Charity Links 13/05/13

The prospect of a single charity registration process for both HMRC and the Charity Commission is not far off, Charities Act reviewer Lord Hodgson hints.

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/79277/Charities-Act-Review-2006-response-Nick-Hurd.pdf

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/charities-act-2006-review

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HMRC publishes new guidelines on charity shops' gift aid. HMRC says the new system will simplify claims and has published 3.51 Claiming Gift Aid when goods are sold by, and the proceeds gifted to, charities to aid the process.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/guidance-notes/chapter3/sectionf.htm#gg

Jupiter Hotels and Lord Sebastian Coe crown partnership. Jupiter Hotels’ sixteen-year partnership with Sebastian Coe Health Clubs is being celebrated with three fundraiser events, expected to raise over £50,000 for local charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/hotel/13575-jupiter-hotels-and-lord-sebastian-coe-crown-partnership-with-over-50-000-donation-to-charity

Teenage Cancer Trust chief leaves to work with similar US charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tyac.org.uk/news/teenage-cancer-trust-chief-executive-heads-to-the-usa

£19 million-plus of Oxfam’s £385 million turnover in 2011-12 came from book sales and it is claimed it is Europe’s biggest second-hand book retailer. The Oxfam online shop has more than 10,000 products and offers free returns.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop

CIPR applauds Govt move to encourage private and charity sector collaboration.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1181867/cipr-applauds-govt-move-encourage-private-charity-sector-collaboration/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cipr.co.uk/

Fundraising activities by Oxford University students have raised more than £90,000 for charity during the past year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2013/131305.html

Letchworth barber donates day's takings to Comet's Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thecomet.net/news/letchworth_barber_donates_day_s_takings_to_charity_1_2188834

Law firm Bond Dickinson tours phone box art around Leeds’ leading attractions in aid of charity of the year NSPCC.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://bdaily.co.uk/third-sector/10-05-2013/law-firm-takes-charity-phone-box-on-tour/

David Lloyd Leisure chooses Together for Short Lives as charity of the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.davidlloyd.co.uk/home/news-centre/press-releases/148/together-for-short-lives-is-david-lloyd-leisure-ch

EDF Energy announces three-year charity partnership with Marie Curie Cancer Care.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edfenergy.com/media-centre/press-news/EDF-Energy-announces-three-year-charity-partnership-with-Marie-Curie-Cancer-Care.shtml

Employees at EDF Energy's offices on Doxford International Business Park in Sunderland have pledged to do their bit and help raise thousands of pounds for the company's new charity partner Marie Curie Cancer Care.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://tyneandwear.sky.com/noticeboard/post/66494/sunderland-employees-go-yellow-to-support-600000-charity-launch

Quarriers named as official Ryder Cup charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/2013/05/08/quarriers-named-as-official-ryder-cup-charity-87085-33293914/

The Ideal Home Show Scotland has announced Erskine as the official charity partner for its 2013 Homes for Heroes Appeal.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/veterans-charity-in-home-show-boost-123627n.21016274

Each month Nationwide choose three charities nominated by its members from a different UK region. The public is then allowed to vote online for the charity they would like to get the money.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Maidenhead/Windfall-for-Air-Ambulance-07052013.htm

Cancer Research UK has been named as the lead charity for the MBNA Chester Marathon for the second year running.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.activeleisureevents.co.uk/full-marathon/media-centre/news/cancer-research-uk-announced-as-lead-charity-for-mbna-chester-marathon.aspx

Save the Children has teamed up with international pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a partnership that aims to save the lives of 1 million children over the next five years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.trust.org/item/20130509160602-rs413/?source%20=%20hpbreaking

Sainsbury's

Residents in Keighley have the chance help the town's Sainsbury's store pick a new local charity to support.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10413046.Help_Keighley_store_to_choose_its_charity/

Action for Blind People: We need your help to become Sainsbury's Charity of the Year 2013 ...

