Good Causes

Essential heart monitoring equipment worth £745 was donated to a hospital by a patient support group.

Upbeat Heart Awareness Group fundraise throughout the year, using initiatives such as collecting gold foreign coins, and then ask the hospital what equipment is most needed.

Unemployed youths are being encouraged to pick up their spades in a new gardening project.

Cultivate, in Commerce Road, Brentford is a new initiative which offers youngsters between 16 - 24 who are looking for work the chance to gain new skills and enter employment, by learning to grow herbs and vegetables in an allotment by the river.

A TOP comedian will tackle a gruelling swimming challenge for charity.

David Walliams, who found fame in Little Britain with Matt Lucas, hopes to take on the epic 140 mile length of The Thames in just eight days to raise money for Sports Relief.

Free parking will be offered in towns to encourage shoppers to buy from their local shops.

Algar Road, Avenue Road, London Road, South Street, The Grove and Upper Square in Isleworth, and Thornbury Road and Twickenham Road in Osterley will all be part of the 'Stop and shop' free parking introduced by Hounslow Council.

A FORMER business man has broken onto the big screen and appeared with top actors in Hollywood's latest blockbuster.

Erich Redman of Redesdale Gardens, Isleworth, plays a German baddie in the film Captain America: The First Avenger alongside superstars Chris Evans, Dominic Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones.

City workers swapped their smart suits for Lycra suits as they tackled a gruelling bike ride for charity.

19 bankers, doctors and volunteer lifeboat crew battled through a 380km ride from London to Paris to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), including the Chiswick branch.

A YOUNG budding chef has made it through to the final round of a national ice cream making competition.

Nine-year-old Amelia Butcher who attends the Blue School on North Street, Isleworth is one of 10 finalists short listed by Sainsbury's in a competition for seven to 14-year-olds to create the nation's scariest ice cream.

MORE THAN 300 people took part in a march in Isleworth to protect treasured local facilities at risk of closure.
The event on Saturday attracted hundreds of residents hoping to demonstrate the importance of the local library and public hall at risk of closure under council cost cutting measures.

"Please do not feed the birds" is the message to visitors to Osterley Park this year as they launch a bread amnesty.

As one of London's premier bird spotting sights, throwing bread to the birds at the National Trust property is something that is enjoyed by all ages - however we are apparently doing more harm than good.

"SAVE OUR Libraries".
That is the message from The Hounslow Chronicle as it launches a borough-wide campaign to protect eight treasured libraries at risk of closure.