Charity/voluntary

DOG owners and their four-legged friends are invited to join in a two-mile sponsored walk around Rickmansworth Aquadrome on Sunday, March 28.

Paws for Peace will help raise funds for The Peace Hospice, which provides palliative care and support for patients and their families across south west Hertfordshire.

Registration is at 10am and there will also be best dressed dog competition. For more information call Nicky Maxwell-Braithwaite on 01923 335365 or visit www.peacehospice.co.uk

ABOUT £1,000 was raised at the annual Pancake Race in aid of Watford Mencap, which took place in Rickmansworth High Street on Shrove Tuesday, February 16 - despite the damp weather.

For the second year running, sixth formers from Rickmansworth School claimed first place, with Waitrose in Rickmansworth a close runner up.

The money raised will support 500 adults and children with learning disabilities and their carers in South West Hertfordshire.

Donations are needed for the refit of the aviary at the Michael Sobell House unit at Mount Vernon Hospital in Rickmansworth Road.

The aviary is looked after by volunteers and items needed include large plastic plants, real bamboo, grasses, small fruit trees, compost for planters which are now being built, nuts for the feeders and cockatiel food.

Anyone who can help should call Jacqui or John on 07901735089.

A PUB in Northwood has raised £2,000 in aid of the Paul Strickland Scanner Centre.

The Gate, in Rickmansworth Road, held a special raffle with prizes including a games console and Ipod to raise funds for the charity, based at Mount Vernon Hospital. A cheque was presented to staff at the centre last Monday (15).

A CHARITY tennis tournament in Northwood has raised more than £2,000 for the survivors of the Haiti earthquake.

More than 60 tennis enthusiasts gathered at The Riverside Health and Racquets Club in Ducks Hill Road, to play against each other in mixed doubles, in aid of the victims of the natural disaster.

A CHARITY show has completely sold out thanks to the support of a television actress from Northwood.

Jean Heard, star of The Bill, Grange Hill and No Sex Please - We're British, is topping the bill for the Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon's gala fundraiser.

The event, which takes place at end of February, is being held in aid of Rotary's $200million Gates' Challenge, to eradicate the world from polio.

TWO friends are bracing themselves for altitude sickness, subzero temperatures and extreme exhaustion as they climb one of the world's most formidable mountains for charity.

David Stern and Clive Newman, both of Moor Park, will tackle Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in Africa, to raise money for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre, at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood.

A HOSPICE is calling on more than 1,000 women to march the streets of Northwood at midnight to help raise £50,000.

Michael Sobell House, which provides specialist palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, is launching its Ladies in the Night Walk, to take place in June.

The event aims to bring women of all ages and fitness levels together to have fun while collecting much-needed funds for the charity.

CHRISTMAS came early for children at a holiday play scheme after a kind hearted company in Rickmansworth handed out presents at Watford Mencap Children's Centre.

Kaylee Chapman and Eddsie Jenkins from Vocalink in Homestead Road delivered toys donated by employees yesterday (22).

The gifts will benefit all children who use Watford Mencap's facilities after school, on Saturdays and during holidays.

A NORTHWOOD hair salon raised more than £1,000 to contribute towards a seven-year-old girl's lifesaving cancer treatment.

Earth Hair, in Pinner Road, held a special open day on Sunday, December 20, to raise money for Robyn Higgins, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of the disease, in May.

Robyn, who lived in Ruislip and formerly attended Sacred Heart Primary School, in Herlwyn Avenue, before moving to Surrey last year, needs at least £300,000 for her treatment, which is only available in America.