Charity Links 16/9/13

Stroke Association's voluntary income rose by 10% last year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stroke.org.uk/news/archive

Save the Children says its income from corporate partnerships will be £22.5m this year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news-and-comment

The number and amount of Gift Aid claims fell last year, says HMRC figures

Sajid Javid, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, highlighted the figures but said it was too early to assess the impact of the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/news.htm

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/guidance-notes/chapter8/index.htm

Danske Bank raises £400000 for N Ireland charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.businessfirstonline.co.uk/other-articles/cancer-focus-service-expands-thanks-to-383000-fundraising-boost-from-danske-bank/

Sheffield Wednesday announce that club will host a charity partner at every home game during 2013/14

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/owls-introduce-charity-partners-1010126.aspx

Mòd Phàislig announces charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.paisley.org.uk/2013/08/mod-phaislig-announces-charity-partner/

Pets at home forms partnership with dogs trust

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.petbusinessworld.co.uk/news/feed/pets-at-home-forms-partnership-with-dogs-trust

Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust official charity for PSP at Boat Show

For more information, please click on the following link: http://onthewight.com/2013/08/29/ellen-macarthur-cancer-trust-official-charity-for-psp-at-southampton-boat-show/

Rotary club of Northwick Park donates money to chosen charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10643304.Rotary_club_donates_money_to_chosen_charity/

Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards gives backing to cancer charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/news/29082013081532-bristol-law-firm-veale-wasbrough-vizards-gives-backing-to-cancer-charity/

Companies buddy up to make a difference for Wakefield Hospice

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/companies-buddy-up-to-make-a-difference-1-6000536

Help a Capital Child will be Charlton's official charity partner for the 2013/14 season

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20130829-help-a-capital-child-partnership-announced-1022764.aspx

British Red Cross partnership with H&M raises more than £1m in two years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Media-centre/Press-releases/2013/September/H-and-M-Partnership

Save the Children says its income from corporate partnerships will be £22.5m this year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://blogs.savethechildren.org.uk/category/theme/fundraising/

Sue Ryder wins race to become Reading Half Marathon 'official charity'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/sue-ryder-wins-race-become-5854932

Livability grows income despite public spending cutbacks

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/content/16019/livability_grows_income_despite_public_spending_cutbacks

Essex Air Ambulance chosen as Brentwood Marks and Spencer's charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/essex_air_ambulance_chosen_as_brentwood_marks_and_spencer_s_charity_of_the_year_1_2370597

North West Air Ambulance chosen as charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/north-west-air-ambulance-chosen-as-charity-of-the-year-1-6015701

Theatreland gives a hand up to The Big Issue Foundation, official charity of the WhatsOnStage Awards

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bigissue.org.uk/news/2013/september/2/whatsonstage-awards-announces-big-issue-foundation-official-charity-partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/09-2013/theatreland-gives-a-hand-up-to-the-big-issue-found_31802.html?cid=homepage_news

DS Smith staff are pedalling more than 500 miles down the length of Britain for their charity partners

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dssmith-packaging.com/news_and_events/press_releases/ds_smith_leads_the_pack_in_fundraising_boost

The Reporter Series chose Asthma UK as one of its charities for 2013 http://bit.ly/1b2COZs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/charity-issues-plea-to-parents-as-holidays-end-1-5999413

Film director Richard Curtis helps Oxford cancer charity raise over £6,000 with screening of his new film

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10661010.Perfect_timing_as_screening_raises___6k_for_charity/

Trinity raises £20840 for local charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2013/08/29/trinity-raises-20840-for-local-charities/

Fundraiser smashes £30000 charity target

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/10644838.Fundraiser_smashes___30_000_charity_target/

Enter Wish 2013 to get a share of £25000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-echo-wish-2013-25000-5831836

The Shoulder of Mutton, Ruskington wins Best Charitable Pub 2013, for East Anglia/Midlands area

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/local/pub-is-the-best-for-charitable-fundraising-1-5443753

M&D's partners with Clyde 1 and Clyde 2 Cash For Kids to raise £25000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure/m-d-s-partners-with-clyde-1-and-clyde-2-cash-for-kids-to-raise-25-000-1-3080787

The Fire Fighter's Charity & Caudwell Children will both benefit from a charity car wash in Stoke-on-Trent

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/regional/charities-to-clean-up-with-car-wash-1-5461524

Oxford: One week left to apply for £10k charity grants

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10662014.One_week_left_to_apply_for___10k_charity_grants/

Clifford Chance adds seven more charities to client-level pro bono scheme

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/2292826/cc-adds-seven-more-charities-to-clientlevel-pro-bono-scheme

Sam Younger sends tough messages in speech to charities  

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/sam-younger-makes-speech-at-charity-event-090913/

Private health firms attacked over charity tax relief

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/27/private-health-firms-tax-relief-charity

YouthNet announces new owner for volunteer website, Do-it

For more information, please click on the following link: http://ivo.org/newshound/news/youthnet-announces-new-owner-for-volunteer-website-do-it-1

Charity bosses meet ministers to discuss lobbying Bill fears

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=110926

The number of Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) in the UK has exceeded 1,000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/15999/number_of_cios_passes_1000_mark_nationwide

Why charities should use different media to reveal the impact they make

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/aug/27/charities-media-communicate-impact-twitter

New donation recycling platform launches

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

Charity databases: how to make sure you choose the right one

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/sep/05/charity-databases-choose-right

Free CAF open panel discussion & networking lunch: Delivering impact with a charity partnership

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.cafonline.org/events/for-companies/impact-charity-partnership.aspx

Charities can claim for stamp duty land tax relief in joint purchases

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/15952/charities_can_claim_for_stamp_duty_land_tax_relief_in_joint_purchases

New report reveals that Worcester has more charity shops than almost any other British city

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/10647214.Has_Worcester_become__charity_city__/

New pair filling top role at head of education charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/New-pair-filling-role-head-education-charity/story-19738879-detail/story.html#axzz2eUh6VSO2

Disability charity Scope has announced the appointment of a new Director of Communications & Marketing

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scope.org.uk/news/new-director-communications

FRSB halves membership fees for Small Charities Coalition members

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.frsb.org.uk/english/news/155/22/Small-charities-Offered-50-discount-on-FRSB-Annual-Fee/

Clinks launches online directory for charities working with offenders

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.clinks.org/partnership-finder

How charities and technology firms can benefit from collaboration

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/sep/03/charities-technology-collaboration

Sir Bobby Robson's charity buys cancer research equipment

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23956892

Charities can now generate income & save on mobile phone costs by switching their company mobile phone contracts to Donate Mobile

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/09/06/charities-to-fundraise-through-company-phones-with-donate-mobile/

Charities should behave more like MapMyRun

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/content/16004/a_word_from_the_editor

TV & West End star John Barrowman has offered to become a patron for a homelessness charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/10653633.New_star_patron_for_homelessness_charity/

BBC Countryfile presenter Ellie Harrison becomes new Patron to Farmers Overseas Action Group

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/countryfile-star-to-spearhead-uk-farm-charity-for-uganda/58630.article

E.cigarettes firm told to hand back old Ash Wales web domain name

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23963001