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- Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal – for the 49th time!
- Launch of the Christmas appeal at the heart of local life
- Death of a Newham Recorder stalwart – a ‘tenacious journalist’
- Thank you! Charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve reveal their Roll of Honour for Toy Appeal
- Ho ho ho! Charity’s incredible Christmas Toy Appeal reaches its target
- Toy appeal gets a major boost from bikers…
- Lift off for vital toy appeal that means so much to the community
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- Bowlers strike out to raise vital funds for charity
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Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal – for the 49th time!
I AM again raising funds for a special appeal that has been helping children for almost half a century in Newham, East London. It’s the 49th time I’ve dived in for the appeal, and as […]
Launch of the Christmas appeal at the heart of local life
THIS week sees the launch of a campaign that has been backed by the local community for almost five decades – the Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2026. The Christmas Toy Appeal, run […]
Death of a Newham Recorder stalwart – a ‘tenacious journalist’
ONE of the stalwarts of the Newham Recorder’s editorial team – who worked in the newsroom for 35 years – has passed away in hospital. Pat Coughtrey, 78, joined the paper in the late 1970s […]
Thank you! Charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve reveal their Roll of Honour for Toy Appeal
THANK YOU! Organisers of the Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2025 have proudly revealed their Roll of Honour to those who made it happen. The appeal, run by charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve (AAA) […]
Ho ho ho! Charity’s incredible Christmas Toy Appeal reaches its target
SLEIGHED by your kindness! We did it. The appeal to bring joy to those who need it most hit its target with just hours to spare. The Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2025, […]
Toy appeal gets a major boost from bikers…
THE appeal at the heart of our community – The Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2025 got a major boost. Kindhearted motorcyclists made their usual brilliant Christmas Toy Run to provide much needed […]
Lift off for vital toy appeal that means so much to the community
THIS week saw the launch of a campaign that has been backed by the local community for almost five decades – the 2025 Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal. Recent years have been among […]
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