By John Hudson: People in Stoke-on-Trent have joined others from across the country in a world record attempt.

Around 40 people turned up to the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of records for the most people singing the nursery rhyme Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

By Rory Wilde and Natalie George: Staffordshire students are being encouraged to enhance their CVs through volunteer work.

University students have dedicated more than 200 hours of their time since Student Volunteering Week 2011 began on Monday with a six-hour abseiling session.

By Mhari Farmer: A Staffordshire company has raised almost enough money to buy new equipment which will potentially save lives.

Parry Bowen, market leader for Facades based in Burntwood, raised £828 for the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) after an annual staff charity raffle.

By Luke Mallett: Staffordshire University students are hosting an annual fashion show in an bid to raise money for charity.

They hope to raise more than last year’s proceeds of £1,000 towards two chosen charities through the show which takes place at the Leek Road Venue on Tuesday March 15.

By Lee Kettle: A charitable duo are aiming to set new heights with fund raising – by climbing the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Lee Riley, 37, from Newchapel, and Sue Bingham, 36, from Kidsgrove, are set to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice.

By Christopher Grigorovsky: A musician is set to help raise money for the hospital ward that helped save his life.

Stuart Handley, 45, of Audley, Stoke-on-Trent, has battled and overcome bladder cancer with help from City General Hospital staff in Newcastle.

By Lee Kettle: Staffordshire Police officers are set to become boxers for one night only at an event to raise money for Raoul Moat victim David Rathband.

The sold-out event will see Bobbies step between the ropes at Best Western Hotel, Festival Park, Hanley this Friday (February 11).

By Steven Parry: Staffordshire University ladies hockey team has raised more than £300 for the charity Christie’s.

The team hosted a bingo night at The Famous Lion pub, in Church Street, Stoke- on-Trent.

By Matt Richardson: The Stafford Lions Club charity is spreading festive cheer by delivering 300 food parcels to people in need this Christmas.

The charity posted 3,000 appeal letters calling on residents on Baswich, Stafford to support the community with food donations.

By Rachel Wood: An appeal has been launched to help a Stoke-on-Trent schoolboy buy a life-changing wheelchair.

Twelve-year-old Ewan Stevenson from Meir has to use a wheelchair because of his Cerebral Palsy, but his condition causes weakness in his arms which means he cannot go anywhere alone in his current manual chair.