Charity/voluntary

A Bazaar and tabletop will take place on Sunday 6th December from 12 noon - 4pm at Barnhill Community Centre in aid of Club funds.

CARING members of a motorbike club raised money for an animal sanctuary at their fourth anniversary bike show and party.

Doggs Bollocks MCC, who meet every Wednesday at The Breakspear Arms, in Breakspear Road South, Ruislip, have been raising money for charity for the past four years at their show.

This year Pets Corner, in Petworth Gardens, Hillingdon, was lucky enough to be the chosen charity and on October 25 the bikers presented a £500 cheque to the owner, Stan Atkin.

The club's president, Del Pratt, said the club's members had decided to raise money for the animal sanctuary and petting zoo after hearing it had been repeatedly vandalised.

Club member Peter Murrar, known as 'Fly', of Raynton Drive, Hayes, said: "This year it was my turn to chose the charity. I chose Pets Corner because it gets vandalised a lot and we are all animal lovers.

"I have just been diagnosed with a terminal illness but I will raise money for charity as long as I am still on my feet."

About 200 people attended the anniversary day, which was held at The Breakspear Arms.

The club's profit of £250 was then generously matched with a further £250 by Darren Morgan, landlord of the pub.

The club's chosen charity for next year is Help for Heroes.

For more information visit www.doggsbollocksmcc.com or contact Mr Pratt on 07889 852428.

A HALLOWEEN party was held to raise money to take a cheerleading squad on a trip of a lifetime.

Joanne Cordery, 20, works with special needs children at Hedgewood School, in Weymouth Road, Hayes, and has set up a cheerleading squad with students at the school called 'Special Stars'.

She now wants to take them to Orlando in April next year to compete in the World Championships.

Joanne, her family, and everyone at the school are working together with the community to raise the thousands of pounds needed to make the dream become a reality.

A charity has been registered to help the group with their fundraising efforts called Cheer4aChild.

On Saturday (24) they held a Halloween party at Ruislip Golf Club, in West End Road, Ruislip, and they managed to raise £1,100 towards the trip.

Ken Cordery, Joanne's father, said: "The party was the first of many fundraising events required to amass the huge amount of investment to help the children realise a once in a lifetime dream and it was a great success."

To help with fundraising contact Hedgewood School or email Mr Cordery at kenc44@hotmail.com

DEDICATED and enthusiastic students have returned home from a trip to South Africa where they spent 10 days building a much needed house.

In July three teachers and eight Post 16 students from Mellow Lane School, in Hewens Road, Hayes, travelled to South Africa with the charity Habitat for Humanity to build a house in a township called Mfuleni, which is about 30km from Cape Town.

Mfuleni is currently home to about 25,000 people and over 40 per cent of the community is unemployed with an average household income of less than £1,400 per year.

Whilst housing development is taking place in this township it is slow and the majority of families still live in shacks.

Mellow Lane School adopted the charity in 2008 and spent the entire year raising money to support the venture to South Africa.

Money was raised through raffles, tournaments and individual fundraising initiatives.

With help from the Youth Opportunities Fund and Hillingdon Education Business Partnership, £22,000 was raised.

The project involved working with the local community and building the external and internal walls of the house, construction of the roof and decoration.

The staff and students also worked with local families and children and they contributed writing and sports equipment to the local school.

The venture was the brain child of teacher Lisa Butler and the Post 16 psychology students, supported by teachers Rhian Taylor and Tom Crowe.

The eight students who went on the trip were Gary Miles, Steve Bell, Jack Moody, Oliver Lambert, Cherrell Hallet, Jacksha Chandarathas, James Taylor and Matt Jean-Pierre.

Hayes & Harlington Community Centre, in Albert Rd, Hayes are holding a family fun day on Saturday 25th July from 1pm to 6pm

There are various stalls. Bouncy Castle, Line Dance and Ju- jitsu display and a delicious barbecue

There will also be the unmissable opportunity to throw wet sponges at Labour Council Leader Mo Khursheed and Councillor John Oswell.

A RUNNING club took part a relay around an island coast to raise cash for leukaemia patients.

Hayes & Harlington Road Runners presented the £606 cheque to the leukaemia patients unit at Hillingdon Hospital on July 8.

The sponsorship money was raised last month when the club ran a relay around the coast of Anglesey, a total of 102 miles.

It is hoped the money will contribute towards buying a water fountain, an air conditioning unit and a television for the unit.

Hayes & Harlington Road Runners are based at Hayes & Harlington Community Centre, in Albert Road, Hayes, and welcome new members of all standards.

For more information go to www.hhroadrunner.com.

