Good Causes

Barn Dance in Hanwell

Posted by Paloma Kubiak on Feb 8, 10 09:00 AM in Good Causes

A barn dance and evening of fun will take place on Saturday February 27 in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care - Ealing nurse appeal.

There will be music from Laurel Swift and '8 Bars Short' as well as nibbles, soft drinks, bring your own beer/wine and steps for barn dance will be called out from the front.

More than 30 people braved the freezing temperature on Friday night to raise awareness of homelessness and raise money for charity.

Reverend Liz Moody of St Christopher's Church in Hanwell, along with 30 members of her congregation, MP Steve Pound and staff and residents of West London YMCA, were out in minus four temperatures from 6pm to 6am.

Guests are invited to a fundraising afternoon in support of Alzheimers Concern Ealing.

The Charity of William Hobbayne with a centre in Lower Boston Road, will be holding the fundraiser on Tuesday January 26 from 1:45pm.

Two Hanwell women have beaten the odds to help make a difference during a two month work placement with their chosen charities.

Matilda Mudyavanhu, 18, will be working for Positively Women which helps improve the quality of life of women and families affected by HIV and AIDS and Akiho Schilz, 23, will be working for Eastside Educational Trust which provides programmes and workshops for young people to access arts.

Fashion students have designed special t-shirts for poorly children in India as part of a Blue Peter campaign.

The 26 teenagers under the supervision of fashion and design teacher, Lorraine Mitchell, have been creating t-shirts which will be worn as surgery gowns for children undergoing cleft lip and palette operations in India.

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A Halloween fundraiser was a big success in Hanwell on Saturday night, raising more than 300 for a little girl who has cancer.

Robyn Higgins (7) has stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer and her family needs to raise £300,000 to send her to a specialist hospital in New York for a revolutionary antibody treatment that could save her life.

OAKLANDS Primary School in Hanwell will be doing its bit for charity with a special event on Friday (October 9).

The school will be taking part in The Big Knit, an event involving Age Concern, Innocent Smoothies and Sainsburys.


A CHARITY in Hanwell has been awarded a plot of allotments in a bid to encourage people to get greener fingers.

British Waterways donated over 2,000 sq m of land alongside the Grand Union Canal to The Charity of William Hobbayne, as part of an initiative to encourage first-time allotment holders.

A presentation on the nature and implications of environmental changes affecting the world with reference to the Christian response will be given on Sunday September 20.

A TEENAGER from Hanwell has set out on an epic trek to Glasgow to raise money for charity.

Dennis Hollywood, 19, set off from Centre Point in central London last Friday to walk over 400 miles to Glasgow.

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