Trustee News

As well as new women’s-only record, race delivered largest ever number of participants and new charity fundraising high The London Marathon’s organisers have hailed another “glorious day” on the streets of the UK capital after a series of records – including the women’s-only world record – were broken. More than 50,000 finishers were forecast to have crossed the line by late on Sunday, another record, while the race director, Hugh Brasher, predicted that the race would raise more money for charity than any single-day event in history. Continue reading…

Christian Rodska was a talented and hard-working actor, but his charitable works should also be recognised. As a publican in Weston village, Bath, I was delighted to host several events when Christian, with his wife Barbara Kellermann, appeared in and co-produced shows to raise funds for local charities, among them Clic, the local Royal United hospital and Citizens Advice. One show of poetry on the themes of love and war was so popular that we had to run it for a second night. Continue reading…

Katherine Anne Rose spent months documenting the Scottish charity, which welcomes and supports forcibly displaced people with the help of the local community Refuweegee is a play on the words “refugee” and “weegie”, affectionate slang for a Glaswegian. The charity was founded in December 2015 by Selina Hales, a Glasgow native who wanted to welcome displaced people in the city after seeing news coverage of Syrians escaping war and persecution and crossing into Europe. Glasgow has the largest refugee population in the UK outside London. The scale and reach of charities such as Refuweegee have rapidly grown over the last few years, in part due to the rising numbers of asylum seekers but also because of the generosity and involvement of the local community. The charity has expanded to a network of more than 200 volunteers across Glasgow. Refuweege merchandise with the charity’s slogan: ‘We’re all fae somewhere.’ Continue reading…

After a car crash nearly killed her 20 years ago, the dotcom entrepreneur is climbing three peaks to make £300,000 for charity Even to the able-bodied, climbing Britain’s three highest peaks might seem like a test of resolve. But Martha Lane Fox has had 47 operations, struggles with her balance, nerve damage and constant pain, and needs two sticks to walk anywhere – the legacy of a car crash 20 years ago that nearly killed her. On Saturday she completed the first leg of “Martha’s Mountain Mission” by reaching the summit of Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa. England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike, comes next, on 6 May, and she will be tackling Ben Nevis on 7 September. Continue reading…

Harry Potter star described wife, who founded dwarfism charity Little People UK, as ‘greatest love of his life’ Samantha Davis, the campaigner and wife of the Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, whom he called his “soul mate”, has died aged 53. Davis, who founded Little People UK – the dwarfism charity known as “an essential resource for little people and their families” – was described by her husband as “the greatest love of his life”. Continue reading…