Kingston resident embarks on year-long marathon challenge for charity
Josh Smith
Kingston resident Steven Ramek is planning to run 12 marathons in 12 months in aid of the charity Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness. He will run a different marathon every…
Charity
New campaign launches to help tackle period poverty in Kingston
Abigail Bragginton
The Kingston Charitable Foundation has launched a campaign to supply local girls and women with sanitary products if they cannot afford them. It is estimated that 5,821 women and girls…
‘It has all turned to nothing’
Lara Hassan
KU students are devestated as their homes are destroyed by earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. Kingston students with family in the region hit by powerful earthquakes on Monday are desperate…
KU student urges peers to join international fundraising mission
Evie M Barrett
A KU student is recruiting fellow students for a charity fundraising trip to Colombia next summer. Third-year fine art & art history student Zoe Garlington, 22, is collaborating with adventure…
From living on the streets to Christmas number one?
Olly Cox
The story of Musician Laurie Wright’s journey from living on the streets of London to being in the race for the Christmas number one is an uplifting story we all…
Movember: how you can help
Lewis Halliday
Globally, men die on average six years earlier than women and from predominantly preventable causes. That is why the charity Movember, which specialises in tackling prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental…
Kingston University students encourage others to help the homeless
Chloe L Wright
Students at KU have encouraged their peers to help the vulnerable following a rise in homelessness in Kingston.
KU rugby team bare all in naked calendar
Aimee Miller
Kingston University Rugby Football Club (KURFC) have brisked the chilly weather and bared it all for charity in a naked 2020 calendar.
Give in Kingston this Christmas
Emily Hooper
Why not give at the most wonderful time of the year? There are many ways you can help many local vulnerable and unwell people enjoy themselves this Christmas. ‘Tis the…
We need to be more responsible about charity
Charity has an automatically good association. And, no, I am not going to write a rant about how the poor need to make money themselves and so we should stop…