Good Causes

A NEW salon in Amersham is set to hold a 'HAIRraising' event on its opening day in aid of charity.
Hob Salons, which launches on Wednesday (24/3) at 34-36 Sycamore Road, is supporting an appeal which encourages the hairdressing community to join forces to help raise £1million for a new operating theatre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Staff at the salon will be giving up a day's pay to provide some cuts, styles and colourings for half price with all of the proceeds being donated to the charity.

A GROUP of Brownies fell silent in a successful bid to raise funds for a wildlife hospital.
The 28 girls aged between seven and 10 from the 2nd Amersham on the Hill Brownie Group held a sponsored silence in aid of animals cared for at Tiggywinkles.
The group, who meet at Amersham Free Church Hall, raised £326.04 for their efforts.

THE first of a series of fundraising fairs was held in Amersham last weekend in aid of Cancer Research UK.
More than £100 was raised for the cause at the event on Saturday in Market Hall, in the Old Town, after two friends decided they wanted to do play their part to help beat the disease.

SLIMMERS shed the pounds while raising funds for a charity which helps provide Bucks hospitals with life-saving equipment.
Around 40 people hoping to make a difference to patient's experiences while improving their wellbeing, took part in Scannapppeal's annual eight-week Slimathon - and have raised an estimated £4,000. Those taking part were able to choose which of the charity's projects to support including The Cancer Fighting Fund at Wycombe Hospital and its HeartScan Appeal at Amersham.

SWIMMERS in the Chilterns are being challenged to take part in 'the world's biggest swim' to raise funds for a cancer charity.
Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Swimathon Foundation is urging people from the area to make a splash to back the cause at The Chiltern Pools in Amersham-on-the-Hill.
The charity says the event has a challenge to suit everyone with swimmers pledging to complete up to 5K as an individual or as a team with their friends and family. It is set to begin at the pool in April.

A CAMPAIGN aiming to raise funds and awareness to eradicate polio will get underway next week when empty shop windows will be filled with emotive displays about the disease.
The Rotary Clubs of Amersham, Chesham and Great Missenden have teamed up for the association's first national drive of its kind the 'Thanks For Life - Rotary Day' to celebrate its 105th birthday on Tuesday (23/2) while trying to stamp out polio from the world. The campaign aims to raise reach £1 million target with the help of its members across Great Britain and Ireland.
The clubs have decked out the former Post Office in Sycamore Road, Amersham-on-the-Hill, at the junction with Hill Avenue, and an empty shop in The Broadway, Chesham, with posters and statistics about the devastating effects of the disease which continues to exist in parts of Asia and Africa.

TWO schools encouraged pupils to put on their aprons and pick up wooden spoons to raise funds for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Girls at Dr Challoner's High School in Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, baked cakes for a mass sale at the school on January 22 and alongside a non-uniform day managed to raise more than £2,000.

A YOUNG entrepreneur is offering residents a chance to have a clear out while helping a children's charity.
Harry Coё, 12, a pupil of The Beacon School, Chesham Bois, has organised a 'new year bazaar' on tomorrow (23/1).

A 48-hour marathon effort to broadcast a charity radio station in the run-up to Christmas raised £5,000.
Café Africa in Chesham Road, Amersham, hosted a community radio station Radio Africa, drafting in wannabe DJs to entertain, in a bid to raise funds for Amersham charity African Link. The funds raised are set to help with the building of a school in Malawi.

A CHARITY radio station will take to the airwaves this Christmas to try to raise funds for an African school for orphaned children.
Radio Africa will broadcast from Café Africa, in Chesham Road, Amersham, for 48 hours between midday December 22 to midday on Christmas Eve. It aims to raise money for African Link - a locally-run charity helping poor and vulnerable African Children.
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