Category: Giving back

  • Charity fundraising with Give as you Live

    Charity fundraising with Give as you Live

    #contains affiliate links I am delighted to have been accepted as an affiliate by Give as you Live, an award winning platform that allows people to add a donation to a U.K. charity while doing their normal online shopping. It only takes a couple of minutes to sign up and anyone can do it. Even…

  • Bob Woodward, founder of Clicsargent

    Bob Woodward, founder of Clicsargent

    I suppose most people in England have heard of Clic Sargent a charity that supports children and young people with cancer. But I wonder how many people know the story of the remarkable man behind its foundation. Robert Woodward was born in 1934 close to where I live in Bristol and was a former pupil…

  • The Bristol knittivity

    The Bristol knittivity

    The Bristol knittivity has become a familiar sight in shopping centres around Bristol just before Christmas. However I thought you might be interested in the story behind its creation.   A few years ago, a group of friends who worked at St. Teresa’s catholic school in Horfield, Bristol started a knitting group called the knutty…

  • A grand day out. Gromit unleashed 2 in Bristol

    A grand day out.  Gromit unleashed 2 in Bristol

    A Grand day out in Bristol There is a brand new Wallace and Gromit sculpture  trail, Gromit unleashed 2 running in Bristol from 2 July to 2nd September with over sixty sculptures dotted around the city and surrounding areas  to raise money for the Wallace and Gromit Grand appeal for Bristol Children’s hospital and the…