Good Causes

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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A NEW shop offering presents to help the less fortunate has been launched by church volunteers.
Helpers who attend King's Church have opened The Extravagant Gift Store, which is based at the site of the former Post Office in Sycamore Road, Amersham-on-the-Hill.
The volunteers will be on hand to offer customers the chance to buy a 'gift of hope' which will be sold to support children and widows living in the slums of Kampala in Uganda as part of the Revelation Life charity.

A CHRISTMAS shopping event is set to take place today (26/11) in aid of Amersham Hospital's fundraising charity.
Scannappeal's 'Christmas Cracker' is a festive market including stallholders selling ladieswear, jewellery and gifts and a Scannappeal stall, which will be selling Christmas cards and items.
Entry is free and it takes place at Entrance D of the hospital in Whielden Street between 10am and 3pm. All funds go towards the HeartScan Appeal for a new cardiac imaging service at Amersham Hospital.

AN animal charity has launched its annual Christmas appeal for funds as it shares the story of one cat found dumped on its doorstep in Amersham.
Marjorie Nash Cat Rescue found Daisy left in a box outside the gates of its centre, which keeps its exact location secret following attacks, on October 28.

DONORS who raised funds for specialist equipment for skin cancer patients were shown how it has been put to good use.
They were invited to a reception by charity Scannappeal on Tuesday to celebrate it raising the £25,000 needed for the kit at Amersham Hospital as part of its Cancer Fighting Fund.
They were shown how it works and a plaque was unveiled marking their names in the waiting area of the dermatology department by the charity's chairman of its board of trustees Bryan Rigby, chief executive of Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust Anne Eden, and dermatology consultant Dr Mohsin Ali.

FORMER BBC war correspondent Kate Adie spoke about reporting from some of the world's most dangerous conflicts on her visit to Amersham-on-the-Hill.
The veteran broadcaster told the 250-strong audience at St Michael and All Angels Parish Church of how she never expected her job would take her into risky situations and of her admiration for those who face danger daily for their work.

FORMER war reporter Kate Adie OBE is set to visit Amersham-on-the-Hill to talk about her experiences dodging bullets on the frontline.
The ex-BBC chief news correspondent will speak about her risky assignments, which she has compiled in her book Into Danger.

AN appeal to raise £40,000 for a piece of equipment to help the early detection of heart disease has been launched.
Fundraising charity Scannappeal officially marked the start of its HeartScan campaign to raise funds to start a cardiac imaging service at Amersham Hospital yesterday.