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TV’s Ruth Langsford hosted 600 guests at the Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia-friendly carol concert on 15th December, raising over £23,000 for the Society. This brings the total amount raised by Carols by Candlelight London to £59,000 over the last three years. ...

Emdad Rahman Participants from the SPLASH Youth Leadership programme have been spending their free time actively helping and engaging with older community residents. Small teams of young people have been visiting three different Old Peoples’ Residential Homes (Sonali Gardens, Duncan Court ...

Emdad Rahman Young people spent the best part of a day at Chrisp Street Market to engage with the neighbourhood and raise awareness of the services the Tower Project provides. Students ran a market stall selling cards, Christmas crafts and ...

It’s 15 years since law firm Clifford Chance set up a partnership with The National Autistic Society (NAS), and at the end of last month staff members and volunteers joined with families to celebrate. The association has seen 151 families ...

Northern Irish rock band Ash is back on the road for a new tour – and supporting the Alzheimer’s Society at several gigs along the way. On 3rd December the band, who have supported charity for several years, performed at ...

Tree works The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park have been awarded £8,000 from the Greater London Authority’s London Tree & Wood Community Grant programme to fund essential tree works in the Park over the winter. Roger Cox Photography Roger ...

Emdad Rahman The team at Meena Bazar has delivered a successful community event in east London. The showcase gathering took place at The White House venue in Newham and was attended by over 1,000 visitors from London, Hertfordshire and Birmingham. ...

Tower Hamlets Council works hard to promote sport to all its residents and to ensure there are plenty of place to take part in a wide variety of sport throughout the borough. It takes an inclusive approach: so one strand ...

Two Muslim men sit on a train, minding their own business. A white fellow passenger starts abusing them. “I’ll defeat you,” he says, “whatever it takes.” He goes on. “Jihad bastards” – and a few more similar phrases. “Bring it ...

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra has met “unsung heroes” from the Alzheimer’s Society – some of the staff who work tirelessly behind-the-scenes to improve life for people with dementia. The Princess, who has been Alzheimer’s Society’s Royal Patron since 1990, ...