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Northampton landlady to deliver pints of Guinness to regulars to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

A Northampton landlady who has constantly helped the community during the pandemic is planning to deliver dozens of pints of Guinness to regulars today (March 17). Teresa ...

Founder Teresa makes Pride of Britain finalist!

Landlady Teresa McCarthy has been a charity fundraiser and driving force of the Swan and Helmet pub in Northampton for 15 years. When the pandemic ...

Northampton special school students have a blast with senior citizens by helping out at pub’s Monday Club

The Swan and Helmet’s weekly club, which started after the first coronavirus lockdown for isolated people worried about socialising, welcomed the Northgate Academy students on Monday (October ...

Selfless Northampton pub landlady turned charity founder finalist for prestigious Pride of Britain award

A Northampton pub landlady who formed a charity during lockdown has been named as a finalist for a prestigious Pride of Britain award. Teresa McCarthy-Dixon runs the ...

McCarthy-Dixon Foundation in Northampton re-launches Christmas campaign to bring festive food to struggling families

The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation has brought back its Christmas campaign this year, hoping to bring food and gifts to even more struggling families in Northampton that, otherwise, would ...

MAR 2022 Northampton pub to host collection for goods to help Ukrainian refugees

A Northampton pub is hosting a collection of goods to be sent to Ukrainians fleeing their country. Swan and Helmet in Grove Road, Abington will hold a two-hour ...

McCarthy-Dixon Foundation raises more than £7,000 abseiling down Northampton Lift Tower

Fifteen thrill-seekers have abseiled down the 418 foot Northampton Lift Tower in aid of local charity, The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation. The brave participants took on the colossal challenge ...

‘Invaluable’: Northampton charity over-the-moon to be first to receive £1,000 from #PovertyHurts appeal

A Northampton charity is over-the-moon to be the first to receive a donation from Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s #PovertyHurts appeal. The £1,000 donation from MHA Caves Wealth will be going ...

‘We help families while everything is crashing down’: Public and businesses can now pledge monthly to McCarthy-Dixon Foundation

Members of the public and businesses across Northampton can now pledge a monthly donation to the McCarthy-Dixon Foundation. The foundation began as a food bank in The ...

Poverty Hurts appeal: 71-year-old in Northampton shares how support offered after losing husband ‘changed her life’

A 71-year-old woman from Northampton has shared how the support she was offered after losing her husband “changed her life”. Carol Mitchell, who was helped by the ...

£11,000 worth of food given away by Northamptonshire’s ‘Inspirational Woman of the Year’ this week

On Wednesday (December 14), The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation handed out more than 1,700 food parcels to a vast number of schools across the town – as ...

Northamptonshire Community Foundation Awards 2022

We’ve picked up some new awards recently! It’s always an honour to gain recognition for all the hard work our supporters and volunteers put into ...

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