Results tagged “charity”
Corporate giving could be making a comeback after Barclays pledged its support for Boris Johnson's Fund for London morning.
The Wharf-based bank promised a £1million donation over four years for the Mayor's Fund, a charitable initiative to help improve the lives of underprivileged children in east London.
England need to forget their Ashes euphoria and prove a point this winter according to one of cricket's all-time greats.
Sir Ian Botham, who was in Canary Wharf on Monday, thinks the forthcoming tour to South Africa is a bigger test for Andrew Strauss's team than Australia were in the summer, and he's expecting big things.
Carlton Cole is not the new Martin Peters, at least according to the original Martin Peters.
The West Ham striker was likened to Peters by Sir Geoff Hurst in a tabloid paper this week, because he is a relative newcomer to the England side. But Peters, who scored England's second goal in the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany, thinks Sir Geoff has got it wrong.
A childhood brush with a football icon has inspired a part-time artist to stage a charity exhibition in Canary Wharf.
The artist, who goes by the name of Popkin, has 17 paintings on display at First Edition in Cabot Square, which he hopes will be sold to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund for cancer research.
Neil Harris is planning to put his League One play-off heartbreak behind him by throwing himself into a charity event this weekend.
The Millwall striker was in the Lions side edged out 3-2 by Scunthorpe in last month's Wembley showpiece but he's putting his disappointment behind him by taking part in the Keep Your Eye On The Ball run this Sunday.
The Canary Wharf Jog hits the streets tomorrow and Trinity Mirror is doing its bit for charity.
The annual event always attracts plenty of support for the British Heart Foundation and this year has proved to be no exception with entries closed weeks ago.
Do you have the balls to beat Samuel L Jackson at golf?
The star of Pulp Fiction and the Star Wars prequels is to transport his clubs to the London Golf Club for a charity benefit next month.
West Ham players Mark Noble and Junior Stanislas brought some Easter cheer to children at Richard House hospice when they visited yesterday.
The Hammers' stars dropped in to the home in Beckton last Wednesday and took part in activities with three of the youngsters receiving care there.
With Comic Relief fundraiser Wharfstock just days away, The Wharf chats to Paul Bennett of headliners Longspoon about war, the power of music and playing in Canary Wharf.
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TV star Alex Zane has backed charity festival Wharfstock to provide "something for everyone".
The MTV and Channel 4 presenter will head to the East Wintergarden on Friday to host a night of comedy and music, which is expected to raise more than £20,000 for Comic Relief.
West Ham's first team squad got into the fundraising spirit at a recent training session at Upton Park to support the Richard House hospice.
England striker Carlton Cole and Portuguese midfielder Luis Boa Morte were among the players donning red shirts to promote the children's home in Beckton.
A gaggle of cantering Santas have helped make several charities £80,000 richer.
DoitforCharity gathered around 850 participants for its first charity Santa Run in Greenwich Park on Sunday - and their festive frolics will bring good cheer to several good causes this Christmas.
It was fun to stay at the YMCA for a team of Canary Wharf Barclays workers.
Working with teambuilding organisation Business2Community, the staff members spent the day away from the office last Thursday to help out at Woolwich Dockyard.
THE world’s first powerboat for the disabled is set to make waves when it arrives at a Docklands charity.
The Powercat40 craft is specially designed for use by wheelchair users and the Ahoy Centre, based in Borthwick Road in Deptford, will be the first place in the country to have one.
The 40ft catamaran, which costs £200,000 to build, includes fingertip control steering, lift platforms, all-round CCTV vision and capacity for 11 wheelchairs.
Ahoy Centre development manager Mandy Corcoran told The Wharf why the boat would be welcome.
She said: “There’s no other boat like this in the world and it will make a huge difference in what we can offer here.
MILLWALL fans should head to Victoria Park this Sunday to rub shoulders with some of their heroes and raise cash for a good cause at the same time.
Nearly 300 men from around the country will be competing in Keep Your Eye on the Ball 5K run at the park, in Hackney, for the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign.
The event, which kick-starts Everyman Month in June, has been organised with support from The FA and The PFA. Millwall players Neil Harris, Paul Robinson, Danny Spiller and Chris Hackett, along with Derby County's Alan Stubbs, Notts County's Adam Tann and Hull City's Matt Duke, are all taking part.
ALAN Brazil was hitting the bar again on Tuesday, and it was all in a good cause.
The former Ipswich Town and Scotland striker, now a popular Talksport presenter, handed over a cheque for £2,000 to Great Ormond Street Hospital at The George pub in Glengall Grove.
The money was raised by the pub’s regulars, who were touched by the plight of five-year-old Holly McWilliams.
The season’s over and most of West Ham’s first team squad will be heading to the beach for a long summer break.
But goalkeeper Robert Green won’t be lounging around until pre-season training starts in July, he’s heading off to Africa in mid-June on a three-week fundraising trip in aid of medical charity Amref.
He will visit Kenya and Tanzania to see for himself the projects being undertaken to improve the lives of children there and also help host some football tournaments.
AN ISLE of Dogs family has set off on the longest road trip of their lives.
Ishak Ghani, his wife Alison Murugesu-Ghani and their three-year-old son Adrian, will trade Docklands for the delights of America, Europe and Asia on a two-and-a-half year charity expedition.
The Malaysians in Motion “team� left their home in Lockes Wharf last Thursday, and were flagged off by Tourism Malaysia’s UK deputy director Razaidi Abd Rahim.
They hope to raise money for pet therapy charity Petpositive.
THE SLOWEST man ever to complete the London marathon is set to crush last year's record.
Creeping competitor Greg Billingham inched into Canary Wharf on Friday, five days after the rest of the field charged through the estate.
The self-styled "Mr Slow Motion" completed last year's 26.2 mile event in 88 hours, and he reckons he will clear the 100-hour mark this year due to the amount of special visits he has been asked to make along the route.
HAVE you ever dreamt of giving up your job and travelling around the world?
This Docklands family are to do just that – and they’re taking their three-year-old son along for the ride.
Intrepid explorers Ishak Ghani and Alison Murugesu-Ghani will leave the Isle of Dogs on May 1 for a two-and-a-half year journey around the globe in aid of Malaysian pet therapy charity Petpositive.
The pair, who live in Lockes Wharf, will be joined by bubbly son Adrian.
