Wednesday 18 December 2013

Charity Links 18/12/13




Charity Partnerships


Millbrook raises more than £2000 for their charity partner

Bentley Motors supports CWA charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/business/bentley-motors-gives-support-charity-6395970

Punch backs new charity website and helpline

SSE staff in Basingstoke help to transform charity garden

Grayling Future Planet has formed a partnership with green energy charity Ashden
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/14354/EMEA-News-In-Brief-December-16-2013.aspx

Bristol JLD present £4,079.80 to Charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristoljld.co.uk/2013/12/bristol-jld-present-4079-80-to-charity/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristoljld.co.uk/charity-of-the-year/

MINISTRY OF SOUND PARTNERS WITH TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/ministry-of-sound-partners-with-teenage-cancer-trust

Huddersfield's Syngenta staff help local charities

HomeServe Volunteers Occupy Charity Shops in Aid of Marie Curie
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1642465

Search for new Pets at Home, Peterborough, charity of the year

Warwickshire CCC visit leukaemia patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital



Fundraising

Oxford University 2014 naked charity calendar
For more information, please click on the following link: http://sosogay.co.uk/2013/oxford-university-2014-naked-charity-calendar/

The Houses of Parliament hosted an historic charity art auction called Smile Britannia on Friday 13 December 2013.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://butterflyartnews.com/2013/12/15/london-smile-britannia-charity-auction/

Festive fundraiser for Overgate Hospice
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/festive-fundraiser-for-overgate-hospice-6397090

Devizes bright idea to give charity a festive boost

Steve Cram plans African charity ride for the new year

Kidz charity receives Big Lottery funding
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/local/kidz-charity-receives-big-lottery-funding-1-6308722

Red Hall community centre awarded £10000 lottery grant

TEACHERS at Lydiard Park Academy put themselves forward for punishment in aid of charity

Carers' daring calendar for charity

Formals raise £84000 for children's cancer charity

New Melton fundraising group celebrates its launch

New charity calendar features canine cops

Charity to receive £13k boost after early Bristol Banksy sells for £26k

Solicitors raise £1700 for UK charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.champnews.com/newsstory.aspx?story=3046532

The Light Fund donates £80k to global charity projects

Charity News

This year's charity Christmas card Scrooge named
For more information, please click on the following link: http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/12/11/this-years-charity-christmas-card-scrooge-named/

Tis the season of goodwill…but how can charities stand out?

Milton Keynes charity to feature on ITV's Text Santa

Canadian startup is launching its social charity model Sport For Food in the UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-12/12/sirius-ukti-winners

Former Hollyoaks actress Rachel Shenton joins charity Ruby UK

Speculation mounts on Scientology gaining charitable status

West Essex charity offers new service to help people with hearing aids

Stage One announces new scheme for emerging producers

International fund transfer policy 'could leave charities vulnerable to abuse'

Report shows fraud, financial abuse and financial mismanagement are common problems in charity regulator's case work

Ryanair's bikini calendar ad banned

Founders Forum For Good announces partnership with RankAbove

Zoe Wanamaker joins charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10873500.Wanamaker_joins_charity/

Age UK reveals latest redundancy costs

Fatboy Slim launches new Coaching for Hope charity iniative
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/fatboy-slim-launches-new-coaching-6405232

Charities set to be forced to be more open about how much they pay their top executives

Charitable fundraising sites and donations-based crowdfunding raised £310m in the UK this year, according to new research by Nesta

Skills Platform signs up NCVO in new partnership

Investigation into grant-making charity - Charity Commission publishes report

Spurgeons focuses on young carers with 'Just Another Day' campaign

Age UK looks for temporary Hull home
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-25380757

Charities call for cancer carers to have new legal right to support

Fifth of small charities face closure due to draw of most popular causes

Make charity count: The best ways to give to good causes

Charity: UK needs 'more victim support for slaves'
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-12-16/charity-uk-needs-more-victim-support-for-slaves/

Small shops to charge 5p for a plastic bag. Money raised will be handed to charities

Libor fines allocated to military charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25386779
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/forces-charities-awarded-libor-cash.22956891
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/millions-in-libor-fines-to-go-to-charity-9006130.html

Promas Caring for People charity is launched in Penzance
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/step-new-cause/story-20307856-detail/story.html

Revealed - how Irish charities spend your donations

Charity Commission to take a closer look at charities with pension deficits

Manchester City's Micah Richards picks charities to receive £25000

The Guardian:  Charity Christmas gift guide 2013


How best to give to charity at Christmas

Firefighters strip off for charity calendar

UK charity takes new spin on fundraising gifts with Rock the Goat campaign

How charitable are you at Christmas? What makes people volunteer to help others?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getbucks.co.uk/news/local-news/how-charitable-you-christmas-6411135

The Guardian: How to invest ethically as a charity

Reading charities overdue with their annual financial reports

New Philanthropy Capital launches tool to help charities identify supporter categories
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thinknpc.org/blog/donor-diagnosis/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thinknpc.org/publications/money-for-good-uk/

Small Charities Coalition announces new brand

HootSuite Partners with Chimp to Launch #GiveOn Campaign

Technology Trust launches its tt-software partner programme with SoftwareONE

Truist And GreatNonprofits Announce Partnership
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1642060

Stroke Association boosts KPI management with new Logi Analytics system

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Wednesday 11 December 2013

Charity Links 11/12/13



Charity Partnerships

SAINT-GOBAIN ANNOUNCES NEW CHARITY PARTNERS

Bedfordshire recruiter takes on Keech Hospice as their charity of the year

Lloyd's Charities Trust is delighted to announce two three-year partnerships with Bromley by Bow Centre and Mayor's Fund for London

