Tag: Charity

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“It has spiralled into my therapy” – Local mum shares how she uses art as a stress relief

With Stress Awareness Month in full swing, one woman has shared her love of art and how it has helped […]

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“I wanted to do something a little bit different”: Salford local makes homemade candles to raise money for breast cancer

A Salford resident has started a homemade candle business with the aim of raising awareness and money for breast cancer, in honour of her mother’s story.

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Ninety-seven-year-old walking 6.2 miles in 100 days for domestic abuse charity

Veteran Langworthy fundraiser 97-year-old “Fearless” Vera Green is walking 100 metres every day for 100 days to raise money for […]

Craig Keatley on a recent flipper walk in Manchester

World’s only extreme flipper walker set to climb Mount Snowdon for Christie’s Cancer Charity

A man is set to climb Mount Snowdon in flippers later this year, after completing the world’s longest walk in aquatic […]

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“Everyone’s struggling, aren’t they?” – Humans MCR deliver 60,000th meal to Salford families

A food poverty charity that has supported Salford families through the coronavirus pandemic has hit a major milestone this month.

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Salford Tabletop Society raises more than £1,500 for mental health charity

Salford University’s Tabletop Society raised more than $2,000 this week for the US charity Game to Grow, through livestreaming games […]

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“They’ll last a lot longer than an Easter Egg” – Wood Street Mission launches book appeal for Salford children

Wood Street Mission has launched their Books Forever 2021 Appeal, which asks people to donate brand new books for children […]

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Salford City Academy students and staff wear red to show their support for Comic Relief

Salford City Academy students and staff are having a non-uniform day this Friday, March the 19th, to raise money for Comic […]

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“Everyone’s doing 5K runs, 10K run challenges, I’ll just do 20 half marathons in March, something that nobody’s doing” – Salford man takes on March running challenge in aid of Kidscan

Salford local Martin Cooper has taken on the incredible challenge of running 20 half marathons throughout the month of March […]