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Ant and Dec bring us sunshine 16 July 2011 TV favorites Ant and Dec today threw their weight behind a Chronicle fundraising drive for needy North East children. Read Full Story |
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2011 SUNSHINE RUN 5K ROAD RACE RESULTS 01 July 2011 What was your race time in the 2011 Sunshine Run 5K Race? Read Full Story |
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Count on us to get the cash rolling in 23 June 2011 Singing students belted out a ballads to rake in the cash for a children’s charity. Read Full Story |
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Radio station’s Big BBQ will raise children’s charity cash... Rustle up a real feast to help Sunshine Fund 20 June 2011 TV stars Ant and Dec have thrown their support behind the Chronicle’s charity summer fundraising venture. Read Full Story |
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A wheel sense of freedom for our little Lila 02 June 2011 Little Lila Forester-Melville is all smiles as she battles back from a debilitating condition, thanks to help from the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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Golf Day 21 May 2011 Golfers put a hole lot of effort into raising thousands for a worthy cause. Read Full Story |
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Trio join charity fun run. 26 April 2011 Payroll workers will pound the streets helping to raise vital cash for thousands of disabled children in the North East. Read Full Story |
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Appeal for triathlon 21 April 2011 Charity chiefs are appealing for help in organising a popular sporting fundraising event. Read Full Story |
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Pupils invited to think up ways to raise cash for chron fund.. Bring me sunshine. 14 April 2011 Have you got the winning idea to help hundreds of children with disabilities? Read Full Story |
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GET IN THE RUNNING FOR ANNUAL RACE 07 April 2011 Gear up to celebrate a decade of Chronicle Sunshine Fund run. Read Full Story |
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Triathlon 18 March 2011 We are unable to hold an in house triathlon event this year. Read Full Story |
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SWEETEST TREATS TO HELP KIDS 11 March 2011 Cupcakes and cocktails raise cash for disabled children Read Full Story |
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cocktails and cupcakes raise cash for disabled 11 March 2011 a Tyneside hotel is hoping to light up the faces of disadvantaged children across the North East. Read Full Story |
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TEENAGER Lucy Drenon rocked the camera after winning the chance to be a model for the day. 03 March 2011 Thanks to mum Caroline’s victorious bid at the Evening Chronicle’s Sunflower Ball charity auction, the bubbly 17-year-old not only got the chance to dazzle, but raise money for sick children in the process. Read Full Story |
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Hilton goes all cupcakes and cocktails for disabled kids in North East. 02 March 2011 The Newcastle Hilton is supporting the Evening Chronicle Sunshine Fund to help raise money for disabled children in the North East. The sunshine Fund is a charity that provides equipment which can provide life changing support for children and their families. Throughout the month of March the Newcastle Hilton is giving the Sunshine Fund £1 for every delicious cupcake & cocktail sold. Read Full Story |
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ONE THE ROAD TO A FITTER LIFE 26 January 2011 Youngster Can Play Outside Safely, Thanks To Trike Gift Read Full Story |
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RIDING HIGH ON MY FAB NEW WHEELS 21 January 2011 Sunshine Fund Provides Special Tricycle For 16-year-old Sarah Read Full Story |
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MEETING OUR MATCH 18 January 2011 Toon-Mad Pals Will Cycle To Liverpool Game For Charity Read Full Story |
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CHARITY RUN DATE AGREED 31 December 2010 Santa Fun Set For Spring Read Full Story |
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OH YES IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL PANTO 23 December 2010 Sunshine Fund Children Enjoy A Real Treat At Tyneside Theatre Read Full Story |
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SPORT STARS ANSWER THE CALL TO HELP OUR CHILDREN 25 November 2010 Businesses And Celebrities Help To Raise Thousands At Charity Quiz Read Full Story |
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GET ON YOUR BIKE, ELLIOT! 04 November 2010 Centre's Generous Donation Helps Disabled Youngsters Read Full Story |
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TRIBUTE SET TO GO WITH A BANG 28 October 2010 Fireworks Go Ahead - As Club Legend Would Have Wanted Read Full Story |
