This category relates to all things to do with charities and their activities in Preston.
City council stumps up nearly £10,000 to save two charities from closure
Two Preston charities have been bailed out by the city council after mounting costs nearly forced them to close. Sahara, based in Fishwick which helps young Asian and black women, […]
Preston’s Flag Market was turned into a kitchen on Saturday night to feed hundreds of homeless people. Volunteers from the city’s Muslim community filled out stalls as part of a […]
A Preston charity store is launching a new fashion section on Saturday morning. The PDSA shop on Orchard Street opens its doors from 9.30am on a whole new range of […]
Presenters from Preston’s leading radio station defeated a team of celebrities and ex-pros yesterday, in a charity football match at Bamber Bridge FC’s QED Stadium. Yesterday afternoon, a team of […]
A leisure centre in Preston will take part in the world’s biggest fundraising swim this weekend to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. On Sunday 29th April, Fulwood Leisure […]
A leading retail store in Preston put on an afternoon of Spring craft making fun today, all in aid of a local charity. HobbyCraft, the national arts and crafts chain, […]
A Preston firm will be getting on their bike to raise money for a disabled boy’s care. 7-year-old Connor Sill, from Preston, has mixed cerebral palsy and next week […]
Prestonians literally went the extra mile for charity today as hundreds took part in the Sport Relief Mile. Bernie Blackburn was down early in Avenham Park to snap the runners. […]