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Children with Cancer UK Marbella gala raises 40,000 Two hundred people including a number of British celebrities dined and enjoyed music at Marbella's Villa Tiberio on 3 June as part of a gala that raised more than 40,000 euros for the charity
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Fuengirola resident and British retiree Michael Griffiths has recently completed one of the Camino de Santiago routes to raise money for the town's Lux Mundi ecumenical centre, which he attends regularly. He raised almost 1,000 euros for the ... Griffiths, who is 74 and has lived in Fuengirola since 2005, admits that the idea to walk the Camino wasn't his, but he did come up with the plan to raise money for the centre, which he knows "is desperate for funding for much-needed structural work". It was
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For the fourth year in a row, a group of former British service personnel will be in Malaga to participate in a number of Battle Back Golf tournaments, also open to the public, to raise money for the charity which helps injured soldiers. Dates
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Age Concern Fuengirola/Mijas has announced that last year's fundraising zip wire challenge netted the charity over 5,000 euros. The event, which took place last October, saw ten members and supporters of Age Concern participate in the only cross-boar
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...and illustrated a book about it to raise funds for children's charities. Jake's book, which is called Corona Travel, is about the virus wanting to make friends and hugging people, but making them ill in the process. It was a conversation with his ... thrilled with the response to his book so far, and hopes people will continue to help him to raise money for those in need. Further information about Actionforschools-Sierra Leone can be found on the website www.action4schools-gi. Most of its trustees
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The people of La Roda (Albacete, 16,000 inhabitants), halfway between Madrid and Alicante, are proud of their town's 'Miguelitos', but the famous pastry and cream now has a rival for their affections: their mayor. Forty-two-year-old Juan Ramón Amores
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...hoping that more than 25 people join them on the two-hour jaunt around the ruins of the Castillo del Nicio near Estepona. It's hoped that the event will raise some 300 euros towards a new air conditioning unit for the charity's community room. The ... close to my heart. I spoke to the charity on the phone and they were so impressed that a foreigner wanted to raise money for them. "It's a disease where you have to keep exercising, so these charities are quite important as they offer things like ... just donate what they can. It's better to donate something than nothing at all. "I would like to think we could raise a fair chunk of this money. If you cannot walk you can still donate to this wonderful charity either directly or via us." This is
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The UK leaving the EU is not the only event taking place on 29 March. Until Brexit Day, Ian Froment is holding a vote to let the people decide whether to keep or get rid of his beard. However, each vote placed will take the form of a charitable do
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A former Ukrainian ballet dancer is about to host her second textile festival on the Costa del Sol. Oksana Mader, who came to live in Benalmádena Costa in 2000, took up the art of patchworking after winning first prize in the World Quilting Festival
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...especially in local shops, they are grateful to not waste extra packaging. To raise awareness about this problem is precisely the main objective of the campaign #boycottplastic, proposed by the platform Zero Waste Spain and supported by the organisation ... Greenpeace. The initiative, which runs until 9 June, has been encouraging consumers to avoid buying single-use plastic for a week. In this way it raises the question of what would happen if society came together and stopped buying foods and products that use