Charity/voluntary

Pensioners were given a licence to party at Age Concern's Volunteers James Bond themed bash in Greyhound Road, Hammersmith.

At least two 007s, a Miss Moneypenny and a Pussy Galore were among around 30 guests who played blackjack and roulette at the lunchtime event.

The Adfam organisation is reaching out to grandparents in Hammersmith and Fulham who are bringing up their grandhchildren because the birth parents are drug users.

Family Changes is a London-wide scheme which aims to raise awareness of grandparents' feelings of isolation, shame and loss and promote best practice in delivering responsive and appropriate support for carers.

Former homeless veterans met the Countess of Wessex today when she visited a Fulham project aimed at getting them back into work .

The Countess met John Khristian and Dave Clark at the Pryors Bank Cafe in Bishops' Park by Putney Bridge, where they are learning restaurant skills.

A five-a-side football tournament brought out the best behaviour of Fulham children yesterday.

The free Il Pagliaccio Cup was held at South Park, Fulham, for six-to-fifteen-year-olds this week.

The Grove Neighbourhood Centre at 7, Bradmore Park Road, Hammersmith, provides a hot lunch for residents every Friday.

Cost is £3 and lunch runs from 1pm - 3pm for you to meet and chat with other residents.

A rugby legend is appealing for clubs and fans to support a player who was paralysed while playing for Hammersmith and Fulham.

Jason Leonard is calling on everyone connected with the game to donate £2 to the Stuart Mangan appeal, after the 25-year-old broke his neck in April.

The injury left him with no feeling below his neck, reliant on a ventilator and requiring round-the-clock care for the rest of his life.

Kensington Town Hall is the place to be on Friday 10th October for everything you need to know about healthy ageing - all under one roof!

The latest information about keeping active, keeping independent and mobile, eating well, emotional well-being, managing health, housing, safety and financial advice, and much more will be available at Kensington and Chelsea's number one annual event for older people, Well-Being for Life. Organised by local charity Sixty Plus, the event will run from 12pm-4pm at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8.

A group of police officers are to set off on a mission not to conquer crime but undulating downs - and possibly fatigue - in a charity bicycle ride to Paris.

The 11 officers, nine of whom are from Hammersmith and Fulham, will embark on a 650 mile round trip tomorrow in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for the shooting Stars Hospice in Acton, and the Jack Brown
Appeal for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma.

The officers have spent a year gathering a team and training for the event since the idea first surfaced between colleagues Bill Heasman and Terry North, from the Shepherd's Bush Safer Neighbourhood Team.

Children ran the gauntlet for charity on Sunday to raise money for Bishop Creighton House.
The 13-16-year-olds set off in groups at five minute intervals on the round course from the games field at St Paul's Boys' School in Colet Court, Barnes.

Teenagers will take part in a sponsored run to raise money for Fulham charity Bishop Creighton House.

On Sunday the 13-16-year-olds will start near St Paul's Boys' School in Colet Court, Barnes, and will follow the river walk through Bishop's Park in Fulham, back to Barnes. They will run in groups of six and have individually collected sponsorship money for the charity that helps vulnerable people in the borough.