Saturday, January 18, 2025

Charity

Steve Gribben Comedian

Comedy legend to host Liverpool benefit night

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Scouse comedy legend Steve Gribben is celebrating 40 years as a comedian with a 'Gala Night of Comedy' at Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool. In aid of charity, Asthma + Lung UK, Steve organised the event featuring his favourite...

New campaign urges locals to quit smoking for Stoptober

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  An initiative has been launched in Liverpool encouraging Scousers to quit smoking for “Stoptober”, as new data reveals a record number of locals are stamping out the habit compared to previous years. Whilst smoking is still the leading cause of...
Comedy Trust poster

Charity which believes laughter is best medicine

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Mental health is a topic of conversation becoming more prevalent with each coming year. People are working considerably longer hours and being forced to push aside their own wellbeing for the sake of survival. That's the concern of Sam Taylor, from...
Zoe's Place sign (c) Edith Toner

Zoe’s Place: Baby hospice to close after 30 years

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Zoe's Place, the care centre and babies hospice in West Derby, is set to close its doors later this year after 30 years. The first Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice opened in Liverpool  in 1995. It provided respite, end of life...
Left to right: Tania, Tom, Billy and Jayne (c) Amy & Friends/TT23 Studios

Oxton charity releases fund-raising song ‘gifted’ by local company

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  A production company in North Wales has gifted a fundraising song which has been released by an Oxton children’s charity. Wirral-based Amy & Friends have released ‘War Child’ to raise funds for children suffering with Cockayne Syndrome and linked DNA...
Sober October

Sober October helps raise funds for cancer support charity

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People are choosing to go sober in October to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The charity wants to encourage social drinkers to change their habits for the month of October and to make some healthier lifestyle choices. The aim is...
Outside Park Palace Pony club

Reprieve for Park Palace Ponies as they gain charitable status

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There is great news for Park Palace Ponies riding school which has been granted charitable status, allowing it to stay open. It was announced last week that the riding school was due to close last Friday because of a lack...

Toxteth community project provides healing through gardening

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  Granby Toxteth Development Trust (GTDT) has worked in collaboration with the Whitechapel Centre to develop a therapy garden for members of the local community to learn gardening skills and grow their own vegetables. The newly renamed New Beginnings Garden of...
A guide dog, with its owner (visible from the waist down) holding onto its harness.

Merseyside blindness charity welcomes Rotheram’s promise to make Mersey Rail accessible

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A Merseyside blindness charity welcomed Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram's pledge to make all Mersey Rail stations and platforms accessible for those with disabilities. However, Margaret Guppy, a volunteer from Bradbury Fields, told Mersey News Live that not enough is being...
Picture of Charlotte Grant courtesy of Charlotte Grant

Miss Liverpool to complete charity abseil for cancer

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A woman from Liverpool will abseil down Anfield stadium to raise money for a cancer charity. Charlotte Grant was crowned Miss Liverpool last month, and will compete for the title in the Miss England National final next month, a national...

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