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Award for Ruddington Blood Donor

8th February 20189th February 2018 Graham Wright

A village resident who’s been giving blood for 34 years is to be recognised for his life saving donations with a special award. Dr Mike Robinson (pictured above with wife Charlene) has now given blood more than 250 times! Bearing in mind that only one donor in a hundred ever reaches 100 donations, passing the 250 mark is very special indeed. The BT Openreach employee says: “Every four weeks my manager lets me use 90 minutes of volunteering time at the end of the day to head off to Nottingham…

A Goat for Christmas?

8th December 20178th December 2017 Graham Wright

The gift of a chicken, goat, sheep or cow to help families in Uganda become self-sufficient is the latest initiative from ‘The Mustard Seed Project’. This is the Ruddington fundraising group set up by James Peacock Infants School teachers Sally Squires and Jayne Henson inspired by their visit to Uganda in the Summer of 2016 which “taught us that a tiny seed can produce amazing results”. For a rather different and special Christmas present the village-based charity is now offering people the chance to donate anything between £5 and £100 to help Ugandan families living on…