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Child Safe
Shopping Scheme
Bayswater Business
Improvement District
(BID) has introduced
a pioneering safety
scheme which offers
a hotline number to
help parents and
guardians find
children who have
become separated
from them while
out shopping.
The Child Safe
Shopping Scheme
enables parents and
guardians to directly
contact the police,
who use a co-ordinated
approach with the
Bayswater BID Street
Ambassadors and
businesses to re-unite
parents and children.
bayswaterbid.com
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Mary's Living
& Giving Shops
The TV personality
and retail consultant,
Mary Portas, together
with the Save the
Children charity,
has opened a second
Mary's Living &
Giving Shop in
London.
Following the
success of the
Westbourne Grove
outlet, the team has
opened another one
on Regent's Park Road,
Primrose Hill.
The concept of this
shop is loosely based
around the home.
Think English house
meets shabby chic,
with lots of fabulous
fashion thrown in.
As the warmer
weather approaches,
Save the Children
is appealing for
seasonal donations
and for volunteers
to work in either
shop during the
summer months.
Mary's Living
& Giving Shops
020 7012 6400
savethechildren.org.uk
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Canine Partners
A fashion show held
recently at St Mary’s, in
Marylebone, in aid of
Canine Partners, has
raised more than
£110,000 for the
charity. The event
included the auction
of a dress donated by
The King's Speech
co-star, Helena
Bonham Carter.
caninepartners.org.uk
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Top model Tiffany Pisani
helping Canine Partners
Mary Portas now has two charity shops in London
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Children's Hospice Week
14-21 May
Young people using hospices are getting
involved in Children's Hospice Week by
making masks for Superhero Friday (20 May),
a day of hero-inspired fundraising activities.
So why not encourage your own children
to support the hospices, by designing their
own Superhero masks? They could make
the masks – and you could make a donation
to the charity for each mask they design.
For details, visit childrenshospiceweek.org.uk
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Royal Parks
Half Marathon
There are still a
few charity places
available for the
2011 Royal Parks
Half Marathon.
Taking place on
Sunday 9 October,
the run starts and
finishes in Hyde
Park, with the route
taking participants
through St James's
Park, Green Park
and parts of
Kensington Park.
For details, visit
therunningbug.co.uk
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Summer in the City
Mansion House, City of London, 27 June
A fabulous event on behalf of Save the Children, Summer in the City
is traditionally attended by HRH The Princess Royal, President of
Save the Children. It is a perfect way to entertain friends and clients,
with the evening including a Champagne reception, exclusive
entertainment, fine dining and an auction of unique prizes.
To buy a table or donate to the auction, call Vicky Fallon on 020 7012 6707
