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Preston charity raises £48,000 for the poor in Rwanda

Rwanda Group Trust receive updates from the groups they help. Pic: RGT Rwanda Group Trust, a Preston charity, raised over £48,000 last year to help the poor in Rwanda. The trust holds tabletop sales, takes donations and has fundraising events such as […]

1 month ago
Preston’s climate change jury selected

The climate change march in Fishergate during Friday Pic: Jack Dinsley Local people have now been selected to be part of ‘Preston People’s Climate Jury’, which will meet over six weeks to discuss the impacts of climate change. Invitation letters were […]

1 month ago
Volunteers set up fundraiser to feed community in Goosnargh

Volunteers at the chapel. Pic: Kathy Bamber A group of volunteers from Goosnargh are raising money for a new kitchen, after serving over 1,300 meals from a tiny chapel kitchen. The group began supporting people during the […]

2 months ago
Preston city centre youth scheme to reduce anti-social behaviour receives cash boost

Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden, on Fishergate in Preston. Pic: Lancashire Constabulary Schemes across Preston and Lancashire which aim to deter crime and keep people safe have been provided with over £30,000 in funding by Police and Crime Commissioner, Andrew Snowden. The […]

2 months ago
Advertisement Advertisement Big PNE Sleep Out fund total presented to The Foxton Centre

The Big PNE Sleep Out team with the Mayor of Preston for the cheque being presented to The Foxton Centre Pic: PNE Community More than £40,000 has been donated to The Foxton Centre’s efforts at The Fox Street Day Centre. The Big PNE Sleep Out returned in November last year with more than […]

2 months ago
Ashton Food Aid appeals for more collection points in Preston

Ruby Abram, who runs the food bank, with volunteers at the hub. A food bank in Ashton-on-Ribble is appealing for more ambient food collection points in Preston. Ashton Food Aid are facing an increasing demand, with over 70 families and individuals using […]

2 months ago
Idea to reopen Midge Hall Station is raised in Parliament

Midge Hall station closed in 1961 Pic: Nigel Thompson/Wikipedia The campaign to reopen Midge Hall station and the route from Preston to Liverpool without having to travel via Wigan has been raised with the Prime Minister in parliament. South […]

2 months ago
Family’s appeal to help five-year-old Ingol boy battle aggressive brain tumour

Five-year-old Jenson Lewis A fundraiser has been set up for a five-year-old boy from Ingol who has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. Jenson Lewis was diagnosed with diagnosed with Medulloblastoma after […]

2 months ago
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