Kokova Magazine

The Great Run series includes some of the best loved mass participation sporting events in the world. With four runs throughout October and into next year - you are sure to find one running through a town near you.

From flip-flop walkers to fell walkers, The National Trust wants everyone to take a step in the right direction this autumn half term. The Trust is holding its first ever Festival of Walking from October 22nd-30th with more than 1,000 events to help people get outdoors and closer to nature.

Join The Mental Health Foundation to mark World Mental Health Day on the 10th October 2011 - and hold a Tea & Talk fundraising event. All you have to do is get together a group of friends, family or colleagues, put the kettle on and invite them to make a donation to the Mental Health Foundation, it's as simple as that!

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16th October, the day on which the FAO was founded, in 1945.

Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food and has developed the perfect gift for the gardener who has everything. Adopt a Veg for a loved one and the proceeds from this unusual gift will help Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library to save Britain's rarest vegetables from the threat of extinction, including many heirloom pea varieties.

Parents' Week runs from Monday 17th - Sunday 23rd October this year and provides an opportunity to celebrate the vital contribution parents make to society and to showcase local services that support families. Parents' Week also offers the chance to highlight issues of most importance to parents and families to politicians, the media and others who need to know.