IN THE THICKET OF IT... Students gave their time and talent in record numbers across a myriad of projects A record 102 sixth-formers from Colfe's School spent 18 June cleaning a greenhouse, clearing Victorian graves, painting park railings, building flower planters and supporting schools and local charities across Lewisham. In one day they gave more than 600 hours of work to nine local organisations. It was the fourth Colfe's Brun Bear Foundation Community Day, and the biggest yet. The...

Award winning gastronomy and generosity combined at April's Filipino supper club If you ever doubted that food could both seduce the senses and serve the soul, you clearly weren’t at The Brun Bear Foundation’s Filipino supper club, an evening where community spirit met serious culinary craft. It began, as all fine things do, with a drink. A crisp, welcome cocktail that sparkled with tropical intent and politely reminded you that this was not going to be a normal charitable dinner. The air...

All present and correct: Following The Brun Bear Foundation's donation children are back at school When Super Typhoon Fung-wong (locally known as "Uwan") tore through the Bicol Region of the Philippines in November 2025, it left behind a trail of devastation, including the near-total destruction of Macolabo Elementary School on the remote Macolabo Island in Camarines Norte Province. Roofs were ripped away. Walls buckled. The classrooms where children had laughed, learned and grown fell...