This Saturday 100s of men in full drag and makeup will be covering a 10.2km course at Highbury Fields, London, as part of the Great Drag Race which is being run in aid of Prostate Action, who fund research and education relating to prostate cancer and associated diseases, which claimed the lives of over 10,000 […]
HostelBookers Charity Donation
The good people over at HostelBookers, the budget accommodation specialists, have asked me to mention a charitable donation that they are planning to make in the next few weeks… HostelBookers will be donating £10,000 to one of the following charities, who are known worldwide for their outstanding humanitarian and environmental work – either the British […]
Save The Ape With Cox Cookies & Cake
I do love the little Brewer St-based Cox Cookies & Cake and, as you’ll know if you read the blog, quite often they get involved in supporting charities through their sales, the mad Elton John-inspired cakes from late last year for example! They’ve come up with a new one with an conservation bent this time […]
The Big Sleep Out
Time to tell you about a really worthy event that’s going to be taking place on 18 March in support of the Big Issue Foundation, the ‘Big Sleep Out‘. As you may know, the Foundation is dedicated to the well being of the 2900 vendors of the Big Issue across the UK, helping them out […]
Elton Cakes for World AIDS Day @ Cox Cookies & Cake
The new Cox Cookies & Cake bakery on Brewer St in London’s Soho, the brainchild of shoe designer Patrick Cox and master patissier Eric Lanlard, are currently baking their limited edition Elton cupcakes to commemorate World AIDS Day. Available up until 7 December, the Elton Cakes cost £4 each and £1.50 from each sale will […]
The Royal British Legion’s March For Honour
I just wanted to tell you about the forthcoming charity event being organised by the Royal British Legion, the ‘March for Honour‘ which will see people from all branches of the armed services marching one mile for every life lost during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The marches will take place from 4 to 13 […]
World Habitat Day
Today, 4 October, is World Habitat Day, designated by the United Nations to highlight the need for decent and affordable housing in the developing world. Here’s the video report from the officer in charge at UN-HABITAT, Inga Björk-Klevby, about their work and about this year’s theme, ‘Better City, Better Life’. Habitat for Humanity have marked […]
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