This category relates to all things to do with charities and their activities in Preston.
Harris Museum fundraiser to be launched
The Friends of the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston are launching a £20,000 Guild 2012 Acquisitions Fund, providing cash for the Harris Museum to buy works of art for visitors to enjoy. Excitement […]
The industrial era is one easy to overlook in a provincial context in the face of what I and people of varying ages learnt in school. We are granted a rough idea about how life changed, but my education in the matter was confined to general developments leading up to the years when Victoria was on the throne. But what of the individuals who sought to change Preston for the better?
10 years ago Recycling Lives plan expansion
Preston-based commercial recycler and social welfare charity Recycling Lives has submitted a planning application for a new centre in the heart of Accrington. The new state-of-the-art centre will be situated in […]
Local horse riders turned charity fund raisers on Thursday evening, raising over £500 for children who need extra care. Horse riders at Croston Farm in Whittle Le Woods were inspired […]
A Lancashire woman has vowed to continue her work with a charity she runs from her home, a week after mindless thugs shot and murdered one of her patients.
Imagine a charity that could radically improve and change the lives of the homeless. Not only providing them with aid and a roof over their heads, but equipping them with […]
Today fun runners and professionals alike took part in Run Preston, with the course snaking all around Preston city centre. See if you can spot yourself in our photos from […]
I never thought I’d see a snake of women dressed in pink with flashing bunny ears marching up Fishergate Hill towards the city centre at 1am on a Sunday morning. […]