Charity/voluntary

A blood donation session is being held at Feltham Assembly Hall on Thursday, January 14.

You can give blood at the centre, in Hounslow Road, Feltham, from 1.15-3.45pm or 5.15-7.30pm.

You can book an appointment, and find details of other sessions near you, online at www.blood.co.uk

More than 200 children met Santa Claus at Edward Pauling school church fair on Friday December 4.

Mayor of Hounslow Councillor Paul Lynch handed out gifts to youngsters at the school in Redford Close, Feltham while the bulk of the bric-a-brac, cake and toy stalls sold out quickly.

About 500 people attended in total and more than £1,000 was raised.

The annual Christmas fair at Christ Church in Hanworth Road raised £2,000 on Saturday November 28.

Money raised at the event, which was organised by the joint fund raising committee of St.Dunstan's and the United Free Church, will be shared between the two churches for their general upkeep.

Feltham scouts raised £110 for Children in Need by playing bingo and baking buns.

The 7th Feltham Sea Scout Group Cub Scouts played games of bingo, held a raffle and sold buns and refreshments to raise money on Monday November 16.

A Christmas bazaar will be held at Christ Church in Feltham on Saturday November 28.

The event at the Hanworth Road church will take place between 10.30am and 2pm and will feature stalls, a tombola, raffle and refreshments. Admission costs 30p.

Feltham rugby club are appealing for help to replace memorabilia lost when their clubhouse was burnt down by vandals in August.

Old photos, plaques, trophies and ties were destroyed in the fire at the Hanworth Air Park pavilion and the club are asking for financial contributions or replacement memorabilia to decorate the building once it is refurbished.

Anyone interested in helping should contact club president Frank Parslow by emailing frank.parslow@onetel.net.

MP Alan Keen visited Tesco in Feltham to celebrate the supermarket's contribution to local schools.

Representatives from five Hounslow schools were also at the High Street store to thank staff for the equipment they received as part of the Tesco for Schools & Clubs campaign.

S/F: Each week a group of amateur artists with mental health problems fight for elbow room in a tiny former public toilet in Feltham. ED SAUNT went to meet the Doorways Arts and Crafts group to find out about this unusual form of therapy.

Driving his Mazda sports car can reduce Stuart Baker to tears. But the 33-year-old mechanic is not emotional over the time or money he has spent on the car - he has turned the motor into a memorial to his friend who died of cancer.

Stuart, of Redford Close, Feltham, grew up with Peter Bourne, who died aged 33 of Leukaemia almost exactly two years ago. Ever since he has wanted to find an unusual way of remembering his friend and raising money for a cancer charity, so he came up with the idea of turning a car into a shrine.

Three Feltham teenagers have teamed up with a charity in a bid to tackle racism and violence in the town.

Fourteen-year-olds Kajil Devi, Ayesha Razzaq and Kajal Shah, who attend Feltham Community College, all have experience of violence or racism so decided to to make a stand as part of a school project.