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Footballing fundraiser strikes again

A historic football competition that has been running for almost 100 years has raised £15,000 for the Beacon Centre for the Blind in its latest season, bringing the total raised in aid of the sight loss charity since the competition first began to £405,000. The JW...

The value of a volunteer

Have you ever wondered what difference being a volunteer can really make? To mark Volunteers' Week our People Manager at Beacon, Debbie Fox, has written a blog for us about how giving some of your time to help others can quite literally be lifechanging.Recently, I was...

Why I volunteer

Our Campaigns and Grants Manager Helen Brown also volunteers with Beacon as a Telephone Befriender. "Volunteering has long been on my to-do list. I’ll admit it was fairly low down though, between my job and four kids at home, there’s normally plenty going on to keep...

Wolves Lottery Results 26.09.22

WEEK 16 26th September 2022 £1000: C.438 Mr P Banks£150: C.180 A Stevens£100: O.301 Ms T Tunstall£75: F.281 Mr M Bralee£50L.694 K Murray | V.636 Ms H Foster | G.991 Mr B Tew | I.918 L Tropper | D.419 Mrs C FordOTHER WINNERS: £25I.351 | B.019 | F.652 | H.361£10G.438 |...

Wolves Lottery Results 19.9.22

WEEK 15 19th September 2022 £1000: H.286 Mr D Dyer£150: L.027 Mr B Hill£100: E.983 Mr I Dangerfield£75: J.113 Mrs D Lane£50H.886 C Robinson | H.898 Mr T Mercer | D.689 Ms J Evans | F.959 Mr M Durrance | P.233 Ms M ReedOTHER WINNERS: £25E.690 | F.165 | C.954 |...

Wolves Lottery Results 4.7.22

£1000: H.938 Shellie S£150: D.477 Mr Stephen P£100: G.035 Eva P£75: K.997 Mrs Natalie T £50G.500 Mr Edward B | U.829 Jeanette W | C.644 Kenneth C | E.281 Mrs Carol B | O.741 Mr David NOTHER WINNERS: £25A.877 | D.882 | C.388 | D.138£10B.196 | K.991 | E.973 | K.817 |...

New equipment brings new opportunities

A UNIQUE programme to teach people with sight loss new skills while raising funds to support others has been expanded thanks to a generous donation.  The 5/344 Transport and General Union Benevolent Fund Charity (ex Goodyear workers) has funded two new items of...

Wolves Lottery Results 27.6.22

WEEK 4 27th June 2022 £1000: G.955 Laura D£150: D.938 Chris G£100: F.133 Mr Mark P £75: L.050 Mrs M H £50A.719 Mrs Brigid B | F.097 Mr Brian C | T.241 Mrs Catherine B | B.288 Mr John M | D.941 Miss Charis BOTHER WINNERS: £25D.881 | A.583 | U.649 | B.018£10X.614 |...

Wolves Lottery Results 13.6.22

WEEK 2 13th June 2022 £1000: F.691 Jean N£150: H.842 Andrew D£100: B.447 Paul M£75: F.478 W.G R£50G.491 Miss Stacey K | D.738 Mr Stephen H | D.818 Miss Paula D | V.345 Mr S B | H.341 Mr Richard B OTHER WINNERS: £25A.297 | D.572 | F.641 | M.108£10Y.591 | E.589 | I.765...

Top tips for your CV

If you're job hunting one of the toughest tasks you'll face is pulling together your CV.  It can be really hard to know what to write or even where to start but as the first point of contact between you and a potential employer it is really important to get it right. ...