Good Causes

A PROMINENT charity has been given a helping hand of £2,000 by a Southall business.

A-One clothing, based in Southall Broadway, presented the money to the Kali Mata Mandir group and its leader, Guruji Singh on Wednesday.

A FUN day was held by Ealing charity Home-Start in Southall last week.

The event took place at The Jasmine Community Centre in Lancaster on Wednesday August 12.

Volunteers are needed to pick up and drop off elderly people for a function on Sunday.

EALING Southall MP Virendra Sharma hosted a successful fundraising dinner for the Labour Party last Friday (July 10).

The event in South Ruislip attracted over 600 guests, who enjoyed dinner and listened to guest speakers including the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Alan Johnson MP, Claude Moraes MEP and London Labour Party Director, Ken Clark.

MORE than £300 has been raised by children who took part in a fun run at Windmill Park Children's Centre in Southall.

About 20 children aged up to 4-years-old took part in the run by doing five laps around the centre in Southall Park onFriday June 5 and all money raised will go towards facilities for the summer.

Thames21, London's leading waterways charity, will be running a free event at the Grand Union Canal by the Common, Southall tomorrow and Sunday from 10.30am - 4pm.

There will be activities suitable for all to get involved with including boat trips, fishing lessons, face painting, balloon modelling, and also the chance to get involved with litter and graffiti removal from the waterside areas.

HANWELL Carnival will take place this year on Saturday June 20 from 12pm to 6pm at Elthrone Park.

The theme for this year's free event is "green", with a number of zones including arts and crafts, olde Hanwell, dog shows, charity stalls and food vendors including a spit roast.

A charity drive to help those in need in the run-up to Christmas is being planned by
Southall holy man Guruji Singh.

Mr Singh, who does regular charity work in Southall, is appealing for people to donate warm clothing and blankets to help the less fortunate make it through the winter.

The Adfam organisation is reaching out to grandparents in Southall who are bringing up their grandhchildren because the birth parents are drug users.

Family Changes is a London-wide scheme which aims to raise awareness of grandparents' feelings of isolation, shame and loss and promote best practice in delivering responsive and appropriate support for carers.

A fundraising event for St Ann's School in Hanwell will take place at the Monsoon Banqueting Suite on Monday November 24.

The event will include Indian music and food and will guests will include Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor for London as well as Seema Kumar, deputy mayor of Ealing.

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