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FOUR HERTFORDSHIRE PUBS URGE “EAT ITALIAN AND HELP ITALY” WITH 72 HOUR FUNDRAISER #EATFORITALY
26th August 2016: As the horrors of the Amatrice earthquake continue to unfurl, and the scale of the devastation and the need for assistance becomes ever more apparent, one UK pub company has pledged to help by donating every penny they would get from the sale of all their Pizzas and pasta dishes to the Italian Red Cross in order to provide some care for the hard-pressed victims and their families.
Local Pet Food Company Gives A Dog A Home
Premium pet food brand Barking Heads has supported local charity DENS by supporting a pet owner and their dog.
Batchwood Sports Centre has won a Gold-level Green Apple Award for its energy-efficient design after being rebuilt following a fire in 2011.
Home-Start Herts 'Mark Making' Event
Local Children and Families charity Home-Start Herts are holding an event to raise awareness of the importance of 'Mark Making' (creating scribbles, squiggles and patterns) on Tuesday 16th August, 11am – 4pm.
Be a Hero! Go Red for your local Air Ambulance
Herts Air Ambulance is encouraging businesses to get behind its 'Be a Hero' campaign and support their local life-saving Charity during National Air Ambulance Week (19th – 25th September) in support and recognition of the life-saving Charity's bright red helicopter.
London Olympics Legacy Lives on in Hertfordshire
Four years after London played host to the Olympic Games, the Olympic Legacy is still going strong in Hertfordshire.
Raising awareness of internet safety
Aimed at increasing awareness of the risks to children and young people when using the internet, the council hosted a 'Think U Know' Internet Safety training event at Civic Offices on Tuesday 21 June.
As part of its commitment to protecting local wildlife, Barratt Homes North Thames is planting a range of bee friendly plants at developments in Letchworth Gardens City and Hemel Hempstead in an attempt to help support our threatened pollinators.
LED street lights on the way for St Albans
Hertfordshire County Council is upgrading full night street lighting on St Albans' B, C and unclassified (residential) roads and footpaths to energy-efficient LED lights.