Good Causes

Market traders in North Paddington will be helping raise money for Children in Need on Friday.

Maida Hill Market stallholders and Maida Hill Cafe Gallery will make a donation from every sale to the charity from 12pm to 6pm, on November 20.

To find out more, call Harrow Road Neighbourhood Partnership on 020 8968 5543.

Elderly Kensington nursing home residents and pupils at a Maida Vale school enjoyed the fruits of their labour after growing crops together.

Earlier this year, students from St Augustine's High School, in Oxford Road, gave pensioners at The Kensington Nursing Home, in Ladbroke Road, Ladbroke Grove, a helping hand in planting fruit and vegetables in the care home's garden.

Cash could soon become a thing of the past in Marylebone, as good deeds are exchanged instead.

From walking dogs to washing cars, civic-minded residents could soon be offering an hour of their time in exchange for an hour of someone else's time.

A keen North Paddington runner is attempting to complete two and a half marathons by the end of the year.

David Anderson, 36, of Elgin Avenue, is set to take part in the 26-mile Berlin Marathon on September 20 before running a little closer to home in the Royal Parks Foundation half marathon on October 11.

A Marylebone man and his friend have been held up a knife-point twice during their quest to build shelters across Africa.

Jon Beswick, of Great Titchfield Street, and his friend Charlie Curtis, were caught up in the drama while in Cameroon.

A Kensal Green animal home has reminded owners to keep their pets away from Notting Hill Carnival at the weekend.

Every year, many people turn up to the festivities with their dog in tow and the situation can become a very dangerous one for animals in that environment.

More than 1,000 people attended a Great Communities Day held in Lisson Grove on Saturday.

The threat of rain did not dampen spirits of those who came out on the Lisson Green Estate, in Lilestone Street, to celebrate the achievements of the community.

Tube staff at Maida Vale have got their trowels out in the hope of winning a gardening competition.

This is the first year the tube station has been entered into Underground in Bloom, pitting its garden against contenders including Bayswater and Edgware Road tube stations.

The Royal Parks have been recognised as amongst the best green spaces in the country, after achieving a raft of Green Flag Awards.

All eight Royal Parks - including St James's Park, Green Park, Hyde Park and Regent's Park within Westminster - were awarded Green Flags status.

Volunteers are needed to drive growing numbers of elderly and disabled visitors around Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.

Free trips are offered around the Royal Parks in buggies by Liberty Drives, a service which started in 1991 and is run entirely by donations.