Morrisons Plc has announced that it has extended its charity partnership with Save the Children until the end of the financial year 2013/2014.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/morrisons-extends-save-the-children-charity-partnership
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.4-traders.com/WM-MORRISON-SUPERMARKETS-9590120/news/Wm-Morrison-Supermarkets-plc-Charity-of-the-year-15585169/
KIDS Charity of the Year announce that their partnership
with Cathedral Group is on target.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kids.org.uk/information/107706/update_on_our_charity_partnership_with_cathedral_g/
Meadowhall Shopping Centre has announced that it will be
supporting The Children’s Hospital Charity, as its chosen charity of the year
for 2013. The Children's Hospital Charity supports the work of The
Children's Hospital in Sheffield by funding specialist medical equipment and vital
research etc to help change lives by opening new facilities etc.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://postcodegazette.com/news/9002785504/meadowhall-announces-chosen-charity-of-the-year-AT-sheffield-meadowhall/
BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that the NSPCC has been
chosen as its 2013 UK Charity of the Year.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bnpparibas.co.uk/en/2012/12/06/bnp-paribas-announces-its-2013-uk-charity-of-the-year/
Following a busy year of community engagement and
fundraising, KPMG on the Isle of Man has announced a donation of £7674.01 to
its chosen charity of the year 2011/12.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://isleofman.isle-news.com/archives/kpmg-announces-charity-of-the-year-fundraising-total/19478/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+isle-of-man+%28Isle+News+%3A+Isle+of+Man+News%29
First Call Contract Services are proud to announce their
2013 charity partnership with the TEENAGE CANCER TRUST.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://firstcallcontractservices.co.uk/blog/first-call-contract-services-charity-partnership-for-2013/
EasyJet's cabin crew are getting in a festive mood by
donning Santa Claus outfits to launch a new charity donation drive for Unicef.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/13/easyjets-200-santas-unicef_n_2291704.html
The Harrogate-based mutual, Engage Mutual launches a new
charity policy. Engage Mutual has launched a charity policy which recognises
staff for their participation in voluntary and fundraising initiatives.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/12/13/engage-mutual-launches-new-charity-policy/
The estate agency Strutt and Parker charity group, have decided
to donate £5,000 of their fundraising, which has been given to help Parkinson's
UK continue its work.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/local-news/boost-for-charity-thanks-to-generous-firm-1-4556887
Angel Springs raises thousands of pounds for UK charity. A
new customer loyalty scheme launched by Wolverhampton (UK) headquartered Angel
Springs has seen the water cooler service provider raise more than £10,000 for
children's charity Make-A-Wish Foundation UK in just 3 months.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.foodbev.com/news/angel-springs-raises-thousands-of-pounds#.UM2pdqzeBnk
Airedale Shopping Centre is giving Keighley people a chance
to vote for the local charity they believe the centre should support during
2013.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/10081742.Centre_seeks_new_charity_for_2013/
STAFF at a Haverfordwest store are searching for a local
good cause to become their charity partner in 2013.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/10099458.Store_staff_on_search_for_charity_partner/?ref=rss
Sywell Airshow raised a massive £50,000 for charity in a bumper
year. Organisers of this year's Sywell Airshow have announced that more than
£50,000 was raised for good causes.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/community/community-news/sywell-airshow-raises-a-massive-50-000-for-charity-in-bumper-year-1-4591105
Beyond Analysis's Charity of the Year with The Rett Syndrome
Research Trust UK, has raised significant funds.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.beyondanalysis.net/news/our-charity-of-the-year-hits-a-record-breaking-fundraising-success/
Action on Hearing Loss and Deafness Research UK has announced
recently that they are holding talks about the possibility of a merger.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/news-and-events/all-regions/press-releases/two-major-uk-hearing-loss-charities-in-merger-discussions.aspx
A broader November survey by the Office for National
Statistics cast a grim light on the overall decline in charitable giving in the
UK. The ONS report said donations fell 20%in real terms during 2011-12.
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Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has won over new hearts
as he was announced as the patron of a children's heart charity.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10099462.Shearer__honoured__to_become_patron_of_children_s_heart_charity/
From the New Year, early 2013, starting a new charity will
be much simpler. The government has agreed a new one-stop process to help make
things easier.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.greenwich-cvs.org.uk/2012/12/10/setting-up-a-new-charity-just-got-easier/
Government cuts red tape to make it easier to run a charity.
A new type of charity structure means the organisation is liable, rather than
individual trustees, if things do actually go wrong.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/government-cuts-red-tape-make-it-easier-run-charity
Lottery Funding
The Elthorne Estate will be the only Islington area awarded
funding under the Big Lottery Fund's Big Local Programme. The money will be
paid over 10 years.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.islington.gov.uk/islington/news-events/news-releases/2012/december/Pages/PR4888.aspx
The Big Society Network team attended an event last night to
celebrate that it has been given a £7 million injection from the Big Lottery
Fund (BIG).
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/blog/nexters-news-big-lottery-fund-announces-7-million-so-more-youth-have-somewhereto_/
Palfrey is one of 50 deprived areas across England to
benefit from the Big Lottery Fund's Big Local programme. Hateley Heath, in
Sandwell, has also been granted a cash injection.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/12/11/deprived-area-palfrey-given-1m-lottery-windfall/
Families in Catton Grove, to the north of the city centre,
have been given a surprise early Christmas present – £1m of National Lottery
cash to spend on improving their community.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/how_will_catton_grove_in_norwich_spend_1m_national_lottery_cash_1_1737689
Newington is set to receive at least £1 million of lottery
funding as part of a national 'Big Local' initiative.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thanet.gov.uk/news/latest_press_releases/newington_funding.aspx
A CLUSTER of villages in the shadow of the doomed, 500-job
Alcan aluminum smelter have been given a £1m funding boost.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2012/12/10/lynemouth-area-awarded-1m-in-big-lottery-funding-61634-32398217/
Residents in the isolated Cumbrian village of Milburn will
soon be broadening their horizons thanks to a £33,000 Big Lottery Fund award.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/news-and-events
A grant of £9,996 was awarded from the Big Lottery Fund
under the Awards for All scheme. It will fund a new group which provides a safe
place in which people aged 13-18 can explore and get support with gender and
sexual identity issues for a year.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10093029.__10K_grant_for_Child_and_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Service/