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BBC News
6 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Formula 1 teams compete in charity football match in Brackley
The Mercedes and Aston Martin Formula 1 teams have taken each other on in men's and women's charity football games were held at the National League ground St James Park in Brackley, Northamptonshire, on Thursday. Mercedes F1 team won the men's match 3-2, while Aston Martin's women's team won their game Town Football Club, who put on the games, said it was "delighted to host the match between two great teams raising money for great charities". The matches were in aid of the hospice charity, Helen & Douglas House, and Northamptonshire Health Charity. Mercedes said on social media there was some "fantastic sporting action" during the games and Aston Martin thanked everyone who came and donated to the was the third year Mercedes F1 has played a charity match against Silverstone-based Aston Martin & Douglas House, which cares for terminally ill babies, children, and young people, is the charity partner of Mercedes F1, which has its headquarters in Health Charity raises money for supporting hospitals and health service in the county. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Oxford children's hospice raises £44k in two weeks to repair roof
A children's hospice has thanked supporters who gave £44,000 in two weeks for urgent roof & Douglas House said a recent inspection revealed damage to several sections of the Oxford contacted regular donors and subsequently appealed for funding in social media posts on 1 Foster from the hospice said the response was "phenomenal". She said: "We would like to thank the community of supporters who have come together to raise this amazing amount of money in such a short time."It costs £6m a year to deliver our services and 87% of the funds we need come from the general public."The hospice, which opened in 1982, said individuals donated up to £5,000 each to the Fix the Roof said the money would protect play areas including the conservatory and the sensory room for another 40 years. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Art and gardens at heart of Oxfordshire sculpture exhibition
More than 50 English and 60 Zimbabwean sculptors, alongside 30 schools in north Oxfordshire, are hoping to raise tens of thousands of pounds for charity through the sale of hundreds of in its 14th year, Sculpture at Kingham Lodge will include pieces in stone, glass, pottery, steel and resin, with prices ranging from £10 to £20, Lodge gardens cover five acres, with herbaceous borders, shrubberies, woodland walks, rare trees, ponds and wildflower meadow that are not usually open to the proceeds from the exhibition will support a range of charities, including local children's hospice Helen and Douglas House and Cotswolds Arts through Schools. The charity delivers art, music, dance and drama into 54 local schools, positively impacting 8,000 local children. The sculptures are integrated into planting all over the gardens and in the Moorish Pavilion at its show will be open to the public from 17 to 26 May. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
