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Deptford community welcomes Bishop Michael of Woolwich

3:31pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

HAVING fun and making new friends. That summed up a Bishop’s first official Visitation around Deptford last week.

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Boost for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice

10:39am Monday 22nd April 2013

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice in Abbey Wood can now make improvements to the physical environment of the Hospice thanks to an award of £944,180. The Hospice was chosen as one of 176 hospices across the country by Norman Lamb, the minister for care and support, to receive the funding boost.

• Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice website

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Lewisham Hospital writer in residence one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists

5:01pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

A FORMER Lewisham Hospital writer in residence has been named one of the best young British novelists.

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Half-term fun

2:50pm Thursday 11th April 2013

The latest half-term didn’t pass Thamesmead-by, with Trust Thamesmead’s The Link Thamesmead and Sporting Club Thamesmead offering an array of activities.

• The Link Thamesmead
• Trust Thamesmead
• Sporting Club Thamesmead

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National Gardening Week 2013 events in Thamesmead

3:02pm Wednesday 10th April 2013

To mark the 2013 National Gardening Week (15th – 21st April), London Wildlife Trust is organising a week of activities in Thamesmead that will culminate in the launch of a new gardening club.

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Spring ball success

10:45am Monday 8th April 2013

A Spring charity ball at Oakley House on Bromley Common on March 23 has raised an estimated £30,000 for the Freddie Farmer Foundation. 

• Freddie Farmer Foundation website

Crafty fun

10:28am Monday 8th April 2013

Weekly Arts and Crafts sessions for adults taking place at The Link Thamesmead are proving popular in more ways than one.

• The Link Thamesmead
• Trust Thamesmead

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Former MP and long term Hospice supporter donates part of charity lottery prize back to Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice

3:49pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

A former MP for Erith and Thamesmead has scooped the top prize in the Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice Lottery Rollover draw.

• Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice Lottery website

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An egg-strordinary time was had by all!

9:28am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

On Easter Sunday afternoon, staff from Sainsbury’s supermarket in Eltham, SE London, gave up their day off to stage a fund-raising egg-stravaganza at Middle Park Community Centre for an egg-stra special little neighbour called Freddie Farmer.

• Freddie Farmer Foundation website

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The Big Debate on Education in Bromley

4:45pm Thursday 28th March 2013

The Big Debate Education in its broadest sense was the topic for debate at Hayes School.

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£10,000 rollover prize guaranteed this week – Have you bought your ticket yet?

11:57am Tuesday 19th March 2013

The Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice Lottery Rollover draw has rolled over for another week which means there’s a guaranteed £10,000 to be won in this Friday’s (22nd March, 2013) Draw!

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Bromley women through to Miss London City beauty contest semi-finals

4:11pm Monday 18th March 2013

Two women from the Bromley borough are through to the semi-finals of the Miss London City beauty contest.

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Mini Marathon for kids around Greenwich Park

2:05pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A sponsored 2.62 mile Mini Marathon for 7 to 16 year olds will be held on Sunday, 28th April to raise funds for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice.

• Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice website

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Sainsbury's Easter Egg Hunt supports Freddie's campaign to get disabled children walking for the first time

1:58pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A giant handcrafted chocolate bunny donated by J Ayre Bakers on Westmount Road is among the raffle prizes at an Easter egg hunt this month at Middle Park Community Centre, Middle Park Avenue, Eltham.

• Freddie Farmer Foundation website

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Former Greenwich Mayor helps Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice

1:53pm Thursday 14th March 2013

The former Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Cllr Jim Gillman, raised over £35,000 for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice during his mayoral year.

• Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice website

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Egg-citing Easter activities programme

10:28am Thursday 14th March 2013

The Easter bunny has arrived early with the announcement of Trust Thamesmead’s The Link Thamesmead and Sporting Club Thamesmead’s latest Boredom Busters school holiday activities programme.

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Compo keeps the light on the story of the spark that started Girlpower

9:53am Thursday 7th March 2013

Well, strike a light; it’s London’s East End in 1888, the year of Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror, and we’re out with a bunch of working women. But these aren’t street girls who are lying down and taking the hardship and trauma meted out to them by their oppressor. This is the start of Women’s Lib – the original Girl Power!