Chippenham pet store raises £2600 for animal charity

DARLINGTON Yoga Group to hold annual charity fundraiser for their charity partner

Gannett grant gives Newport charity space to grow

Let's Rock's charity partnership takes to the stage at Southampton Common July 12 and supports Child Bereavement UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/music/10853903.Let_s_Rock_s_charity_partnership/

Charities cheered as Plymouth gin firm doubles up funds

Charities will benefit from Fenstanton firm Accent Property's Christmas event

More than £9000 raised for Road Victims Trust by charity partner

Dignitana AB: Boot Out Breast Cancer Charity Partners with DigniCap® to Help Cancer Patients

Kings Chambers selects Wood Street Mission Christmas Project as 2013 Christmas charity

Falmouth Tall Ships Regatta announces the RNLI as the event’s nominated charity



Fundraising

Devon YFC announce charity fundraising total

Hallmark launches Text Santa Charity Christmas cards

Students will be flying high to aid primate charity

Lloyd's Taunton customers coin in Alzheimer's Society cash

Liverpool star Steven Gerrard donates half a MILLION pounds to children's hospital

Golf Open raises £1000 for lady captain's charities

Grants boost Orpington and Eltham charities thanks to News Shopper

Madame Tussauds Waxworks turn knitwits for charity

ICAP's 21st Charity Day raises £9.5 million

ITV's Text Santa charity appeal launches
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/central/2013-12-05/itvs-text-santa-charity-appeal-launched-today/

Charity poker night at Ricoh Arena aims to raise £2k for Cancer Research UK

Ribchester man raises £170000 for cancer charity

Havering ladies bare all for cheeky charity calendar

Help Isabel Hospice raise £10000 in JUST three days

New Auf Wiedersehen, Pet documentary set to raise cash for charity

Charity ball raises £20000 for The Children's Trust

Local Grimsby charity raises £4k in a month thanks to new scheme

Forest fundraising group picks new charity

GamesAid Gears Up for Christmas Charity Auction

East Lancs charity builds Syrian village

Duchess of Cambridge's charity to benefit from the X Factor Winner's Christmas single

Zoe's Place in Coventry to benefit from X Factor charity single

North West Air Ambulance Charity cards spread Festive Cheer

Four ways to use incentives in fundraising
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2013/12/09/four-ways-use-incentives-fundraising/

Stacksteads charity raises £1750 for Royal British Legion




North Waltham charity Sebastian's Action Trust wins major lottery grant

Nearly £70000 of Big Lottery cash donated to community groups in Leicester

Lacock charity will open new cafe after winning TV cash

Charity gives £4m to good causes across Norfolk
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/charity_gives_4m_to_good_causes_across_norfolk_1_3077372



Charity News

Independent article reads: Charities need money. But they also need principles

Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw confirms he will give pay increase to charity

Charities benefit from more than £8k of grants from Thatcham Town Council

Cops and charity link up to curb rail suicides
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.islingtontribune.com/news/2013/dec/cops-and-charity-link-curb-rail-suicides

10 year of Giving at Liverpool John Moores University Corporate Charities initiative
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/viewarticle/1189/

Charity Commission gets tough on MK charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/commission-gets-tough-on-mk-charities-1-5731119

Food Train funding welcomed

Isle of Wight Youth charity has used National Lottery funding to develop environmentally friendly swimming pool

3 in 4 charity donors would not donate to a charity which had failed to file its financial information
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/safer-giving-campaign/

How Can We Spread UK Generosity?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/john-low/how-can-we-spread-uk-generosity_b_4399010.html

South West people will spend £6 on secret Santa gifts

RSPCA hives off its missing pets service to website that charges

Calendar promotes naked truth of disabled sexuality

Charitable status and independent schools - Commons Library

Savvy Money: How to make sure your donations really go to charity

Using the Word 'Charity' in Your Company Name. Possible or not?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.business2community.com/branding/using-word-charity-company-name-0704312#!pkz6h

Fraudsters hack farming charity R.A.B.I. phone lines

How Responsible Is Business for Social Responsibility?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-paz-y-mino/how-responsible-is-busine_b_4246576.html

New EU laws could halt life-saving research
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=46e30632-bd47-4ab2-9121-c258672bd141

Caudwell children's charity set to expand family support service

Charity Commission responds to NAO report
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/charity-commission-responds-to-nao-report/

Charity Commission fails to tackle abuse says NAO

Charity Commission 'not fit for purpose', says Margaret Hodge

Charity shops enjoy £1.2bn tax break on business rates

Minister launches consultation on Charity Commission powers

Consultation on extending the Charity Commissions powers - Gov.uk

Charity cash could end up in the hands of terrorists: Watchdog 'failing to tackle abuses'

Guardian Charity Awards 2013 Winners

Britain – the most charitable developed nation in the world

Tax Research UK: It's time to reform charity tax relief
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2013/12/02/its-time-to-reform-charity-tax-relief/

Charity makes funding plea for care of elderly

Charity Commission welcomes consultation on amending and extending its powers

First Minister chooses Howson painting for his Christmas card

Street League charity celebrates 10 years of using football to help those that need it the most

Derby charity fears for its future
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25229426

Lance Kennedy to be new chief of blind charity

Charity trustee loophole to be axed
For more information, please click on the following link: http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/12/06/charity-trustee-loophole-to-be-axed/

Chancellor George Osborne promises new gift aid working party

BT's head of global brand strategy, Richard Bowyer, leaves BT later in December to join children's charity Great Ormond St Hospital





OpenMarket powers mobile donations for BBC Children in Need

uberVU helps charities to be more social
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itnewsonline.com/showrwstory.php?storyid=12303

Samsung and the British Museum renew digital partnership



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