Charity/voluntary

Music lovers can cash in their old phones for cut-price tickets to a festival in Cranford next month.

Anyone handing in a working mobile, which is less than five years old, will get £4 off entry to the Blastbeat Music Festival at Cranford Community College on Saturday, July 4.

Carol singers from Cranford have raised nearly £600 for two children's charities.

Members of the congregation of the Parish of Cranford braved the cold over Christmas to perform classic tunes outside the Bulls Bridge Tesco in Southall.

There will be no Cranford Park Summer Fair this year, organisers have announced.

The popular event was set up 12 years ago and attracted about 500 revellers to the park every July for entertainment including live performances, stalls and a classic car show.

More than 80 elderly residents from across Hounslow are set to enjoy a Yuletide knees up thanks to the generosity of local firms.

Pensioners Alone at Christmas will lay on a festive feast at Hounslow Youth Centre in Kingsley Road, Hounslow, on Thursday, when visitors can also enjoy live music, comedy and games.

Music lovers can get into the Christmas spirit and help raise money for vulnerable children at an intimate concert in Cranford next month.

The British Airways Band will perform festive tunes at the Concorde Club in Cranford Lodge Road on Sunday December 7, from 2pm.

By Russell Benson, Marie Curie Cancer Care
Community Fundraiser, South-East London

The countdown has begun for local primary schools and youth groups to sign up for Mini Pots of Care, a fun and educational planting activity that raises funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The charity is inviting primary schools and youth groups aged 3-11 to get their hands dirty this October by growing daffodils for its Mini Pots of Care fundraiser, run in partnership with Yellow Pages directories.

Volunteers are needed to help spruce up Cranford Park this Sunday.

Countryside Rangers have called on residents to clear litter from the north end of the park between 11am and 3pm.

A retired businessman has launched a fundraising appeal for a new health centre in Pakistan which could save thousands of lives.

Kind-hearted Abdul Mirza, of Berkeley Avenue, Cranford, wants to build a kidney care centre near his hometown Thathi Gujran, near Jhelum, in the country's deprived Punjab region.

The Hounslow Animal Welfare Society has hundreds of unwanted cats on the books - and are set to have more as the breeding season gets into full swing.

The group runs an adoption centre at the Pets at Home store in London Road, Brentford, every weekend from 11am - 3.45pm.

For more information go to www.haws-animals.org.uk or call 020 8560 5443.