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Charity is an important part of City Connect’s focus. It is our aim to support local, national and global charities.
Please see below the links to charites that you can support. Some by just clicking on the link (nothing to pay), others that you can buy products from, some that cater for those of you who wish to raise money yourselves or those who wish to just donate directly.
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 The Emergency Medical Charity |
 For adults with mental health difficulties in their lives. |
 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
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 The registered charity for Cambridge University Hospitals |
 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
It all helps. Every click counts. Please help sponsor one of these worthwhile charities today.
If you would like to read the latest charity news, research and events articles featured on City Connect, please see below.
- The Hub – Changing Lives, Changing Futures Bangkok sees a steady stream of travelers drawn in by its legendary hedonistic pleasures, ancient temples and chockablock markets. There are, of course, daily glimpses into Bangkok’s less-glamorous side; the beggar asleep in the doorway, the used needle in the kerb, the child begging. For too many, this is merely an annoyance, another hassle to ...
- One Love – Community, Circus, Change “Community-led development” has become a bit of a buzzword in the NGO world, the Holy Grail, it would seem. More laudable, however, is “community-initiated,” especially when the people leading the change are children. In 1998, a group of children in the Ethiopian city of Awassa began to practice circus. They practiced with an untiring dedication ...
- Six Months On And Local Charity Has Supported 70 Families Six months on from its opening last September The Sick Children’s Trust’s Chestnut House in Cambridge has supported an astonishing 70 families in need. Chestnut House is based at The Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and is run by The Sick Children’s Trust. The charity’s Vice President Esther Rantzen opened the house last year and since then ...
- Cambs Runner In Marathon Effort For Alzheimer’s Research UK Chris Drummond from Milton aims to raise £2,000 to boost funds for Great Abington-based charity Alzheimer’s Research UK, when he takes part in the Virgin London Marathon on 21 April. Running among a crowd of over 37,500 people, Chris will pound the capital’s streets alongside fun runners, amateur athletes, elite sportsmen and women as well ...
- Support for Alzheimer’s Research UK Wins Helen a Christmas Trolley Dash Dr Helen Robertson, from Birmingham, was the lucky winner of a two-minute trolley dash in Iceland Foods’ Northfield, Birmingham store this week after entering Alzheimer’s Research UK’s annual Grand Prize Draw. Helen was one of 14 people who won a prize when her ticket was selected from 67,000 entries this summer – a record-breaking number ...
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