New Charity Commission chair tells Acevo annual conference
he thinks some charities have become dependent on the state.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.acevoannualconference.org.uk/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=21596
New ways to claim Gift Aid and Small Donations Scheme
payments online.HMRC are launching the new service, called Charities Online, in
2013 to replace the current paper form method, in order to simplify and speed
up the system.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/online/index.htm
Halfords has over 12,000 colleagues and know that there's a
lot that they can do to help those in need and over the last four years have
supported Macmillan & cancer Research UK.
Halfords are now in the process of reviewing their approach
to charitable support in the future and will update this site with more
information as soon as they have confirmed their approach. If you believe that
your charity has a relevance to Halfords, please register your interest to
their Charity Committee.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halfordscompany.com/corporate-responsibility/charity-partnerships
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halfordscompany.com/contact/contact-details/charity-committee
Npower is looking to shift its marketing strategy away from
sport sponsorship in favour of partnerships with charities to improve its brand
perception.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/sectors/technologyproducts/article/1162650/Npower-switches-marketing-focus-charity-ties/
Celtic Football Club and Celtic Charity are delighted to
announce an extremely exciting partnership with Rod Stewart.
Recently, Rod has been working with Celtic Charity to select
a Charity Single from his outstanding new Christmas Album, "Merry
Christmas, Baby".
The proceeds from the sale of the single will be used to
support young people with cancer and inner city community projects across the
UK.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.celticfc.net/charity/
Private bank Coutts is supporting SeeAbility by entering its
first-ever garden in the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 on behalf of the eye care
charity.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/news/?article=4096
Wagamama recently announced its partnership with the leading
national youth charity, UK Youth, which will get started with the 'be
different, be kind' campaign.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/wagamama-in-first-charity-tie-up/4004976.article
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=21596
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.brindleyplace.com/2012/11/wagamama-partners-with-uk-youth/
The Fragrance Shop announces their Rays of Sunshine Charity
partnership. The partners aim to raise at least £100,000 in 12 months through a
donation of 5p from every purchase of perfume, aftershave, beauty products and
accessories.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thefragranceshop.co.uk/spray-a-little-happiness.aspx
A Sheffield charity for the homeless has been chosen by
phone and broadband company Plusnet as its Charity of the Year. The company,
which employs over 700 people in Sheffield, hopes to raise £10,00 for
Roundabout, which provides shelter and support homeless young people.
Roundabout hopes to use the cash to boost its hostel
renovation fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cash-boost-for-city-charity-1-5171629
A CIRCUS is urging charities in Cheltenham to apply to
become the beneficiary of its fundraising efforts. Circus Starr has many
long-standing partnerships with charities across the UK and has raised over
£850,000 in the past 10 years for local charities, with a particular emphasis
on hospices, hospitals and children's charities.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Circus-seeking-Cheltenham-charity-receive/story-17476706-detail/story.html
Help the Hospices is looking for a Charity of the Year. A
charity of the year partnership with us is ideal whether you have one or
hundreds of sites and offices.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraising/companies/how/charity-of-the-year/
Once again, this year NPC (New Philanthropy Capital) worked
closely with the Guardian and Observer on the Christmas 2012 Charity Appeal,
helping us choose our list of eight inspirational and high-performing charities
that work with disabled people.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/30/npc-partners-christmas-charity-appeal-2012
This year's 2012 'X Factor' winner's single will be a
charity single and Syco is donating 100% of its profits from the song to
Together for Short Lives charity.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.list.co.uk/article/47158-x-factor-winners-song-to-be-charity-single/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a441544/simon-cowell-reveals-x-factor-winners-single-charity-details.html
According to Foresters, retirees donate the most to charity,
giving 0.49% of their annual income.
Over 65s donate more to charity each year than other
generations, and give twice that of under 30-year-olds.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.foresters.com//UK-EN/About/newsroom/Pages/in-news.aspx?location=United%20Kingdom
UK-based charitable organisation Concern Universal has won
the £150000 prize in the GAME ON business competition.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.yahoo.com/uk-charity-takes-150k-greentree-software-prize-040201235.html
Lottery Funding
Fife care leavers benefit from life changing funding from
The Big Lottery Fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/press-releases/scotland/051212_sco_iic_life-changing-funding
A total of eight communities across Wales are sharing in the
£324,218 awarded from the Big Lottery Fund's (BIG) Village SOS scheme.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/press-releases/wales/031212_wal_vsos_rural-welsh-projects
A village library in Charmouth, Dorset will soon be transformed
into a vibrant community hub thanks to a £50,000 Big Lottery Fund award.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/news-and-events
Villagers in South Cambridgeshire are raising a glass and
toasting the news that they have been awarded £46,450 from the Big Lottery
Fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/news-and-events
THE newly refurbished Tiers Cross Community Hall will have
brand new chairs, tables and interior fittings thanks to a lottery grant.
Awards for All, part of the Big Lottery Fund, has provided £4,650 to purchase
the new equipment.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/10085033.Community_hall_modernised/
Residents in Husthwaite, near Thirsk, are set to realise a
long-standing ambition after the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) agreed to fund most of
the cost of replacing its well-used, but rotten and damp, community centre.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theadvertiserseries.co.uk/news/10075587.Villagers_celebrate___470k_lottery_windfall/
Newmains Community Trust are delighted to have been awarded
the Big Lottery Fund grant to build a new Community Hub, with a library and
community cafe.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wishawpress.co.uk/wishaw-news/local-wishaw-news/wishaw-news/2012/11/28/newmains-community-hub-gets-2-3million-lottery-boost-76495-32318231/
Epping-based befriending project City on a Hill lands £10000
Big Lottery Fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/efnews/10078785.Funding_boost_to_help_charity_bring_elderly_out_of_the_shadows/
Shopmobility, which loans out scooters and wheelchairs to
help less able-bodied shoppers access town centre stores, was awarded the grant
from the Big Lottery Fund to meet the increasing demand for its services.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-news/Lottery-cash-boost-for-Harlow-mobility-charity-28112012.htm
The Big Lottery Fund's Village SOS scheme has awarded
business grants of more than £641,000 to 13 communities across Northern
Ireland. Around £50,000 has been earmarked for each village to help people
create social enterprises.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/villages-awarded-amppound50k-to-help-create-new-social-enterprises-16243490.html
The Big Lottery Fund has awarded grants to both South
Shields Community School and St Wilfrid's RC College. They were among 48 groups
in the region who were helped by the Awards For All scheme, which gives
handouts of up to £10,000 to projects.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/groups-benefit-from-30-000-windfall-1-5168157
Mayor Charity of the Year
This is a fantastic example of the generosity of Loughboroughs
traders coming together to support the Mayors nominated charities that work
tirelessly to support the local community. This year, the Mayor has selected
two charities to support.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/loughborough-news/2012/12/04/under-the-hammer-for-mayor-s-charities-73871-32360989/
Mayor of Felixstowe Mike Deacon is hoping his two chosen
charities for his year in office will receive a great Christmas boost.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.felixstowestar.co.uk/news/news/felixstowe_mayor_s_charities_set_for_christmas_concert_boost_1_1713526
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