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THE EVENT: IN CELEBRATION OF THE BEAST’S 25 YEARS WE ARE BRINGING BACK OUR PREMIUM RUNNING EVENT TO SUTTON. ON SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… An out and back 10k or 5k across the beautiful and (mainly!) flat Cambridgeshire Fens between Sutton and Chatteris. Every level of runner can take part To …
FRESH. gives its local community a sense of confidence and independence with its three-year fundraiser. FRESH. which focuses on community, health, inclusion and sustainability, launched a crowd funder three years ago. The crowd funder raised £1,435 through individual donations, clothes swap events like the “Swish” from Ely Swishing Group, plant sales, funding from the Rotary …
FRESH. In Ely Rolls Out The Ramp! Making Their Studio Fully Accessible To The Public Read More »
Did someone say walkies? Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is excited to unleash a new fundraising event for dog owners. Four-legged friends and their “paw-some” humans are invited to join Lead On – a sponsored walk throughout the month of September. The challenge involves completing 90km (56 miles) over 30 days from 1st September. Funds raised …
Every year in Wilburton we meet on Wilburton Recreation Ground to celebrate our community, coming together with our entire families, old and young, to raise funds for local charities and deserving causes, from Cancer Research to the local Beavers group. Wilburton Beer Festival is the longest running festival of its kind in the Fen area, …
Wilburton Beer Festival is back for its 23rd year in 2023! Read More »
Around seventy girls are preparing to clean up the streets of Ely in Cambridgeshire to fundraise for this year’s BBC Children in Need and Girlguiding appeal. The sponsored ‘clean-up-athon’ will start at the cathedral, with the participants – who are all members of Girlguiding – then fanning out to cover different areas of the city …
Isle of Ely Rowing Club would like to thank all our Ely neighbours for supporting us on Saturday at the Ely Apple Festival. By getting their “apple a day” (or two) from our bake stall and taking part in our Guess the Weight of the Cake competition, these supporters helped us raise almost £800! We …
Britain’s best-selling cat magazine brand has donated £1,500 to a fundraiser to create a lasting memorial to Garfy — an iconic cat from Ely. Your Cat has launched Good Causes, a new initiative that pledges at least 30% of subscription proceeds go to community cat projects in the UK — and its first ever donation …
Your Cat Good Causes Funds Statue of Ely’s Most Famous Cat Read More »
My name is Mel, I am a Wife, a Mum of two beautiful girls. My Story…devastatingly, I lost my younger brother only four years ago in a Road Traffic Collision. EAAA attended, but sadly there was nothing further they could do to save his life. Since then, all I’ve thought of doing is helping others …
Three months ago Ely Charity FC was formed by the board of county side AFC Ely and is managed by Ross Gray. On the 18th July they played Huntingdon Rangers at Ely City raising £220 for Ely Foodbank as well as collecting food donations. Following victory on game one they hit the road to Billericay …
Ely’s Dedicated Charity Football Team Hit the Road Read More »
Students in Withburga House – one of the Girls’ Day Houses at King’s Ely Senior – have raised more than £1,000 for the UK eating disorder charity, Beat. Sue-Ellen Godde, Housemistress of Withburga, House Tutors and of course the Withburga girls themselves, decided to walk their way around Europe – virtually – to help maintain …
King’s Ely Pupils Clock Up Over 4,000 Kilometres and £1,000 for Charity Read More »
Each year, RED January encourages people to support their mental health by building physical activity into their daily lives. This year, RED January’s charity partner is Sport in Mind, the leading sport and mental health charity in the UK. This January, Ely Runner, Justin Smith managed to recruit over 40 fellow club members to undertake …
With major fundraising events like Eel Day and Aquafest cancelled due to Covid-19, the Ely Hereward Rotary Club have been looking for new fundraising events during lockdown. Club member Mike Anthony has come up with the idea of having his beard shaved off for charity. Mike, who lives in March, has been living separately from …
Local Ely Quiz Master Ian McKendrick has put out an appeal for help from the community to continue his entertaining online quizzes after his aging MacBook died during last nights quiz. During lockdown Ian has been hosting quizzes most evenings, even running a family friendly Foodbank fundraising quiz on Sunday afternoons. Community Star Ian said …
Ely’s Community Star Quizmaster needs your help! Read More »
Neighbourhood Care Soham is making a bid to keep beloved Nellie, the Ely Tuk Tuk in the East Cambs area by trying to raise £4000 in just 30 days. Back in January, Mark and Teresa Harrison, owners of Ely Tuk Tuk decided to make the tough decision to sell Nellie and put out a Facebook …
This month Fibre Wireless Data – IP are raising funds and awareness for Movember for all the dads, brothers, sons and mates in our lives. We need your help! Please donate to support men’s health and together let us stop men from dying too young! Mr Barbers in Ely (Forehill) very kindly agreed to shave …
Eight-year-old Alessandro Rolfe is on a mission: to conquer Mount Snowdon this month. He may live in the flattest part of the country, honing his skills at Clip ‘n’ Climb in Cambridge – but Alessandro’s determined to complete his epic ascend to raise money for seriously sick children. The Ely boy’s been fundraising for children’s …