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We’re having a ball! 09 October 2010 Hundreds join in the fun for charity event CHAMPAGNE, dinner and dancing all combined to make this year’s Sunflower Ball a night to remember. Every year hundreds of guests head to one of the biggest nights in the North East’s social calendar in aid of the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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FESTIVE FUN-DRAISER 30 September 2010 Families Urged To Don Red Suits For Annual Charity Santa Run Read Full Story |
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Fun Event For Chron Charity 16 September 2010 THE celebrity sporting world will congregate on Tyneside for a game of a different kind. Stars will join teams of North East businesses to go head-to-head to compete in the annual Celebrity Question of Sport Quiz, which aims to raise thousands of pounds for the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund charity. Read Full Story |
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ARE YOU AN ADRENALIN JUNKIE? 14 September 2010 Imagine standing at the edge of an open doorway in an aircraft flying at 10,000 feet - the noise of the engines and the wind ringing in your ears with only the outline of distant fields below. Read Full Story |
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SUNSHINE SHOW'S GOT ALL THE STARS 02 September 2010 Raising Cash For Charity. Read Full Story |
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INTREPID TRIO TAKE A PEAK AT DANGER 24 August 2010 A CLIMBER is feeling on top of the world after scaling one of the world’s toughest mountains. Ross Tomkins climbed the 14,410ft high Mount Rainier – the highest peak in North America outside of Alaska – with friends to raise money for local charities. Read Full Story |
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SUN, SEA AND A PAIR OF SANTAS! 17 August 2010 DJs Don The Red Suits To Launch Region's Fifth Santa Run Read Full Story |
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SUNSHINE FUND CHALLENGE RAISES THOUSANDS FOR CHILDREN 16 August 2010 Charity champs make triathlon event a winner FITNESS fanatics rose to a triathlon challenge helping to raise thousands of pounds for the Evening Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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Triathlon results 2010 16 August 2010 View the full results from the 2010 Sunshine Fund Triathlon. Read Full Story |
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ACCOUNTANTS GET ON THEIR BIKES 12 August 2010 Gearing up for charity accountants are gearing up to swap their suits for lycra during a charity challenge. Workers from UNW, on Newcastle’s St James’ Boulevard, are getting ready to peddle 150 miles to raise cash for the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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Tri your best 10 August 2010 Last-minute entrants get chance to join charity challenge Read Full Story |
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Nice Tri Barry! 22 July 2010 Ex-champ plays major part in Sunshine event FORMER world champion triathlete Barry Jameson will be spurring on hundreds of fitness fanatics set to raise money for the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. The 57-year-old, who has competed against Olympic, European and Commonwealth gold medalists, is to present prizes at the end of the charity’s annual triathlon which takes place in Ponteland next month. Read Full Story |
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Sunshine Of Their Lives 10 July 2010 These are the names of the dedicated runners who pounded the streets of Tyneside to help improve the lives of disabled children. Everyone single one of them can be proud to have taken part and completed the 5km Sunshine Run. But more importantly, they can give themselves a big pat on the back as organisers estimate that at least £13,500 will have been raised from their efforts. While some serious club runners managed to complete the course along the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside in less than 20 minutes, for most the run was a chance to put the fun into fundraising. The event took place on Wednesday night and was started by Sunshine Fund patron and Paralympic champion Stephen Miller. The run was sponsored by Gateshead-based information technology company ITPS. But not content with providing support to the race, the company also put together a team of runners. Angela Jepson, Sunshine Fund Events Organiser, said: “I would like to thank everyone who gave their time and e Read Full Story |
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Spreading A Little Extra Sunshine 08 July 2010 Runners make a real difference Read Full Story |
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IT'S A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO RAISE CASH 01 July 2010 Top Law firm Steps Out for Chronicle Fun Fun Read Full Story |
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SUN SHINES ON NEW GIRL CAROLL 30 June 2010 For decades the Sunshine Fund has helped brighten the lives of disadvantaged children. Read Full Story |
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GET ON THE CASE 24 June 2010 Legal firm staff take on the Sunshine Run Read Full Story |
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SEA AND SUNSHINE 17 June 2010 Ferry Company's Staff Hope To Raise Thousands As They Join Run Read Full Story |
