Last month saw the launch of St Margaret’s Hospice’s nautical fundraising event – ‘Challenge of a Lifetime,’ of which Blake Envelopes is a proud sponsor. Taking place from 16 October 2014 to 16 April 2015, the challenge will see intrepid sailors from across the UK covering some serious distance across the Atlantic Ocean. This exciting voyage supports the fantastic work of St Margaret’s Hospice, a charity committed to providing specialist care to those with terminal or life-limiting illnesses, motor neurone disease and chronic lung disease. Full story: Read more
Time to be snappy with your Chairman’s Christmas Card Competition entries!
There’s still time for budding David Bailey’s to get their Christmas photos into Mendip District Council for the Chairman’s Christmas Card Competition. Councillor Ron Forrest, Mendip District Council’s Chairman, is looking for one of your photographs to feature on the front of his annual Christmas card. Full story: Read more
RSPCA appeals for information after five cats were poisoned
The RSPCA is appealing for information and for people to be careful after the deaths of five cats on one road in a Somerset village from suspected antifreeze poisoning. A local vet surgery took in three of the cats from Orchard Way, Woolavington, between 4 and 11 November and knew of two others from the same area that had also died. The first cat was found on 4 November in Orchard Way – Sabrina, a female black cat had collapsed and later died at the vets. Full story: Read more