Charity

Children In Need 2018 - Do Your Thing! Are you buzzing for this year's Children in Need? Well you should be! It's bound to be an amazing night and full of surprises and fundraising! Make sure you get all your fundraising goodies from here now and even make a donation today! Do Your Thing - For Children In Need! So...

Everyone as a child grows up wanting to be a super hero; I wanted to be Batman (and still do). Now, with the charity Cash for Kids, you and your children can be your favourite super heroes for the day. With the help of Wave 105, Cash for Kids helps and supports families with young children in need; whether they’re...

One of the most generous charity events of the year is returning again this November and we’re looking forward to seeing how much money can be raised for children this year! What is Children in Need? BBC Children in Need is the BBC's UK charity. Since 1980 it has raised over £600 million for disabled children and young people in...

The Bournemouth Race for Life takes place on Sunday the 11th of June 2017! What is the Race for Life? The race for life is where thousands of women come together to unite with one purpose. To raise money. To BEAT CANCER. The course is 5k (or just over 3 miles) and is an achievable distance for all ages and abilities...

On the Friday 9th of June 2017 the British Heart Foundation are hosting a Wear it. Beat it fundraising day! Take part in Wear it. Beat it on the 9 June. Join in the fun by wearing red and hosting a red event with your friends, family or colleagues. Together we are kissing goodbye to Heart disease. What is the British...

It's Comic Relief time! This year do something funny and dress outrageous to raise money for Comic Relief 2017! Friday the 24th of March is officially Red Nose Day! Yes - that's right it's that time of year where we get to accessorise our faces with a red nose all in the name of charity! Let Hollywood help you be...

Join in on a good cause this Christmas with Christmas Jumper Day! It's approaching that time of year again, Christmas Jumper Day! Where we must dig out our most festive Christmas Jumper we can find! Whether it's a hideous looking jumper or one you are proud to own 'Save the Children' are calling you to sign up and join the...

People across the UK will be donning the biggest, brightest and silliest wigs they can find to help raise funds for CLIC Sargent on Wednesday 25th May for Wig Wednesday! So get your friends together, buy yourself a wig and get involved! Wig Wednesday Now in its 6th year, Wig Wednesday was born in 2011 from the idea of a CLIC Sargent supporter. Inspired by a family member he decided to wear a wig for the day and collect vital funds for the charity. It was a fun new way to get people involved and caught on right away! And it’s not just the local community pitching in; they have even had support from famous faces such as Natalie Cassidy and Roberts Glenister! Continue reading →

On Friday 5th February people across the UK will be wearing red in support of “Wear It! Beat It!” for the British Heart Foundation. Help put an end to heart disease by getting together and raising as much money as you can! Wear It! Beat It! The British Heart Foundation is fighting for every heartbeat, but they need our help to beat heart disease once and for all! Wear It! Beat It! Is an event where schools, companies and individuals can get dressed up and fundraise for the cause! As with any charity event you can be as creative as you like with your money making methods. You could set up a photo booth at your work or school where people give £2 to put on funny fancy dress and have their picture taken. You could bake lots of red coloured foods and treats and have a red themed afternoon tea. The possibilities are endless! Continue reading →

Here in Bournemouth, we like to start our Christmas days a little differently. Rather than turning up the heating or lighting the fire and sitting down to open presents in our PJ’s, we prefer a mad dash into the sea! What Is The White Christmas Dip? This year will mark the 7th annual White Christmas dip, a charity swim that raises funds for Macmillan Caring Locally. Each Christmas morning people don their fancy dress costumes and gather in their hundreds to support this fantastic cause. Each year has brought more and more people to the shores at Boscombe pier to take part and this year will be no different. The idea for this event was inspired by the Spartans of Bournemouth who take to the sea each Sunday morning between October and April. Their Christmas swim had become something of a tradition so on the cold Christmas morning of 2008 John White, along with his son and nephews dug out some fancy dress and headed down to Boscombe pier. To their disappointment they found it empty and after a 30 minute wait decided that they would bite the bullet and run in by themselves, joined by passing cyclist Andy Corbett. Seeing how much everyone enjoyed their mad endeavour, John’s nephew Tommy Baker decided that is would be the perfect way to get everyone together on Christmas day. The following year they took to the sea once again for their Christmas dip, but this time with even more of their friends and family members. It was at that point that an opportunity to raise money was recognised. They could all get together as a family and at the same time help a charity with donations and with that, the White Christmas Dip was born! Continue reading →

On the 12th of December the organisation ‘Save the Children’ is holding a “Christmas Jumper Day” to raise funds for their cause. The event is now in its third year and has so far managed to raise more than £1.6 million, so let’s see how much we can boost it by this year! Who Are 'Save The Children'? Since the early 1900's all the way up to this day Save the Children has been working to help children and families from Britain and all across the world through war and times of famine. With no political agenda and a philosophy to help anyone one in need regardless of their colour, country or belief they have saved millions of lives. In 1919 Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton decided that campaigning for children's' rights just wasn't enough and at a public meeting at The Royal Albert Hall the Save The Children fund was created. While Dorothy concentrated on political campaigning, Eglantyne made it her mission to make children's rights and welfare a major issue across the globe. When her 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child' was adopted by the forerunner of the UN, The League of Nation's and managed to inspire the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, everything looked to be very promising. Continue reading →

It Is Time...Done your capes, put your underwear on the outside of your trousers and show off your super hero style for this year’s Children In Need extravaganza! BBC’s Children In Need is an annual charity event designed to help children nationwide. Money donated by volunteers and fundraisers goes towards funding activities, events and schemes for disabled children and disadvantaged young people. Most people know BBC Children In Need by the telethon shown on BBC One each November. This year it will be broadcasted live from Albert Square, famously the set of hit British soap Eastenders. Sir Terry Wogan will be hosting as he has been since the first televised appeal in 1980 and will of course be joined by everyone’s favourite bear, Pudsey! Pudsey has been the poster child for Children In Need since 1985 when first created by BBC graphic designer Joanna Ball. Before being re-designed a year later Pudsey was depicted with a sad expression and was also orange, rather than the sunshine yellow we know and love today. Continue reading →