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Great Bowden Academy has revealed it’s raised hundreds of pounds for The Royal British Legion this year thanks to a new book. ‘Remembrance Poems and Prayers’ was written by pupils in Classes 3 and 4 – reflecting on sacrifice, gratitude, and remembrance – and published in support of the 2025 Poppy Appeal. Following what’s described […]
Employees at the Market Harborough office of a leading property consultancy firm begin their leg of the company’s 2,400 mile fundraising relay today! Staff from Fisher German’s 25 UK offices are just past the halfway stage of a 25 week challenge to celebrate 25 years of the partnership by raising £25,000 for 25 charities. Participants […]
The Great Glen Wheelbarrow Race is returning later this month after a two year absence. The event – which supports the LOROS Hospice – will be held at the recreation ground on Saturday August 30th. It’ll also feature side stalls, a licensed bar and a tug of war. New organiser Emma Williamson says she hopes […]
Organisers of a major fundraiser at Harborough Leisure Centre this Saturday and Sunday say it’s not too late for more swimmers and spectators to get involved. The Rotary Club of Market Harborough reveals so far 27 teams comprising between four and six people have booked in for its 2025 SwiMarathon – including local schools, businesses […]
A Market Harborough woman has decided to do something well out of her ‘comfort zone’ for charity – a tandem skydive! Sally Anderson (pictured) is now seeking sponsorship via JustGiving – hoping to raise at least 500 pounds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association before making her jump at Sibson Aerodrome on the 18th of […]
A business support worker from a Market Harborough-based charity is literally ‘hot-footing’ it over to Belvoir Castle for its latest fundraiser! Wendy Savill from Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) will be walking barefoot over hot coals at the aptly named ‘Burning Woman Festival’ on Saturday the 20th of July. She’s promising not to get ‘cold […]
A brother and sister from Market Harborough have raised just shy of seven hundred pounds after riding from John O’Groats to Land’s End … in their living room! Eight year old Theo and nine-year-old Milly Dunmore covered the distance of more than 1,100 miles on an exercise bike over a four week period. The money […]
Completing three triathlons in just six weeks is the challenge a Fleckney athlete has set herself – as a way of raising awareness and cash for her favourite animal charity. That’s Dani Wills, whose first triathlon is at Burghley House in Stamford in June, followed by two more at Blenheim Palace and Rutland Water in […]
A challenge is underway to try to find over 20 orange knitted hearts hidden all around Harborough. To mark Multiple Schlerosis Week, which runs from April 22nd to 28th 2024, it’s the idea of former Harborough Mail reporter, Jemma Redden, who was first diagnosed with the “invisible” neurological condition 15 years’ ago. So far, the […]
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