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Catherine to help build a school in Morocco
Published on 11 Apr, 2013 at 10:20 in News | Viewed 484 times | No Comments
For two weeks this summer Catherine Godon, a former pupil at St Dominic’s Priory School and Deputy Head Girl, will be working for a charity called Child Reach International in Morocco. Recent laws allow all children to have an education. However, there are not enough schools, and so along with around 10 other volunteers...
Six-year-old Matthew’s 1km charity swim
Published on 2 Apr, 2013 at 15:02 in News | Viewed 423 times | No Comments
Six-year-old Matthew Walker is going to be swimming 60 lengths of Stafford Leisure Centre’s pool in an hour to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. St Dominic’s RC Primary School pupil Matthew – along with mum Anna and dad Jon – are taking part in the Marie Curie Swimathon on 27th April and will...
Cameras at the ready for photo treasure hunt
Published on 20 Mar, 2013 at 18:39 in What's On? | Viewed 433 times | No Comments
A walking photo treasure hunt takes place in Stone on Sunday 14th April. The event – which starts from The Swan Inn – is a fundraiser for the Women v Cancer charity. There will be a number of clues that will take you across the town, and you have to photograph the answer using...
Hats on for Tea@Grannies!
A one-day music event is being held at Granville’s on Sunday 24th March to raise money for brain tumour research. A number of musicians will be performing throughout the day (from 1pm till late) with some of our local young bands in the afternoon including Stone’s own Hazel Eyed, and followed by a full...
Fashion show raises money for NSPCC
Lots of money was raised for the NSPCC at a fundraising fashion show at Moddershall Oaks on Thursday 14th March. The event was organised by Ceri Archer, who runs Hilderstone-based fashion boutique Snooty Madam, and all the dresses that were on show were provided by Ceri. Moddershall Oaks provided The Venue free of charge...
Katie’s education mission to Thailand
Published on 12 Mar, 2013 at 12:11 in News | Viewed 1,121 times | No Comments
A Stone student is off to Thailand for six weeks this summer to teach English and work as a language assistant in rural primary and secondary schools. Katie Farley, aged 18, who lives on Aston Lodge and is studying primary education at Edge Hill University, will be volunteering for VESL, a charity that runs...
Stone charity marks anniversary with new name
Published on 22 Feb, 2013 at 9:58 in News | Viewed 430 times | No Comments
A charity in Stone has celebrated its tenth anniversary of working with people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the town. And the charity starts its second decade with a new name – SAMS, the local branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre, is now the MS-UK Staffordshire Centre. The Stone centre is part of national...
Family’s fundraising marathon for hospital
Published on 21 Feb, 2013 at 19:54 in News | Viewed 531 times | No Comments
Cath and Neil Lavelle, who live on the Whitebridge estate, are both running the Stafford Half Marathon on 17th March to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital for all it has done for their baby son Dylan. When Cath was 28 weeks’ pregnany they found out that Dylan had kidney problems and there was...
Adventure race challenge for First Responders
Published on 19 Feb, 2013 at 20:45 in What's On? | Viewed 653 times | No Comments
Fancy raising some money for Stone First Responders by tackling one of the toughest obstacle courses in the country? The Wild Thing adventure race on Sunday 8th September at Wild Park in Brailsford on the outskirts of the Peak District National Park includes the Swamp of Doom, water slides, tightropes, tunnels, giant walls, cargo...
Host families needed for Chernobyl children
Published on 7 Feb, 2013 at 11:28 in News | Viewed 749 times | No Comments
Host families are needed in Stone this summer for children from Belarus who will be spending time in the town to recover from cancers caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Margie Haslop from the Chernobyl Children’s Project in Stone has appealed for people to come forward if they can help. Margie Haslop, organiser of...