Ain't no mountain high enough for awesome Alessandro Read More »
A charity helping farmers in times of hardship is hosting a Joules Seconds Sale in Barway next week. The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) hopes to raise funds to help struggling farming families. Established in 1860, RABI is farming’s oldest and largest welfare charity, and most of its recipients are elderly or disabled. RABI helped …
Giraffes can’t dance – but they can certainly rock, alongside luscious lions, elegant elephants and even dastardly dung beetles! The colourful rocks are among a series of painted pebbles created by members Spotted in Ely Rocks to support Ely teen Paris O’Keeffe. Paris, 17, needs to raise £2000 so that she can return the slums …
Rockers assist in teen's dream to help more Kenyan kids Read More »
Kids at The Lantern Community Primary School are celebrating a major tech upgrade at their school, thanks to a £18,000 cash boost. Sixteen iPads, 30 laptops and an interactive classroom board have now been delivered to the Ely primary school, which will help children stay on the cutting edge of technology. Digital leaders, made up …
Massive cash boost keeps Lantern kids at cutting edge of technology Read More »
The charity set up in memory of heroic Soham schoolboy Liam Fairhurst recently held its fifth birthday in the House of Commons. Friends, family and supporters of the Liam Fairhurst Foundation gathered at The Speaker House earlier this month to pay tribute to an incredible teen who lived by the motto: “Life Is measured in …
Charity in memory of heroic Liam Fairhurst hosts fifth birthday in Parliament Read More »
Four years ago new mum Lynsey Jones celebrated her first ever Mother’s Day with her parents. Over a carefree lunch, they talked about holidays and travel ambitions. That was the last time Lynsey saw her mum. A few days later she received the devastating news that she had committed suicide. This June, brave Lynsey will …
Brave Lynsey to take on mental health hike in mum's memory Read More »
Prolific Ely fundraiser Xander Brown got to take part in a special ceremony yesterday to mark the 45th anniversary of lifesaving charity Magpas. The eight-year-old Ely St John’s School pupil, who completed a 50 mile bike ride for Magpas earlier this month, was invited to cut a birthday cake with founder Dr Neville Silverston MBE …
Selfless Sophia – the Ely schoolgirl featured on the front cover of our most recent E4Ely Magazine – has already raised more than twice her target to help youngsters battling with cancer. As reported by Spotted in Ely, Sophia Isaacs, 10, is planning to have her luscious locks bobbed at the Pure Ely salon …
Sophia doubles sponsorship target in less than a week Read More »
Prolific Ely fundraiser Xander Brown may only be eight – but he’s about to embark on his sixth bike ride for Magpas Air Ambulance – and this time, he’s set the bar higher still. On August 7 the Ely St John’s year three student will endeavour a 50 mile cycle to and around Cambridge over …
Two Tesco Ely employees are preparing for a fundraising walk to keep “the memory alive” of two long-serving colleagues who tragically died within a day of each other. On June 26 Shirley Hammond and Mel Starling will lead a scenic walk from Tesco supermarket along the Ely riverside and back to raise cash for Arthur …
Remembering lost friends – and raising cash for their chosen charities Read More »
An Ely primary school is fundraising for a lifesaving defibrillator – and is looking for residents and companies to donate prizes towards its annual summer fair. Friends of the Lantern School, the Lantern Community School’s fundraising committee, is hosting the Lantern Summer Fete on June 25. Its members hope proceeds will help raise cash for …
Prizes sought to help school buy lifesaving defibrillator Read More »
An Ely schoolgirl is having her luscious locks chopped off to help youngsters who are battling with cancer. Selfless Sophia Isaacs, 10, is due to have her long hair bobbed at the new Pure Ely salon on July 2 to raise money for The Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides real hair wigs to …
Selfless Sophia to get locks chopped off to help kids with cancer Read More »
Seven Ely supermums have completed a nocturnal London marathon on foot, braving blisters and shivers, to raise almost £3000 for a breast cancer charity. Team Lantern Mardi Bras were amongst 15,000 people to take part in the London Moonwalk – a gruelling 26.2 mile trek from Clapham Common to raise money for Walk the Walk, …
Moonwalking mums raise thousands for cancer charity Read More »
In October 2007, our son who was 6 months old at the time was rushed to Intensive Care after developing Bacterial Pneumococcal Meningitis. Following a lumbar puncture and CT scan he spent the next 3 days in Intensive Care. We were initially informed on day one at 3 am shortly after treatment had commenced that he …
Crowd sourcing from parents, friends and local businesses give a preschool an amazing sensory garden Little Thetford Acorns Preschool and Children’s club were recently turned down a grant from the National Lottery to build a sensory garden. This would have allowed children from Preschool and Out of School clubs to enjoy nature, get interested in …
Little Thetford Acorns Preschool Build a Sensory Garden for Under £40 Read More »
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