School in Hereford following terminal cancer diagnosisÂ
Shell and Amy from Hereford will be braving the shave on Saturday 11th March, to help raise money for the wonderful Blackmarston School. The decision comes after Shell received devastating news that her cancer diagnosis is terminal. In a post on the Just Giving...
CHARITY | Hereford man to take part in the Cotswold Way 100km Ultra Challenge in June to raise money for Sands and Hereford County HospitalÂ
A Hereford man is to take part in the Cotswold Way 100km Challenge in June to raise money for Sands and Hereford County Hospital. Here is Peter’s story as told by his wife Sarah: “Peter and I lost Reuben in July 2018 a neonatal loss at 2 days old. He was perfectly...
NEWS | Cllr Jim Kenyon has hair chopped off as part of fundraiser that raised £1,500 to help save Hereford’s Athletics Track
As many of you who know him will know, Councillor Jim Kenyon is always up for a challenge! This time, the challenge was to help raise money for the ongoing campaign to help save Hereford’s Athletics Track at Hereford Racecourse. On Saturday, Jim hosted a Curry and...
NEWS | Bromyard company teams up with quilting expert to host workshops making quilts for the people of Ukraine
Local Quilters have been busy making ‘Huggle Quilts’ to send over to Ukraine. Sewology in Broad Street has teamed up with quilting expert Jenny Kirton to host a series of workshops making patchwork quilts for those suffering in Ukraine. Jenny is extremely talented and...
NEWS | Hereford City Rotary Club Members have acknowledged the huge contribution of one of their retiring colleagues
HEREFORD City Rotary Club members have acknowledged the huge contribution of one of their retiring colleagues. John Tallis stood down at the end of the last Rotary year after many years as the club’s treasurer. But he attended a recent meeting where club president...
NEWS | Baz takes part in the Porthcawl Christmas Morning Swim in aid of ECHO Herefordshire
Barrie Horton, who works at Thomas Panels and Profiles in Leominster, thought he’d do something different this Christmas. Instead of sitting at home eating a large breakfast, he took part in the Porthcawl Christmas Morning Swim in aid of ECHO, the local charity which...
NEWS | Funding boost for experimental treatments for cancer thanks to partnership involving The Little Princess Trust
The amount of money a partnership gives to scientists searching for cutting-edge treatments for childhood cancers will dramatically rise thanks to the involvement of a Hereford charity. Twelve paediatric Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres spread across the UK will...
NEWS | A widely-respected doctor has bid farewell to St Michael’s Hospice following a 20-year association with the charity
A widely-respected doctor bids farewell to St Michael’s Hospice this Christmas following a 20-year association with the charity. Dr Clare Scotcher is retiring from her Specialist Doctor role at the Bartestree-based Hospice, having joined whilst still in...