Oxford Bus Company revealed that Blue Skye Thinking as the winner of Brand the Bus. The charity will now be invited to work with the company to design a bus wrap featuring the brand colours, logo and messages of the organisation. The winner was selected by a judging panel from a top ten group of good causes which had earned the most public votes from 23 original entries. Blue Skye Thinking supports treatment and research into childhood brain tumours. It was set up by Abingdon-based couple Sally and Andrew Hall in the honour of their son who passed away aged five because of complications in his treatment for a brain tumour.
By Hannah Somerville
Survival: Tents being distributed under the supervision of Help to Educateâs Ian Wickens A DEVOTED charity worker in Nepal has implored people not to forget about the ongoing crisis as monsoon season looms. Ian Wickens from Kennington has been in the country for weeks helping communities rebuild after the earthquakes just over a month ago on Saturday, April 25 and then again on Tuesday, May 12. He has taken four weeks’ annual leave from his regular job as an administrator at Oxford University Hospitals Trust, and also runs his own charity, Helptoeducate, which provides schooling to former child labourers.