Spirit Health Club, located at the Holiday Inn Milton Keynes, have acted as matchmakers for two of their members.  Milton Keynes Women & Work, the local charity based across the road from Spirit, were looking for a keen runner to enter the first Milton Keynes Marathon and raise sponsor money for the charity. Janice Jones, Office Manager at Women & Work is a member at the gym and asked them... 

Salford-based media agency Interdirect has re-designed the website for local grant-making charity, Milton Keynes Community Foundation. Milton Keynes Community Foundation, an independent charity, has been awarding funding to community groups and disadvantaged people across the region for 25 years. To fund its grant making, Milton Keynes Community Foundation relies on donations from both local families... 

A landmark victory for the Bletchley Park Trust is today announced with a grant of £4.6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards the regeneration of Bletchley Park.  The investment will enable the restoration of iconic Codebreaking Huts 1, 3 and 6 and create a world-class visitor centre and exhibition in the currently derelict Block C as soon as £1.7 million in match funding has been... 

After five years as CEO of the Bletchley Park Trust Simon Greenish will be retiring later this year.  In his five years leading the Trust, Simon has transformed what was a badly performing organisation into a thriving business with a high and growing profile and now recognised as one of the most important historic sites of the twentieth century. Other achievements made by the Trust whilst being driven... 

An eighty-two-year-old Olney man has become the oldest person in the world to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. George Solt climbed a total of 5,895 metres in memory of his wife, Jen. The money raised from the climb up Africa’s highest peak will go towards Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes where Jen spent her final days. During an interview with BBC Three Counties radio, George expressed how proud of... 

Following the success of the first ever MK Midnight Moo in 2009, Willen Hospice is delighted to be organising an even bigger event again for 2010.  The 10 mile walk for ladies will start at midnight on Saturday 17th July from Midsummer Place Shopping Centre and follow a circular, well-lit and marshalled route along the redways in Milton Keynes. 1,000 ladies took part in 2009 and raised a massive £100,000. ... 

The Ark Charity from Milton Keynes are celebrating a windfall of over £8,000 from the donations to the Wishing Pool at thecentre:mk’s Big Top Christmas Circus Show. On top of this, staff from thecentre:mk are volunteering to work at the Ark House in Wolverton sourcing materials and providing much needed maintenance work and donating £2,000 towards the work.   This year £8259.15 was donated... 

Walnut Tree-based charity MK SNAP has been awarded £20,000 over the next two years from the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales. The charity provides young adults with learning and physical disabilities the opportunity to learn employment and life skills through real work tasks. The funding will help to pay for new courses being developed by the centre in art and drama, sport and excercise,...