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Spadework works with adults with learning difficulties, (who are called trainees), to develop their independence and personal skills, through social interaction with the community. They were awarded grant’s totalling £6,300 from Kent Community Foundation to support the work they do with over one hundred adults from the local community. Kent Community Foundation supported the pumpkin…

At 7.07 am on 3 October 2019,  “Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro” successfully climbed 19,340 feet to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro, the final part of their epic challenge to lose weight, get fit and raise money for The Taxi Charity for military Veterans   The three brave London cabbies, Daren Parr, John Dillane and Brian Heffernan…

On 30 July, the press met some of the amazing lions that will form the Lions of Windsor art trail from 10 August until 27 October 2019. ITV London filmed the event  – www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5q4ajspujk  and Gary Cooper from Square Freedom Photography www.squarefreedomphotography.com took some amazing pictures. Find out more here www.lionsofwindsor.org

A visit to Retreats For You, a thatched 17th century writing retreat in Devon will give you time to be creative Nestled in the sleepy village of Sheepwash in North Devon, Retreats For You offers you a home from home run by TV Presenter and Author Debbie Flint. Writers need a space to be creative…

The Taxi Charity took six veterans to Belgium, in six London licensed taxis, on 11 July, to join a team of military veterans and serving personnel, to experience excavating at the site of Wellington’s Field Hospital on the world-famous battlefield of Waterloo Led by professional archaeologists, the excavation, organised by the charity Waterloo Uncovered, explored…

For Marie Scott, the 75th anniversary of D-Day has become an even more special year as she has been awarded the highest French decoration – The Legion Of Honour – for the part she played working in Fort Southwick, Portsmouth, listening and collating the Operation Overlord messages. In 1944, 17-year-old Marie worked on the switchboard…