Charities & Volunteering Seafarers Link launched in Wallasey
25/06/2009
Hundreds of retired and lonley seafarers in and around Wallasey could benefit from a new 'phone-a-friend' scheme being set up in the city.
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300,000 over 65s risk injury each year from falling on buses
Age Concern and Help the Aged is putting the issue of falling on buses in the spotlight to mark the fifth National Falls Awareness Day on 23rd June 2009. The event is launched as new research commissioned by the Charity shows that over 800 older people per day fall on a bus and nearly two million are concerned about falling while a passenger.
For over 75s, injuries caused by falls generally are a leading cause of death and the new survey found that of those older people who have ever fallen on a bus, one in five had to then seek medical attention.
Phil Vickery Whips up Support for St Dunstan’s Great Cake Bake!
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Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is urging communities nationwide to sign up to the Great Cake Bake challenge to help national charity, St Dunstan’s, provide lifelong support to blind ex-Service men and women.
National Childminding Week - a great cause for celebration
Now is a great time to find out about becoming a registered childminder. NCMA’s National Childminding Week runs from 13 to 20 June with the theme ‘home from home’. During the week there will be activities to celebrate all that is great about home-based childcare.
"Speaking Out "to Save The Children - volunteers wanted
"Speaking Out", Save the Children’s network of volunteer speakers, are asking MT readers to join them in raising public awareness of the charity's work and inspiring new audiences to donate much-needed funds.
New Volunteer Speakers are urgently needed to deliver engaging, motivating and well informed talks to a variety of audiences across the UK. Everyone will receive training on Save the Children’s work, and on how to deliver talks and engage new supporters.
And every new Speaker will be supported by a volunteer "Speaking Out Co-ordinator" who has responsibility for the personal support of speakers in their team. Time commitment is flexible, but Speakers are encouraged to undertake as many talks as they feel able to do - aiming for a minimum of six talks a year.
PDSA celebrates 25 years - and looks for more volunteers
As National Volunteers’ Week marks its silver anniversary next month (1 – 7 June), PDSA’s 4,800 volunteers are joining in the celebrations - and urging more pet lovers to join the team.
Stroll or cycle for charity
That’s the invitation from Knowle and Dorridge Lions who are organising a super fundraising day out for everyone. On Sunday12th July there will be a Bikeathon to raise funds for Leukaemia Research and an opportunity to Walk the EXTRA Mile and raise sponsorship for Diabetes UK, both from Packwood National Trust House on the border of Solihull & Warwickshire.
Volunteers' expenses in the spotlight
Traditionally the bulk of volunteers are mature people. But now with people being encouraged to volunteer their services more, the Low Income Tax Reform Group (LITRG) have produced a new report which shows how inconsistent the tax and benefits treatment of volunteers’ expenses are - and makes recommendations for a simple and coherent approach across Government departments.
Please sponsor two intrepid women walking for Alzheimers
On the 28th May 2009 two brave women will begin a backpacking adventure along Britains longest National Trail, The South West Coastal Path, a distance of 630 miles. They are doing it to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society - and are asking MT readers to help sponsor them.
Get your trainers on in a good cause
Here's a great way to spend a sunny Sunday in May: running five miles for a very good cause at the ever popular Knowle Fun Run in Solihull.
We all need good neighbours - especially the elderly
Most Mature Times readers have weathered a few economic storms over the decades, and although todays troubles may have changed along with the fashions, there is one thing we all need when times get hard - good neighbours.
Words in the darkness
It is estimated that nearly 100 people in Britain every day will suffer serious sight loss. The British Wireless for the Blind Fund was established in 1928 to help ease the loneliness and isolation of blindness with the simple comfort of radio. Here we How the British Wireless for the Blind Fund works to keep blind people in touch with the world
Go nuts for endangered dormice
This year, wildlife charity the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) celebrates 21 years of the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme (NDMP), the longest running national mammal monitoring project in the world. To mark the 21st birthday of this vital monitoring scheme, PTES is staging an exciting programme of events throughout 2009 with the aim of encouraging the public to get involved in helping save this endangered species.
Peter's very special birthday celebration
Peter Akers, who lives with HFT, national charity for people with learning disabilities, at Ugley, near Bishop’s Stortford, celebrated his 75th birthday on Sunday, 22nd March. Peter is very special as he is believed to be the oldest person with Downs Syndrome in the UK. World wide there is an older person in America who reached his 80th birthday in August 2008.
Swing into action for MacMillan
Martin Johnson, Manager of the England rugby team, is encouraging golfers of all abilities to swing into action this summer and help Macmillan Cancer Support raise £350,000 for people affected by cancer.