A DIETER is celebrating his success after losing more than eight stones in a year.
Christian Azolan, 26, of Weald Way, Hayes says his weight began spiralling out of control when he was eighteen after the death of his fahter.
At the time Christian was studying fashion at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Kent. He says when he started university he was 13 stones but by the time he finished he weighed more than 21 stones.
Christian said: "At the time it just seemed like an easy option for me, it was a way of distracting myself from actually dealing with the grief. I gained a lot of the weight during my placement year at San Fransico.
"But I never really realised how much weight I'd put on until I applied for a job over a year ago as a visual merchandiser. I had to get a photo pass made at the time and I was just shocked by the picture. I just couldn't believe it was me."
He said that's when he realised he had to do something about it and he joined an organisation called LighterLife after one of his friends lost three stones through their programme.
He said: "I decided to go with them because they offered counselling and because I knew food wasn't the real issue."
He said the counselling was done as a group and it allowed him to see that a lot of the time he was eating as a way of rewarding himself.
He said: "I've learnt to change that now by rewarding myself by buying something instead like a CD or clothes.
"I'm continuing to keep the weight off which is great and I go to Virgin Active in Stockley Park. I also go out more with my friends whereas before I was just a hermit."
Christian works as at 3 Mobile in The Chimes and also does freelance fashion designing for French Connection and Tesco.
For more information about LighterLife 0800 2988 988 or visit www.lighterlife.com

AN ANNUAL fayre is being held in aid of Harlington Hospice to help celebrate its 25th anniversary.

A variety of attractions are being organised for this year's Village Fayre In The Garden in the hope it will attract scores of people to help raise funds for the hospice.

Sheree Reynolds, community fundraiser, said: "This is a very special time for us as we are also celebrating our 25th anniversary, and this year we are pulling out all the stops to make the fayre one to remember."

Some of the attractions on the day will include beauty taster therapies, numerous stalls, fancy dress, cake competitions, and many other children's rides and games.

There will also be a visit from the Harlington Locomotives Society and appearances by the Phoenix Jazz Band and Live2Jive Rock N Roll dance group.

Hot beverages and food will also be on sale throughout the evening.

All proceeds raised will go towards the £1m a year Harlington Hospice needs to provide quality care to its patients.

The event kicks off at Lansdowne House, in St Peter's Way, Harlington, from 5.30pm until 8.30pm next Friday (19).

A GRANT of £40,000 has saved a charity which helps young people find employment from the threat of closure.
The P3 Job Shop which runs in Station Road, Hayes and High Street Yiewsley was due to close down both its branches on June 1 but thanks to Hillingdon Council's support it can continue for the next six months whilst it tries to raise more funding.
The organisation helps people between 16 - 25 to find work, giving support to youngsters with few qualifications as well as those who are homeless, drug addicts, asylum seekers and clients with language barriers. It also provides accommodation having three hostels in the borough. Over the last year the P3 Job Shop has helped more than 120 people.
The grant was approved by Hillingdon Council at their Cabinet meeting on Thursday (May 28).
Ray Puddifoot, leader of the council, said: "I received an email from the P3 Job Shop last week saying they are closing and that they would be making redundancies from June 1.
"They were getting funding from The London Development Agency, but this stopped on March 31. The organisation had been looking for funding from other sources but with no success.
"We have given them the grant because we felt it was important for us to help them because the work that they do is vital particularly at a time of recession when jobs aren't easy to come by."
Mr Puddifoot explained it was possible to provide the funding because the council have a contingency fund of £700,000 to deal with issues like this.
Neelam Challoner, manager at the branch in Hayes, said: "We're grateful to the council because they helped us at the last moment, to do what we do best which is helping other people to get into work.
"We are now putting a bid for Hillingdon Community Trust for £40,000 so that we can continue for a year."
She explained keeping the Job Shop going is really important because it's giving a future to young people.
She added: "We don't just help people by looking at their CV and improving their practical skills but we also look at issues such as confidence and motivation as well."

A HUSBAND from Hayes is raising money for a baby charity after five of his close family members and friends suffered miscarriages in the last six years.

Dean Griffin, 26, of Larch Crescent, Hayes, will be running just over 13 miles at the Silverstone race track near Northampton on March 15 and hopes to raise at least £500 for Tommy's, a charity which offers support to mothers who have experienced miscarriages or still births and researches into the causes for this.

Mr Griffin said: "I've seen the distress it has caused my cousins, aunts and uncles, some of whom have been very young when it happened to them, and I just want to do something to help. Doctors have not been able to tell my relatives why it's happened, and it's happened to family members on both sides.That's why I want to support a charity that is trying to research into the causes.

"When a woman has a miscarriage the whole body still thinks she is going through a pregnancy, so it's very difficult. Even if a woman has a miscarriage after just two months, she still has to have an operation to remove the fetus.

"I got married two years ago to my wife, Emma, we've been together for nine years and we'll be looking to have our own family soon, so I want to help to prevent this from happening to other couples."

To support Dean visit www.tommys.org/deans-marathon-challenge