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Our Son Alfie's Fun Run for Shelter at Norman Park

9:49am Thursday 7th March 2013

We would like to tell you about our young son Alfie who competed his charity fun run at Norman Park this weekend - he ran 4 x round the 400 metre running track completing one mile!

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Bromley museum curator features in BBC history series beginning tomorrow

12:52pm Wednesday 6th March 2013

BROMLEY Museum’s curator is starring in a BBC programme on tomorrow about a local ‘hero’ who helped make history a century ago.

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Volunteers sought to bring in the pounds

8:38am Friday 1st March 2013

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice in Abbey Wood, South-East London is looking for volunteers to manage its collection tins in Greenwich and Bexley.

• Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice website

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Gents gather en-masse to raise funds for Freddie

11:56am Monday 25th February 2013

95 gents gathered for a gentlemen’s dinner at Shooters Hill Golf Club on Eaglesfield Road on Friday, 15th February to raise funds for the Freddie Farmer Foundation.

• Freddie Farmer Foundation
• The London District TA & Army Boxing Club

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Bromley men complete gruelling 300-rep workout for charity

3:57pm Wednesday 20th February 2013

Paul Martenstyn from Bromley, Kent has completed the “300 Challenge”, a gruelling 300-rep Spartan workout to raise funds for Save the Children.

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Bromley Creative Community relaunches website www.bromleycreative.org.uk

2:15pm Monday 18th February 2013

After months of expert twiddling and tweaking, Bromley Creative Community (BCC) has relaunched with a new-look website. The new website replaces the BCC’s previous design that was live for the last three years.

• Bromley Creative Community website

Interview with Chris White of The Straits about 'coming home' to The Albany in Deptford

11:38am Thursday 14th February 2013

THE Straits member Chris White has described next month’s gig in Deptford as ‘coming home’.

Candy floss sales and character mascots boost Eltham store fund-raiser

8:19pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

A fund-raising weekend on February 9/10 at Sainsbury’s Eltham earned £730 for the Freddie Farmer Foundation.

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Pancake race for Hospice

8:16pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

Greenwich businesses including staff from the Italian restaurant chain Zizzi, Creekside Design to Print and the Old Royal Naval College's facilities team joined in the fun yesterday (Tuesday, February 12th) at the first annual Royal Greenwich Charity Pancake Race.

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Goldsmiths graduates create new exhibition on art psychotherapy

3:25pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

GOLDSMITHS graduates have created an exhibition exploring the relationship between art and therapy.

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Free Will Week - A week to put your affairs in order

3:50pm Monday 11th February 2013

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice in Abbey Wood, South-East London has teamed up with 11 solicitors across the region to offer their services free of charge to make or update a standard Will, if you leave a gift in your Will to Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. All you have to do is make an appointment with one of the participating solicitors to have your Will written during Free Will Week (4th - 8th March, 2013).

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Get set for the 1st Annual Royal Greenwich Pancake Race

3:45pm Monday 11th February 2013

Greenwich is celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a Pancake Day race on Tuesday 12th February 2013, starting at 11am.

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Logistics Company boost charity tally

3:34pm Monday 11th February 2013

Europa Worldwide Logistics has presented the Freddie Farmer Foundation with a cheque for £1,000.

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Local AmDram group support Freddie’s charity at annual panto

5:31pm Wednesday 16th January 2013

THE Priory Players will be raising money for the Freddie Farmer Foundation during their production of Dick Whittington and The Cat in Eltham, south-east London from Wednesday, January 23.

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Slimming World donate tasty treats to Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice

9:32am Wednesday 9th January 2013

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice has reaped the rewards of a Christmas chocolate amnesty by local Slimming World members.

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Community Hospice boosted by £250 donation

9:28am Wednesday 9th January 2013

SAINSBURY’S Local on Avenue Road in Bexleyheath has presented specialist palliative care provider Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice with a Community Grant for £250.

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