The Sunshine Fund reflects on a busy 2025 of fundraising events, from a skydive to a coastal trek, supporting disabled children across the North East. Discover their year and how to get involved for 2026.
This festive quiz explores what your surname might hint about your family history this Christmas. Discover your festive family score and the stories behind the names.
Comedian Jason Manford returns to host the Royal Variety. We explore his career, his first marriage's breakdown after a sexting scandal, and his life with six children in a blended family.
Staff and students at Solihull Sixth Form College have raised more than £17,000 in 2025, supporting causes from West Africa to local health charities. Discover their incredible fundraising journey.
Ramsdale Park Golf Centre celebrates a year of community fundraising, donating £32,000 to Emmanuel House and Cystic Fibrosis support. Discover how members made a difference.
A series of festive events in Cambridgeshire, including a Christmas market and a cathedral fayre, have collectively raised nearly £6,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH). The funds will support vital care for children and families.
Discover if your surname hints at royal ancestry. DNA testing is revealing surprising links to historic dynasties for thousands. Could you be related to the Royal Family?
A family-run Christmas grotto in Cwmbran is back, aiming to beat last year's £1,400 fundraising total. This year's proceeds support the Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity. Book now via their Facebook page.
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity hosts its 16th annual London Carol Concert at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge on December 4. Featuring celebrity readers and musicians, the event raises vital funds for families with life-threatened children.
A Birmingham family has lost everything in a devastating house fire just weeks before Christmas. A fundraiser is now underway to help them get back on their feet. Click to read their story and see how you can help.
Camrose Vintage Working Day raised a record £32,000 for 32 local charities, including £4,000 for Withybush Hospital services and a hair loss initiative. Discover how to support local NHS services.
Richard Iles from Winterbourne Down is creating one of Britain's largest domestic Christmas light displays with 235,000 lights, raising funds for military veterans. Support this incredible spectacle from November 29.
A 14-strong team completed a gruelling 100km Sahara Desert trek, raising over £43,000 for St David's Hospice. Discover their incredible journey and support vital end-of-life care.
Ice legends Torvill & Dean switched on the final Christmas lights display at Tony and Wendy Swift's Nuthall home, ending a 22-year tradition that raised £250,000 for charity. Discover this heartwarming community story.
After nursery staff spotted his unsteady walk, four-year-old Raffi was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer. His family now faces a dual cancer battle and a £300k fundraising mission for US treatment.
Two Loughborough Schools Foundation staff ran the Run Leicester Half Marathon, raising over £1,000 for disability charity Menphys. Discover how they smashed their fundraising goals.
William Peoples, 7, from Tewkesbury is doing Sue Ryder's December Daily Dash for the second time, raising funds for the hospice that cared for his grandmother before she died from cancer.
Communities in Sileby and Quorn raised a spectacular £8,178.04 for Cancer Research UK, bringing their fundraising total since 2015 to over £43,944.47. Discover how you can support future events.
Evans Halshaw Ford dealerships raised £11,820 for four local charities through test drive events. The 2025 fundraising total now stands at £19,350. Discover how they supported their communities.
Hundreds will sleep out in Birmingham on November 28 for St Basils' 35th annual Big Sleepout, raising vital funds to combat youth homelessness. Join the cause.
Discover how The Sunshine Fund uses donations for specialist equipment like sensory bundles, communication aids and the revolutionary Exopulse Suit to directly improve lives of disabled children in the North East.
Thousands of participants at the McCain Yorkshire Coast Festival 2025 in Scarborough have raised a fantastic £2,500 for The Rainbow Centre, a local charity supporting the homeless and vulnerable.
Evoke plc raised £153,907 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association at its Leeds gala, extending its partnership and aiming for a £1 million target. Support the fight against MND.
The Fun Walk Trust's 2024 event raised a record-breaking £121,000 for local causes, the highest in its 23-year history. Discover how this community triumph benefits Essex.
Finley Goodhew, 27, completed a 3-month walk from John O'Groats to Land's End with his dog Reggie, raising £3,645 for Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice in memory of Elliot Roseblade.
BBC's Sara Cox breaks down recalling her brother's death, which inspired her to run 135 miles and raise over £7.6 million for BBC Children in Need. Read her moving story.
East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals' Charity raised £89,000 at its glittering property awards. The funds will support patients, families, and staff across four local NHS hospitals.
Santa is coming back to Folkestone from Dec 1-17! Meet him at Harbour Arm on Dec 12. Follow the sleigh with live tracker & support local charities.
Heulwen Jones from Gwynedd has raised over £2,150 for Wales Air Ambulance through a series of fundraising challenges. Discover how her efforts support this vital lifesaving service.
Elands Vets from Sevenoaks doubled their fundraising for Cancer Research UK by completing the Shine Night Walk in London. Discover how their team spirit made a difference.