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ON THEIR MARKS 10 June 2010 Law Firm Staff Raise Thousands For Charity In Run Read Full Story |
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IN THE RUNNING 04 June 2010 IT Firm Raring To Go Read Full Story |
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VOLCANO CHALLENGE 01 June 2010 FOUR Brave Climbers To Tackle USA Peak For Charity. A team of climbers is taking on a deadly volcano challenge in America to raise money for the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. The four North East men will tackle Mount Rainier, a 4,400 metre dormant volcano with moving glaciers. Read Full Story |
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RUNNERS CAN BRING A LOT OF SUNSHINE 20 May 2010 GENEROUS fundraisers are being urged to put their best foot forward in aid of the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. The charity, which raises money to provide life-changing equipment to disabled and seriously ill children in the North East, has a limited number of places left for this year’s Great North Run. Read Full Story |
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TALENTED TEEN'S OUR LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 13 May 2010 Britain's Got Talent Hopeful To Perform To Diners For Charity RISING star Georgia Overton will be singing in support of the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund after she wowed the nation on popular Saturday night show Britain’s Got Talent. The 17-year-old, of Acklington, near Morpeth, in Northumberland, who won over celebrity judge Simon Cowell with her powerful audition, will now perform for diners at trendy Newcastle restaurant As You Like It on Sunday. Read Full Story |
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TAKING ULTIMATE TEST FOR CHARITY 10 May 2010 200 sign up for our triathlon TAKING ULTIMATE TEST FOR CHARITY ATHLETES from across the region are set to show real grit for this year’s Tyneside triathlon. Nearly 200 fitness enthusiasts will pull on their trainers for the Chronicle’s charity, the Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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TOON STARS TWINKLE IN THE SUNSHINE! 10 May 2010 United Soccer Favourites Do Their Bit For Chronicle Charity Read Full Story |
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Charity on the menu 04 May 2010 A TYNESIDE restaurant boss is to battle his way through two gruelling charity challenges. Read Full Story |
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Star gets pupils on the right track 26 April 2010 Sunderland shot-stopper Craig Gordon opened a special exercise track for disabled youngsters in the North East. Read Full Story |
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SUNSHINE FUND TO BENEFIT FROM STAR-STUDDED FUNDRAISER 19 April 2010 Dinner date with Toon duo YOU’VE seen them in action on the pitch, now you can join Toon stars Alan Smith and Kevin Nolan for dinner. The Mapgies duo will be guests of honour at a dinner held in aid of the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund. Read Full Story |
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YOUNG SPORTS SET A SHINING EXAMPLE 15 April 2010 Students Organise Dinner And Auction For Our Charity Read Full Story |
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Sunshine Run 2010 is launched 08 April 2010 HUNDREDS of runners are being invited to once again pound the quayside for the Chronicle’s charity. The ninth annual Sunshine Run is due to take place on Wednesday, July 7, and we are looking for as many people as possible to take part. Read Full Story |
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STAFF ON THEIR MARKS TO RAISE CASH FOR SUNSHINE FUND 25 March 2010 We’ll cruise it for charity FUNDRAISERS are already gearing up for this year’s Great North Run. And the Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund is one charity that folk have chosen to support. Read Full Story |
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GET IN THE SWING FOR A GOOD CAUSE 18 March 2010 Teams Of Golfers Wanted To Help Raise Cash For Children Read Full Story |
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On Track To Help Kids 12 February 2010 New Facility for Disabled Pupils Read Full Story |
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Fundraising Fun 10 February 2010 Readers were bowled over by a venture to help sick children at a special charity night. The Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund teamed up with Namco Funscape for their latest cash-boosting event. Read Full Story |
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Having fun now child’s play for brave little lad 21 January 2010 Chron Charity Gifts Help Brighten Up Youngster's Life Read Full Story |
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CELEBS ARE GREAT SPORTS 21 January 2010 Local Stars Wil Be Put On The Spot To Raise Cash For Sunshine Fund Read Full Story |
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Sunshine Fund Helps Get Cerebal Palsy Girl On The Move 12 January 2010 Maisie's an easy rider on her new tricycle Read Full Story |
