Everyone is welcome! The Macmillan Coffee Morning is a get together to raise money for people living with cancer. It’s on for a couple of hours from 10am to 12-noon at Shrimpton Court, off Elms Park, on Friday 29th September. Since the fundraising morning started in 1990 the charity has raised over £290 million nationwide for Macmillan Cancer Support. It says: “It was a rather small affair with a simple idea: guests would gather over coffee and donate the cost of their cuppa to Macmillan in the process. It was so…
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A Ruddington resident who did her first fundraising challenge last summer to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK is encouraging other villagers to do likewise this year. Rebecca Thompson (pictured top with her dad) wanted to take part in ‘Swim15’ because bowel cancer runs in her family. Sadly her father, Tim, died of the disease aged just 60 in January 2021. “My dad had a cancerous polyp removed in 2017″ recalls Rebecca. “On follow up CT scans he was told that the cancer had spread, which meant it was inoperable.…
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Enter your doggy at the ‘Fun Dog Show’ to raise funds for Save the Children – it’s £2 per entry. This charity event will be on Saturday 20th May at Rushcliffe Country Park – on the field opposite to the Children’s Play Area – from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Entries can be registered on the day from 12.30pm and the judging will begin at 1.00pm. You can also register in advance by picking up an entry form from The Pet Pantry on High Street. The show classes are: Waggiest Tail Most Handsome Dog Prettiest Bitch Most…
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A Ruddington based business development representative is now sporting this smooth new look – after he ‘braved-the-shave’ this week to raise funds for a national mental health charity. 20-year-old Martin Bassey {pictured ‘before’ and ‘after’ his sponsored head-shave above} works in the marketing department at HR, payroll, and finance specialists MHR, in ‘Britannia House’ on Mere Way. He raised over £1,200 for Mind in the process – more than four times his fundraising target of £300. Contributions have come from friends, family and colleagues plus a £500 donation from MHR itself. Martin’s mobile barber arrived…
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Ruddington’s charity ‘The Mustard Seed Project’ is putting on a Fashion Show fundraiser to provide clean water, food and an education for children in Uganda. For a fiver you can help its charitable work by supporting the ‘Mustard Seed Fashion Show’, 7pm on Friday 10th March 2023 at St Peter’s Junior School on Ashworth Avenue in Ruddington. You’re invited to enjoy a glass of fizz at the ‘Bra Bar’, and bag some bargains, for the entry cost of £5. There are many Raffle Prizes, too: >>CLICK HERE<<. Tickets for the Fashion Show are available through The Mustard Seed Project Facebook Page,…
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It’s been a busy few months for The Mustard Seed Project, Uganda – the Ruddington based charity which was founded in 2017 by village schoolteachers Jayne Henson and Sally Squires after they visited rural Uganda to work with teachers on active learning activities. In our last update we reported how ‘Ruddy Bear’ was due to set off again on his travels last October – this time to Uganda with Sally {pictured top right} along with some of his bear friends who had been sponsored by villagers to give to Ugandan children – one…
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A community-spirited Ruddington businessman is swapping three wheels for two legs to take on the ultimate challenge this spring – running the 2023 London Marathon! Jon Lee, owner of National Car Finder on Easthorpe Street, began his training last July and has regularly been seen pounding the streets of Ruddington (and beyond) ever since – as he prepares himself mentally and physically for the 26.2 mile run around some of the capital’s most famous landmarks on Sunday April 23rd. “Many will know I enjoy playing cricket and watching football –…
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As Ruddington Village Market prepares to celebrate its fourth birthday, the team behind it has revealed visitors will have even more time to browse the many stalls in 2023. From February 4th onwards, our monthly market on The Green will open from 9.00am all the way through to 2.00pm – an hour and a half longer than previously. It’s envisaged there will still be around seventy independent stalls on the first Saturday of each month, comprising businesses from the village plus many visiting traders. Additionally, there’s a ‘Charity of the…
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This festive pub quiz is taking place at The White Horse Inn on Wednesday 28th December from 7pm to 11pm and is in aid of Ruddington based Bloomin’ Dementia. The charity was formed in 2017 with the aim to be ‘focused and committed to the relief of those living with dementia and related disorders in Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.’ Your host for the ‘Christmas Charity Quiz’ is Jason Allen (pictured top) and it’s a fiver per person to enter. The pub advises that there’s no need to book but, if…
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