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Gift boxes wanted to give Carers for Christmas
Foodbank plea for Christmas gift boxes
2:00pm Sunday 30th October 2011
AN ANDOVER charity is asking residents to help make Christmas special for local children.
Last year Andover Foodbank donated more than 400 gift boxes to children in the community identified by care workers from agencies and organisations who work in partnership with the charity.
Some of the children are in families or with carers who cannot afford to buy gifts at Christmas. Others are living in chaotic situations where children are simply not thought about.
Wymondham hairdresser turns blue for charity climb
By STEPHANIE BROOKS Saturday, October 29, 2011
8.00 AM
A Wymondham hairdresser gave customers a fright yesterday as she donned a ghoulish Halloween costume in a bid to raise sponsorship for a challenging mountain climb.
Kirsty Jones-Hanford, 21, manager at Cutting Edge hair salon, hoped her surprise dressing-up efforts would help her inch closer towards a £4,300 fundraising target she needs to hit before embarking on a trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro next September – the highest peak in Africa standing at 5,895m (19,341ft) above sea level.
A Carer visits a Carers Anonymous Meeting !
Carers Anonymous Meeting Held 27th October 2011.
Good Evening Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I hope you will forgive me for being terribly nervous as I am unaccustomed to public speaking.
I admit, here tonight before you all that I am a carer.
I first started caring about 10 years ago. I thought that it was a macho thing to do at the time. I was sure I could manage it, after all it seemed so simple and straightforward and I could fit it in with the other things I was doing, like full time work and general DIY round the house and garden.
