Good Causes

A historic church in the centre of Hammersmith has been revealed for the first time in nearly four years following a massive refurbishment project.

The restoration of St Paul's in Queen Caroline Street cost £1.75m and was paid for entirely by selling advertising space on the outside - next to the busy Hammersmith flyover - while stonemasons carried out extensive repairs to the roof, walls and bell tower.

Amateur archaeologists have uncovered the first evidence of an iron age settlement on the foreshore of the Thames at Fulham.

Volunteers discovered the remains of a wooden post which is thought to date from around 500 BC - long before any previously known activity in the area.

Police are urging people to come forward with information about a grandfather missing for eight years who was known to frequent Shepherd's Bush.

Retired betting shop manager Don Banfield, 71, has not been seen since disappearing from his home in Harrow in May 2001.

People with a passion for recycling are being recruited to try to cut down the amount of rubbish thrown away on council estates.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council is looking for motivated recycling 'champions' to help promote the environmental benefits to fellow tenants and reduce the cost of sending waste to landfill - currently around around £1.4m a year.

Apprentice-style capers saw private medical staff take over a charity shop today (3) to try to raise as much as they could for charity in one day.

Six BUPA workers have taken on the running of the British Red Cross store in Shepherd's Bush Road, competing against teams in Greenwich, Eltham, Forest Hill and Barking before reconvening in the boardroom to find the winner.

Talented pupils involved in a community group set up to improve the prospects of local young people will show off their skills at an event this week.

Shepherd's Bush and White City organisation Keeping Youth Active will host its own KYA's Got Talent show at Phoenix High School on Wednesday afternoon (19).

Knitters are being urged to get crafting tiny hats to raise cash for Age Concern following the launch of an annual campaign by drinks manufacturer Innocent.

The Shepherd's Bush-based smoothie maker hopes to beat last year's total of more than 400,000 woolly hats, which fit over the tops of the drinks bottles.

Volunteers from Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith are needed to help organise and promote a night hike across London in aid of Maggie's at Charing Cross Hospital.

The centre, which helps families touched by cancer, hopes to smash last year's £600,000 through a sponsored 20 mile walk which incorporates night-time visits to the London Eye, Horse Guards Parade, the Royal Geographical Survey and Battersea Power Station.

Stressed workers around the borough can take advantage of a new pilot project being offered by a mental health charity.

Hammersmith and Fulham MIND's free in-work support service is geared towards people who develop or are already suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental health problems, and aims to cut work absences and help people keep their jobs through one-to-one help and ongoing phone support.

An experiment to try to create a designer charity shop will run in the Village area of Westfield next month.

Only the most desirable donations will be accepted at the Living and Giving shop, which retail expert Mary Portas and Grazia magazine hope will help revolutionise charity stores around the country.