Posts Tagged ‘fundraising’

Buxton Dental Practice Donates Money To Local School To Buy Defibrillator

Buxton Dental Practice Donates Money To Local School To Buy Defibrillator

Members of staff from a dental practice in Buxton have raised hundreds of pounds to help a local school buy a defibrillator. The team from Lightwood Dental donated £600 to Buxton Community School to help fund a defibrillator, a piece of lifesaving equipment. The school successfully managed to raise the remaining £600 and six members […]


Peninsula Dental Students Complete Charity Cycle Ride

Peninsula Dental Students Complete Charity Cycle Ride

A group of students from Peninsula Dental School have completed a cycle challenge to raise money for children at Ermington Primary School.   The group successfully completed the 50 mile cycle challenge from Bude to Plymouth in order to raise funds for new equipment, including radio aids for children with hearing difficulties. The group of […]


Dental Practice Manager Completes Marathon for Local Charity

Dental Practice Manager Completes Marathon for Local Charity

A dental practice manager from Belfast has put a smile on the faces of people at a local charity, after raising money by completing a marathon. Valerie Maguire, from Dromore Dental raised £650 for the Hope for Life charity, after completing the Belfast Marathon. In her first marathon, Valerie crossed the finish line in a […]


Dental Staff Preparing for Zambia Mission

Dental Staff Preparing for Zambia Mission

A team of dental staff from Yeovil are preparing to travel to Zambia to help people in need. Members of staff from the Resolution Specialist Treatment Centre in Yeovil will spend three weeks in Zambia, helping to educate people and providing much-needed dental treatment for the locals. Dr Mark Brickley will be joined by orthodontic […]


Morbid Morgue to help Dentists and other Professionals

Morbid Morgue to help Dentists and other Professionals

A new campaign is currently underway at the University of Dundee, which is supported by top crime writers from around the world. This is in an attempt to raise funds by the forensic centre at the University and has proved very successful up to now, success that has been furthered by the help of the […]


Antrim Dental Team preparing for Albania Trip

Antrim Dental Team preparing for Albania Trip

A team of health and dental professionals are preparing to go to Albania, with the volunteers travelling to Europe’s poorest country to provide much-needed dental and medical services. The trip takes place every year and volunteers hold medical and dental clinics to help people in remote locations, where poverty is rife and conditions are described […]


Dental team prepare for London Marathon

Dental team prepare for London Marathon

Members of staff from a dental practice in Thornbury are preparing to tackle the London Marathon. Dentist Mike Furlong and receptionist Angela Bushell, from Bank Cottage Dental on Castle Street, are running the race to raise money for charity. Mike is running the 26 mile race in aid of Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal, which […]


Dental practice raising money for Japan

Dental practice raising money for Japan

A dental practice in Dorset is hosting a fundraising event to try and raise money for the aid effort in Japan. The Poundbury Dental Practice is holding a spring fair tomorrow to raise money for those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan; the money raised will be donated to the Red Cross Japanese […]


Dental X-ray charges introduced in Guernsey

Dental X-ray charges introduced in Guernsey

The States of Guernsey have announced that patients will now pay a charge of £50 for a dental X-ray at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. Hunter Adam, the Health and Social Services Minister, said that the introduction of dental X-ray charges at the hospital would make the system fairer, as dentists who do not own their […]


Friends of snooker legend Higgins campaign for money for vital op

Friends of snooker legend Higgins campaign for money for vital op

Friends of Alex Higgins, former snooker world champion, are campaigning and fundraising in order to raise money for a potentially life-saving operation. Higgins, now 61, has battled throat cancer for many years and has lost his teeth as a consequence of radiotherapy. Friends say he now lives on a diet of baby food and is […]