Anglia Charity News

'People's Millions' has returned to ITV News Anglia but there is only a couple of days left now to apply. This year we are giving away 8 prizes of up to 50 thousand pounds to deserving projects right across our region.

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Over the past eight years we've given away more than £27 million of Big Lottery cash to 523 community projects right across the UK.

Including the East Anglian Sailing trust who won in 2010 and now have a new waterside community centre at Levington Marina near Ipswich for disabled sailors.

This year we have eight grants of up to £50,000 to give away to deserving groups.

You can apply if you are: a voluntary or community organisation, a school, a local authority, a health body or a branch of organisation or partnership.

You have from now until noon on Monday 13th May to apply. Shortlisted projects will go head-to-head. Media training will be offered. Terms and conditions apply.

To get an entry pack, just go to this link.[

](http://www.itv.com/terms)Entrants must be 18 or over. Terms and conditions can be found here.

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Volunteers are needed for a house-to-house collection scheme which supports the work of a children's charity in Essex. Action for Children's house-to-house collection takes place in Billericay, each September.

The annual event has in some years raised more than £8,000 and the charity believes it is an ideal opportunity for volunteers aged 18 and over to gain fundraising experience and to work as part of a friendly and supportive team.

Money raised from the collection will go to Action For Children services, directly benefiting vulnerable and neglected children through, for example, short breaks centres, family development centres and services that provide support for victims of sexual abuse.

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Its one of the world's most recognisable cars and later on today the streets of Suffolk will play host to more than a hundred Minis.

The East Coast Mini Club has organised a charity run from Bury St Edmunds to Southwold.

It's members are raising money for the East Anglian Children's Hospices

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The People's Millions are coming back to ITV Anglia. The People's Millions is a grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund in partnership with ITV.

This year we're giving away 8 prizes of up to £50,000 to deserving projects right across the Anglia region.

Over the past eight years The People's Millions have awarded more than £27.8m to 523 community projects across the UK. This year we will break the £30 million mark as we have 76 awards to give away totalling up to £3.8m. Could the next winning project be yours?

Click below to watch Kate Prout's report on how you can apply. You can also click here for more details.

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Young children and their pocket money are not easily parted - unless it's for sweets or toys. But seven-year-old twin girls from Cambridgeshire have saved their pennies for a whole year and donated it all to charity.

Lauren and Olivia Bocking have given over £100 to MAGPAS, the emergency response charity - which helped to save their dad David when he had a motorbike accident in his 20s.

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Wherever you turn at the moment it seems someone is sporting a walrus, handlebar or toothbrush moustache.

Happily it's the last day of Movember which means those tickly, tasteless taches can go for another year. It's all been in a good cause to raise awareness and funds for men's cancer.

Click here for your Movember pictures and more here.

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