This year my life has dramatically changed. I'm not just thinking about things I want to achieve in life, I'm finally doing them. I'm not sure what took me so long, but as clichéd as it sounds it really is better late than never. Being at the tail end of...

I rang in my 28th this year at a burlesque themed bar in Clapham Junction knocking back mojitos while serenaded by a Frank Sinatra impersonator doing his best rendition of New York, New York; and a faux Liza Minelli, who put on a show stopper as she performed iconic scenes...

Whilst studying at Bournemouth University in the early noughties, I decided after my first year that I didn't want to become one of those people who worked on their degree and then got drunk the rest of the time.

So during the four years of my Communication and Media...

A counselling service originally set up by Richard Branson in West London, is celebrating its first year anniversary as a registered charity this week.

HELP Counselling Centre, based on Portobello Road, was originally founded by the business magnate as a student support service in 1968. It has since gone on...

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall recently visited my old secondary school Uxbridge High. It was to mark the 10 year anniversary of the charity Teach First, which the Prince is patron of.

Teach First is an independent charity working to break the link between low family...

I have always been a big advocate for seeking out fashionable threads from beyond the high street.

There's nothing better than turning up to one of the many shindigs that my sociable company loves to put on, and getting complimented on a dress that clearly no one has ever...

Thrifty shoppers across the UK are turning more to charity shops since the economic downturn.

In my local area of Clapham, I found that charity shops including Trinity Hospice, Cancer Research UK and Ace of Clubs have seen a rise in sales since the recession.

Agnes Maciol, Manager...