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Date Headline Introduction
20/11/2008 Christmas carols & Charit Lutherpendragon and St Brides Church invite you to attend a carol concert in aid of the Journalists' Charity.
WHEN : December 15
TIME: 6.30...
5/11/2008 Embassy of Ireland : Nove Embassy of Ireland reception 4.11.2008

Hat trick of Home Secretaries for Journalists' Charity

Generous Irish hospitality was again...
3/11/2008 Newcastle raises money £450 was raised for the Journalists' Charity at lunch at the Pens and Lens Club on October 31st, 2008 ....
29/10/2008 Promoting our work in the The Charity is growing steadily and last month we started the work of setting up another regional branch in the North-East. Six members of the c...
24/10/2008 EDF Awards EDF Energy again declared their support for The Journalists' Charity at the London and South of England Media Awards at London Zoo on Thursday, O...
20/10/2008 Charity pool Competition Lutherpendragon held a Charity Pool Competition at Rileys Pool Hall Victoria in aid of the Journalists' Charity.

Everyone fought hard to...
11/10/2008 London Press Club Ball in The Natural History Museum in South Kensington was again the scene of the charity's biggest fund raising event. Four hundred and forty one gues...
3/10/2008 Who Cares Wins Who Cares Wins is billed as an inspirational event to show the reality of good Care Homes on the theme of Lives Worth Living. Unlike the conventi...
20/09/2008 A thank you GERRY ARMES

Gerry has shown an overwhelming commitment over a number of years to the work of the Journalists' Charity in a voluntary capac...
15/09/2008 Newcastle -New Branch ope The Charity is growing steadily and now we have started the work of setting up another regional branch in the North - East. Six members of the c...
14/09/2008 STOP PRESS: NEW and class ALL Author royalties on these titles go directly to our Journalists' Charity.

To read more, including descriptions, reviews and how to bu...
6/08/2008 SCOOP! Journalists' Tee-U A real old-fashioned Fleet Street-style 'scoop' has been scored by the organisers of the annual London Press Club Ball - they're launching one of...
28/07/2008 Norman Dixon Norman Dixon, the grand old man of the Press Golfing Society, which is a regular supporter of the charity, celebrated his 90th birthday in style ...
25/07/2008 Pickering House Summer Fa Pickering House had a successful summer fayre.

The weather could have been better but there were sunny intervals between the showers and r...
25/07/2008 Pickering House Summer Fa Pickering House Summer Fayre had a succesful summer fayre.

The weather could have been better but there were sunny intervals between the ...
3/07/2008 London Press Club drinks The Journalists' Charity was the theme for the London Press Club's regular drinks party at the Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street

Plain Joh...
2/07/2008 Charity Golf Day raises & McGarvie Morrison Media recently organised the Inaugural Wryter Cup raising £22,000 for the Journalists' Charity. The event took place in T...
23/06/2008 West Midlands Charity Lun Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn has helped the West Midlands district raise nearly £20,000 for the Charity at its annual celebrity ...
19/06/2008 With sorrow we report the passing of the following Officers and Members of the Charity during 2008, or before:


Bannister, Frederick - ...
17/06/2008 Open day Two ceremonies at an open day in Dorking marked the final stages in the construction of Pickering House..

Canon David Meara, of St Bride...
17/06/2008 Buy a Book and Help a Hac One of Fleet Street's great columnists is supporting the charity from beyond the grave.

A selection of the work of the Mirror's Sir Willi...
6/06/2008 Open Day at Pickering Hou Two ceremonies at an open day in Dorking marked the final stages in the construction of Pickering House..

Canon David Meara, of St Bride...
30/05/2008 House of Commons Fundrais Our first summer fund raising party, at the House of Commons, was a sell out

The MPs' dining room was packed with 230 members and guests...
25/05/2008 Ian Brodie OBE

Ian Brodie, who died in Maryland on May 7th aged 72, was, a Daily Telegraph correspondent in Washington and Los Angeles. He was born in B...
24/05/2008 David Gordois AWARD-WINNING News of the World journalist David Gordois has died after losing his brave battle against cancer. Sir Richard Branson led tributes ...
20/05/2008 DINA AKASS One of Fleet Street's most popular journalists, Dina Akass, née Malik, died last week following a long illness.

