Parachute Regiment veteran Chris Willmott is set to embark on an extraordinary solo cycling challenge this August, riding 1,382 kilometres (859 miles) from Auschwitz, Poland to Arnhem in the Netherlands, on an 80-year-old single-speed bicycle. The journey, which begins on 17 August 2025, retraces a route steeped in wartime history, ending in Arnhem the site…
Abigail’s Footsteps, the Kent-based baby loss charity, marked another significant milestone in its 15-year journey with the official opening of its new offices complete with a dedicated counselling room on Monday 28 July 2025. The ribbon was cut by The Lady Colgrain, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, during an intimate afternoon event, where the new…
London cabbie and dedicated Taxi Charity for Military Veterans volunteer, Daren Parr, is set to appear in the brand-new BBC One adventure series Destination X, hosted by comedian and presenter Rob Brydon. Daren, no stranger to adventure, has already conquered Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru and even rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, he’ll take…
The baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps hosted a Heartfelt Heroes Awards Night at the Historic Corn Exchange, Rochester on 12 June. Abigail’s Footsteps hosted a deeply moving and uplifting Heartfelt Heroes Awards Night on Wednesday, 12 June 2025, at the beautiful Corn Exchange in Rochester. The evening, hosted by Nicola Everett, newsreader at KMFM, and…
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Stuart Roy Cadman, a heroic D-Day veteran and one of the last surviving members of No. 3 Commando who was known to all as Roy. Roy passed away peacefully on Tuesday 3 June 2025 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, aged 102.…
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans proudly returned to Normandy this June to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day, honouring the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who played a pivotal role in the liberation of Europe during WWII. The group, including six WWII and five post war veterans, accompanied by volunteer London…
A Kenyan farmer has made a life-changing move from Africa to the UK to begin a new career at a charity-run care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex. Wilfred Njiri, 43, recently joined Diagrama Foundation as a Development Worker at Duckyls Farm Care Home near East Grinstead. Previously, Wilfred managed crop cultivation…
John Christie, from Folkestone, challenged himself with a 722-mile solo walk from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea to raise funds and awareness for Abigail’s Footsteps. His epic challenge raised enough to donate an Abi Cooling Cot to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent. Abi Cooling Cot’s keep babies at a cooler temperature…
WWII Veteran Norman Bartlett died on 17 March just one week short of his 99th birthday. Norrie joined the Navy in June 1942, aged 16, the minimum age was 17 so he used the common excuse of the time, that he had forgotten his birth certificate. During WWII, Norrie participated in D Day the Allied…
Diagrama Adoption joins agencies across the country to encourage more people to consider adoption. On Wednesday 15 January 2025, Kent based Diagrama will be among the voluntary adoption agencies taking part in Big Adoption Day 2025; a day designed to highlight the importance of finding loving adoptive families while sharing the benefits of adopting through…