Tour de Gwent all in a good cause

Organised by St David’s Hospice Care, the Tour de Gwent offers a fun day out for recreational and hardcore cyclists with all funds raised going towards the upkeep of the hospice, which provides palliative care to people facing life-limiting illnesses and support to their families. Sponsored by Whitehead Building Services, the annual event will take…

Portstock on Parade in June

Portstock Festival will return to Newport this summer following its successful launch last year. A one-day music event with a diverse selection of local food traders, stalls and workshops, the festival is organised by St David’s Hospice Care to raise funds for palliative treatment for people facing life-limiting illnesses. The hospice also provides care and…

Cosmic Puffin spotted near Colchester

It has to be one of the most memorable names for a music festival, but its root stems from the charity gig in 2008 that first inspired it. Now into its second decade, the Cosmic Puffin Festival started out as a fund-raising event for a charity at Basildon and Thurrock Hospital that enables parents of…

World’s biggest pub quiz a worthy venture

Next month pubs across Britain will play host to the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz. Now in it’s fourth year, the PubAid-organised event will see the nation getting quizzical for some great causes including Prostate Cancer UK and many other local charities. In 2018 more than 1,500 venues took part, raising £190,000 in the process, with…

Dartmouth event in aid of charity

  With more than 20 real ales and ciders from Devon breweries, plus live entertainment and good food, Dartmouth Charity Beer Festival is a fun and informative event that provides an opportunity to meet local brewers and talk about beer making, whilst also raising money for two worthy causes. Organised by Dartmouth Rotary Club, the…

Mac-stock worthy of support

The fourth edition of Mac-Stock will be raising funds for two great causes when it gets underway at Warsop in March. The brainchild of former Mansfield man Graham Parker who started it in memory of his father Roy who lost his battle with cancer in 2013, the one-day festival raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support…

Nottingham fundraiser hits the streets

The streets of Nottingham will be alive with music on Sunday, 27 January, when Beat The Streets bursts onto the scene. Featuring more than 80 national and local acts playing across more than 10 stages dotted around city-centre venues, all proceeds raised by the festival from ticket sales, merchandise and bar sales at designated venues…

Record attempt at Swansea Half Marathon

The JCP Swansea Half Marathon, now in its fourth year, takes place on 25 June. And this year Wales’ biggest summer half marathon will see a team of runners attempting to break a Guinness World Record. The attempt led by Essex-born Paul Coker, a type 1 diabetic, is to break the record for the greatest…

Charity raceday in support of Macmillan

The biggest single fundraising event in Macmillan’s calendar takes place at York Racecourse on Saturday, 17 June, as part of the racecourse’s two-day June meeting. The Macmillan Charity Raceday is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a day at the races, while also supporting those affected by cancer, with a percentage of every entrance ticket on…