Akass, 46, made her name d...
3/05/2008 Thank you Pearson! Pearson plc, publishers of the Financial Times, have joined other major news groups with a five figure pledge to the Journalists' Charity. Trini...
2/05/2008 Time Gentlemen Please Award-winning amateur film-makers Ian Craig and Paul Desmond have presented the Journalists' Charity with a cheque for £250.
The cash w...
10/04/2008 JAMES STANLEY JOHN FRENCH "I say you chaps. My glass in empty!" - that was our Jim. Larger than life, with a ready wit, enthusiasm in all he did, and dedicated to his fami...
9/04/2008 British Press Awards Once again the 'Help a Hack' boxes helped raise nearly £3000 at the British Press Awards that took place at Grosvenor House this week.
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9/04/2008 JAMES SLATER Journalists' Charity vice-president Jim Slater, believed to be the last surviving eye-witness of the terrifying Mill Dam race riot which erupted ...
8/04/2008 RAY CHAPMAN Ray Chapman, for many years a News of the World investigative reporter, has died (on Dec 31). He was 71 and retired from the paper only last Sept...
7/04/2008 NOEL RICHLEY Noel Richley MBE, who was treasurer of the Newspaper Press Fund for 26 years , has died aged 96. A former chief news editor of the Press Associat...
6/04/2008 NICHOLAS LIGHT Nicholas Light, who has died aged 69, was a journalist of many talents. He worked on national and regional newspapers, in television, as a succes...
5/04/2008 ARTHUR GARRETT It is with sadness that we record the death of one of our residents at the age of 95. Arthur lived in our homes for 17 years - at all three of ou...
4/04/2008 CHARLES DETTMER My friend Charles Dettmer died on November 8, 2007, in Pickering House. He had been there only six days after six weeks in Epsom Hospital. He was...
2/04/2008 CHRISTINE GARBUTT With sadness we report the death of one of our Council members (trustees), Christine Garbutt. She joined the Council in 1993 and was elected a Vi...
20/03/2008 The Sports Journalists' A The Sports Journalists' Association began its 60th anniversary year this week in front of 400 journalists at The Brewery on Monday night.(17/3/08...
7/03/2008 David Cameron at our Annu David Cameron was the guest at the Charity's annual lunch at Simpsons-in-the-Strand, London, on March 6, which had a record attendance of 120.
7/02/2008 EDF Energy raise more mon EDF Energy presented the Charity with a cheque for £500 at their East of England Journalism awards lunch at Whipsnade Zoo (Jan 31).A table ...
29/01/2008 A letter from Chairman Ro To begin with, thank you for your support over the years. Anything our members can do for us is appreciated.

I am sure you know that your ...
22/01/2008 Funds raised from the Lon The first instalment of £15,000 has just been received from the London Press Club , proceeds from the ball last October in aid of the Jour...
18/01/2008 Richard Stott Memorial Se More than 500 journalists and friends packed into St Clement Dane's Church in London for the memorial service for Richard Stott, editor and colum...
9/01/2008 Journalists' Charity seek Inflation has finally caught up with the Journalists' Charity. After years of offering life membership at £50, would-be members now face a ...
3/01/2008 Ray Chapman Veteran News of the World reporter Ray Chapman died on Monday Dec 31 aged 71.

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31/12/2007 Support us in the Manches With the number of journalists getting smaller in this once very significant area of the North West of England for journalism, it is even more im...
31/12/2007 A Worthy cause for Desmon The Independent (Stephen Glover)

A colleague has just visited Pickering House, the Journalists' Charity's magnifcent new nursing home for...
30/12/2007 Noel Richley Noel Richley MBE, who was treasurer of the Newspaper Press Fund for 26 years , has died aged 96.

A former chief news editor of the Pre...
19/12/2007 Noel Richley It was a matter of standing room only at the funeral of Noel Richley at Putney Vale Crematorium on Tuesday Dec 18.

Family and friends all...
10/12/2007 Inside Pickering House: A "I thought I would share with your readers my experience of three weeks respite care spent recently at Pickering House.

Our visit was prec...
2/12/2007 Feral Beasts T-Shirt John Curran has kindly sent the Journalists' Charity a cheque for £350 from the sale of the Feral Beasts T-Shirts.

John said 'It's n...
30/11/2007 WIJ Christmas Party Journalists joined together for their Christmas Party to celebrate another highly successful year for Women in Journalism . Frankie's hosted the...
29/11/2007 The Press Golfing Society The Press Golfing Society raised £5,300 at their annual auction in aid of the charity after their Christmas Scramble at the Berkshire Golf ...
13/11/2007 VIP Irish Embassy Recepti The charity's annual drinks reception, given by the Ambassador of Ireland, attracted nearly 200 members and guests on Tuesday (Nov 13)

The...
18/10/2007 London Press Club Charity Proceeds from the London Press Club Ball in aid of the Journalists' Charity on Oct 18 are expected to break the record at the final count..
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27/09/2007 West Midlands Note We held another successful greyhound night for the 29th successive year. Although prices have increased at Hall Green Stadium, thanks to the gene...
12/09/2007 Royal Opening (12.09.07) The Countess of Wessex opened the Journalists' Charity's new £4 million care home in Surrey on September 12th 2007.

This event cont...
11/09/2007 Boost to funds! The fund to cover the costs of the new care home at Dorking received a significant boost within days of the official opening.

Guardian Me...
7/09/2007 EDF Supports Journalists' Donations are the lifeblood of any charitable organisation. To give you have first to receive.

EDF - one of the UK's largest energy compan...
7/09/2007 What we support The Glasgow and West of Scotland District regularly hold fundraising events including:

Annual celebrity luncheon
Press Ball

Deta...
7/09/2007 Report from West Midlands The West Midlands District is still raising money with its celebrity luncheons and its annual greyhound night - September 22nd this year sees the...
7/09/2007 Events
June: 2008. A very successful Open Day took plave at Pickering House with the grand opening of the Tindle Bar and blessing of the Chapel. Wa...
6/09/2007 Need a Holiday, know some Our holiday programme at Devon Cliffs, Exmouth, South Devon last year was so successful we invested in a new luxury caravan, a little larger and ...
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