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/get-involved/fundraising-news/latest-news/sainsburys-charity-of-the-year-nominations

Bishop's Stortford shoppers urged to vote now to find Sainsbury's next charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Bishops-Stortford/Bishops-Stortford-shoppers-urged-to-vote-now-to-find-Sainsburys-next-charity-partner-20130507125401.htm

Sainsbury's, Arnison Centre, Durham is looking for new chosen charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10403443.Durham_store_looking_for_new_chosen_charity/?ref=nt

The Meeting Place Child Contact Centre, in Pavilion Square, has spent the past year as Sainsbury's Scarborough's chosen charity of the year. Who will be next?

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/local/who-will-be-store-s-next-chosen-charity-1-5656024

Sainsbury's in Kimberley wants its customers to nominate the store's next 'charity of the year'.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/eastwood-kimberley-news/customers-to-pick-charity-of-the-year-1-5656753

White Rose Sainsbury's need help choosing charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/white-rose-sainsbury-s-need-help-choosing-charity-partner-1-5653473

Isle of Wight: Sainsbury's Charity partner scheme is back for its fifth year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://iwmail.co.uk/2013/05/sainsburys-local-charity-partner-scheme-is-back-for-its-fifth-year/

2 Winchester supermarkets Sainsbury’s Middle Brook Street and Badger Farm are inviting customers to vote on their new charity partner.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirechroniclenews/10406786.Winchester_supermarkets_ask_public_to_nominate_new_charity_partner/

SAINSBURY'S stores in Amblecote and Merry Hill are looking for a new Black Country cause to support this year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/10404344.Sainsbury_s_stores_seek_new_charity_partner/

Sainsbury's in St Helen Auckland asks shoppers to choose charity to support

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/bishopauckland/10410474.Supermarket_asks_shoppers_to_choose_charity_to_support/

Vote for Horsham Sainsbury's next local charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/business/vote-for-horsham-sainsbury-s-next-local-charity-partner-1-5079497

Help find a new charity for Sainsbury's Tenby to support

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=15639&headline=Help%20find%20a%20new%20charity%20for%20Sainsbury%E2%80%99s%20to%20support

Sainsbury's Charity appeal raises £8k for year long partnership with Canterbury homelessness charity Porchlight.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Charity-appeal-raises-pound-8k/story-18947131-detail/story.html#axzz2T0zi47Xh

A welfare advice service is urging people to vote for it to become a supermarket's charity of the year. East Staffordshire Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) wants to win a poll so it can benefit from the patronage of Sainsbury's 'Local' store.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Make-your-mark-for-charity-20130510173320.htm

Nominate RNIB for Sainsbury's Charity of the Year 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rnib.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraising/news/Pages/sainsburys-coy-2013.aspx

Residents in Mildenhall are being asked to help find a new charity partner for the town’s Sainsbury’s supermarket.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/latest-news/town-store-seeks-charity-partner-1-5076876

CUSTOMERS at a Kidderminster supermarket will be able to vote for the charity they think the store should fundraise for over the next year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10406135.Customers_to_vote_for_Kidderminster_supermarket_s_charity_partner/

Sainsbury's Stanmore looking for a charity partner for the year ahead and are calling on customers to vote for their favourite local cause by May 15.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10413523.Supermarket_calls_from_charity_nominations/

Sainsbury’s in Exeter Street, Bourne is asking customers to vote for their favourite local charity to find a cause to support next year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/local/customers-asked-to-decided-supermarket-s-chosen-charity-1-5081504

Sainsbury’s in Newbury's Hectors Way is asking customers to vote for their favourite local charity to find a cause to support next year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newburyandthatchamchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/05/11/89214-shop-for-charity/

Braintree shoppers have the chance to choose a local charity to benefit from a year of fundraising via the Sainsbury's Local Charity partner scheme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/10411759.Braintree__Nominate_a_good_cause_for_supermarket_charity_scheme/