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May 05, 2021

BID extends Tap to Donate scheme to help the homeless

A SCHEME enabling visitors to Central Milton Keynes to donate to help the city’s homeless is to expand. Two new contactless Tap to Donate machines have been installed in the city

May 01, 2021

Willen Hospice seeks your memories to mark its 40th anniversary

WILLEN Hospice is looking to create a lasting collection of memories and photographs to mark its 40th anniversary… and it needs your help. The brainchild of two local ladies, Dr Marjorie Reid and

Apr 03, 2021

Covid Response Appeal passes £1m milestone

A YEAR after the first national lockdown, Milton Keynes Community Foundation has distributed £1 million to 124 local charities and community groups through its Covid-19 Response Appeal. Donations came from businesses

Apr 02, 2021

‘Hop on board’: Campaign calls on businesses to back food distribution initiative

MORE businesses have been urged to join a campaign redistributing surplus healthy food to vulnerable households after the success of a pilot project in Milton Keynes. Environmental charity Hubbub used electric cargo

Mar 27, 2021

BID brings Turner Prize artist’s creation to head hospice’s anniversary celebration

TURNER Prize-nominated artist Mark Titchner is to work with Luton Business Improvement District to create a new public art display in the town this summer. The Big Trunk Trail is a

Mar 25, 2021

Charities reap the benefit as developer assesses public views on Saxon Court plans

THE RESPONSE of more than 6,500 people to plans for the redevelopment of Saxon Court in Central Milton Keynes had led to donations to a total five local charities by

Mar 19, 2021

Disability charity head hits back at online abuse

THE HEAD of a charity working with young adults with learning disabilities has branded a spate of online abuse and hate targeted at people with learning disabilities as “truly shocking”. Since

Mar 18, 2021

Colleagues step up the pace to help charity and themselves

STAFF at the Brioche Pasquier bakery in Milton Keynes have been stepping up to keep themselves mentally and physically fit as well as raising money for local charities. Their efforts have

Mar 07, 2021

Smoke on the water: The Dragon Boat Festival prepares for relaunch

THE PANDEMIC put paid to hundreds of events in 2020, with many also cancelled for 2021. Among them was the Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival, one of the biggest charity

Mar 02, 2021

‘A great honour’: Businessman and community champion becomes Deputy Lord Lieutenant

A BUSINESS and community leader has spoken of his pride at being appointed a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. At 38, father-of-four Mostaque Koyes, from Luton, is one of the youngest

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