Good Causes

A HORSE enthusiast is saddling up to take part in a sponsored challenge with more than 2,000 other riders this summer.
Karen Charman, 47, of Rose Avenue, Hazlemere, and her Irish sports horse Ben, are going to ride in the first Horses 4 Heroes event to raise funds for charity Help for Heroes.
Mrs Charman, who a sales consultant for equestrian insurance company AmTrust, decided to sign up as it is a cause close to her heart - her 18-year-old son Matthew is serving his first tour of duty for the RAF in Afganistan.

A CAMPAIGN aiming to raise funds and awareness to eradicate polio will get underway next week when empty shop windows will be filled with emotive displays about the disease.
The Rotary Clubs of Amersham, Chesham and Great Missenden have teamed up for the association's first national drive of its kind the 'Thanks For Life - Rotary Day' to celebrate its 105th birthday on Tuesday (23/2) while trying to stamp out polio from the world. The campaign aims to raise reach £1 million target with the help of its members across Great Britain and Ireland.

A TEENAGE brain cancer sufferer who aspires go into the military was given a chance to fly high on a trip of a lifetime.
Amersham School pupil George von Kutzleben, 16, was invited to visit RAF Benson by Prestwood-based charity The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund.
George, of Milton Lawns, Chesham Bois, was given a tour of the base in Oxfordshire by the 230 Tiger Squadron on Monday.

A CHARITY ambassador is urging people to think carefully about what they give as Christmas presents after seeing how unique gifts and training help people in drought-stricken Ethiopia.
Jan Lowe, 51, from Little Kingshill, made a trip to see how the Send a Cow charity teaches poor farmers to make the best use of their limited resources.
The civil engineer, spent a fortnight in the African country with six other supporters where the charity has been providing donkeys, tree saplings to produce orchards and apples, and teaching agricultural techniques.

YOUNGSTERS at Prestwood Junior School made Harvest donations with a difference in a bid to help some of the poorest people in the world.
Instead of collecting food, the pupils gave away their shoes which they had grown out of, to be sent to people in Africa.

IAIN Rennie Hospice at Home held a successful street collection in the village on Saturday, September 5.
The charity raised £294.07 and would like to thank all those who donated.

TWO cycling enthusiasts took to their bikes in a 300-mile challenge to in a bid to make their church more environmentally-friendly.
Will Dixon, 14, and Helen Biggerstaff, 44, rode through gales during the ride of their lives to raise funds for a £42,000 renewable energy project at St Peter & St Paul Parish Church in Great Missenden.

A LITTLE Missenden man, his two friends and a dog have completed their charity quest to recreate an epic adventure on the River Thames.
Jeff Dominy, 62, a retired banker, from the south Bucks village, and friends Nigel Daley, 40, and Noel Gregory, 63, took on the challenge to row 85 miles in a week from Surrey to Oxford.

YOUNG people are being given a chance to help their careers get off the ground by applying for grants.
Great Missenden Church of England School's charitable trust is inviting under 25s who live within the village's parish or past pupils of the school to come forward for financial assistance.

A LITTLE Missenden man is set to recreate an epic novel in which three men and their dog have adventures on the River Thames.
Retired banker Jeff Dominy, 62, and two of his friends Nigel Daley, 62, of Chorleywood, and Noel Gregory, 40, of Lyme Regis, will attempt to row 85 miles in a week to recreate author Jerome K Jerome's book 'Three men in a boat', in aid of a cancer charity.