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- Sleighed by your kindness … Christmas Toy Appeal reaches target
- Launch of a special community appeal at the heart of our community
- Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal
- ‘Our Linda’ Lewis is honoured with a plaque to mark her journey from ‘Custom House to California’
- Wartime picture of Silvertown church
- Help Drew Primary School make music … and memories
- First hand account of Black Saturday and beyond – and memories of wartime North Woolwich and Silvertown
- Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023: Our Roll of Honour
- The joy YOU gave! Sleighed by your kindness as appeal reaches target
- Kindhearted bikers rev up for Toy Appeal
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Young get chance to design COVID-19 capsule – and fill the inside!
Newham’s young people are being given the chance to design the outside of a special time capsule – as well as contribute to the contents. Charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve and Heritage Newham – People, Places, […]
Charity provides support to vulnerable children and their families
Centres run by charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve have had to be temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But the Canning Town organisation has been providing as much support as they can to the most […]
The history of our passion – and the pride in our tenpin bowling family
The coronavirus crisis has hit both professional and amateur sport hard. And removing our weekly tenpin bowling league from our sporting lives was a tough decision to make. The British Tenpin Bowling Association cancelled all […]
Fantastic night of comedy as the stars come out for charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve
Absolutely blinding! The stars came out with an amazing night of comedy for Newham charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve last night. And rarely have I heard so many people on their way out saying: “My face […]
Star Ricky and friends aiming to help charity in his own backyard reach new heights
It’s fitting that a comedy night to raise money for a charity that makes a big difference to the lives of disadvantaged and disabled young people is being staged at the Backyard Comedy Club. For […]
How a child’s sad tale of woe sparked support for our special appeal
As a long-serving MP for Newham Lyn Brown is used to making speeches in the House of Commons and to groups all over Newham and the rest of the country. But it was a story […]
We’ve done it again – Newham Christmas Toy Appeal hits target
FOR the last 42 years a remarkable campaign in the community in Newham has spread much needed joy to children who need it most. And I am happy to report today that the Newham Christmas […]