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Inspirational Young Apprentice winner to speak at Shropshire awards ceremony

28 Nov 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

An inspirational woman who won the BBC’s Young Apprentice and the Queen’s Young Leaders award will be the speaker at a Shropshire awards ceremony next year. Ashleigh Porter-Exley aims to prove to children that dreams can be achieved if you fight hard enough. She won the final series of the BBC1 show the Young Apprentice in 2012 and was recently […]

Prize draw and bake sale for blood cancer charity

21 Nov 2016

by Simon Alton

A Shropshire care company is hosting a prize draw and bake sale to raise funds for a blood cancer charity. The event will be held on December 8 at Oakengates Cooperative Society, which has provided all of the ingredients for the bake sale, as well as a hamper for the draw. Sentinel Care Services in Telford, which is organising the […]

Charity has helped more sick children since winning Businesses for Children award

21 Nov 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

A Shropshire charity has praised the county’s Businesses for Children Awards for helping it raise its profile in the year since it won an award at the ceremony. The Harry Johnson Trust was declared the 2016 winner of the Children’s Charity Award, which recognises Shropshire charities helping to improve the lives of children and young people. Since then, Sally Johnson, […]

Call for sponsors for top business awards ceremony

07 Nov 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

An annual awards ceremony supporting top county businesses which cater for children and young people is calling for sponsors. The Businesses for Children Awards, now in its fourth year, shines a light on the hard work undertaken by those working across the county to support children and young people. Organisers are looking for sponsors to support a variety of areas […]

Nominations due to close for Businesses for Children Awards

11 Oct 2016

by Rhea Alton

Nominations for the annual Businesses for Children Awards, which honour Shropshire’s top businesses catering for children and young people, are due to close at the end of this month (October). Organisers today said there is still time for people to submit their top choices to recognise the efforts of businesses that work with children and young people and help to […]

Care company raising funds for Blood Cancer Awareness Month

10 Oct 2016

by Kirsty Smallman

A Shropshire care company is raising money for Blood Cancer Awareness Month after its managing director was diagnosed with the disease. Steve Harris runs Sentinel Care Services, based at Stafford Park, Telford. He is battling Myelodysplasia, a blood cancer known as MDS, which causes a drop in your number of healthy blood cells. The care company is holding a fundraising […]

Strength Spectacle Helps Raise £400 for Military Charity

05 Sep 2016

by Rhea Alton

An extraordinary show of strength which saw a man pull his car along from his wheelchair helped raise £400 for a military charity. Glen Leversedge, one of the members of the Shrewsbury Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club, completed the spectacular event on a town side road as part of a barbecue held in aid of SSAFA. The day took […]

Shropshire ex-serviceman given new lease of life thanks to the Armed Forces charity SSAFA

12 Jul 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

An ex-serviceman who has difficulty walking due to the effects of a degenerative brain condition has been given a new lease of life – thanks to the help of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity in Shropshire. Steve Lobb, who served as a rifleman and bugler in the Light Infantry for more than 10 years, was diagnosed with severe cerebellar atrophy […]

SSAFA thanks its Shropshire team of volunteers

20 Jun 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has held a special event hosted by the organisation’s county patron the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire Sir Algernon Heber-Percy at his ancestral home. The evening reception took place in the tea rooms at Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, to thank the busy team of volunteers, which keeps the Shropshire branch running, for its hard work. The […]

Race For Life at Shrewsbury school raises more than £1,000

25 May 2016

by Simon Alton

Pupils at a Shrewsbury prep school have raised more than £1,000 for charity by completing a 5k run – complete with mud slide. Prestfelde School, in London Road, held the Race For Life event to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, and staff said it was an outstanding success. Tina Owen, head of girls’ games at Prestfelde and organiser of […]

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