Charity Links 18/12/13

Charity Partnerships

Millbrook raises more than £2000 for their charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=17197&title=Millbrook+raises+more+than+%A32%2C000+for+charity

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Punch-backs-new-charity-website-and-helpline

SSE staff in Basingstoke help to transform charity garden

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/10873171.SSE_staff_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.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a538102/ministry-of-sound-partners-with-teenage-cancer-trust.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/huddersfields-syngenta-staff-help-local-6404024

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/community/news/search-for-bretton-pet-shop-s-charity-of-the-year-1-5752144

Warwickshire CCC visit leukaemia patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/cricket/warwickshire-ccc-visit-leukaemia-patients-6404140

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10873260.Devizes_bright_idea_to_give_charity_a_festive_boost/

Steve Cram plans African charity ride for the new year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10874154.Steve_Cram_plans_African_charity_ride_for_the_new_year/?ref=nt

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10870023.Red_Hall_community_centre_awarded___10_000_lottery_grant_for_refurbishment/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10871062.Teachers_ambushed_in_bid_to_aid_charities/?ref=mmsp

Carers' daring calendar for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/carers-daring-calendar-for-charity-1-3230740

Formals raise £84000 for children's cancer charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/local-news/formals-raise-84-000-for-children-s-cancer-charity-1-5742100

New Melton fundraising group celebrates its launch

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/community/community-news/hundreds-raised-at-new-charity-group-s-launch-event-1-5748556

New charity calendar features canine cops

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2013-12-16/new-charity-calendar-features-canine-cops/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Charity-receive-pound-13k-boost-early-Banksy/story-20326159-detail/story.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/the-light-fund-donates-80k-to-global-charity-projects/039198

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?

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network-mydonate-partner-zone/how-charities-stand-out-at-christmas

Milton Keynes charity to feature on ITV's Text Santa

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Charities/Milton-Keynes-charity-to-feature-on-ITVs-Text-Santa-and-the-Jeremy-Kyle-Show-20131212080000.htm

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Charity-Ruby-UK-delivered-250-Christmas-presents/story-20311192-detail/story.html

Speculation mounts on Scientology gaining charitable status

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/16585/speculation_mounts_on_scientology_gaining_charitable_status

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Sawbridgeworth/West-Essex-charity-offers-new-service-to-help-people-with-hearing-aids-20131211171235.htm

Stage One announces new scheme for emerging producers

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.londontheatre1.com/index.php/57485/stage-one-announces-new-scheme-for-emerging-producers/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Finance/article/1224270/government-overseas-fund-transfer-policy-could-leave-charities-vulnerable-abuse/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/report-shows-fraud,-financial-abuse-and-financial-mismanagement-are-common-problems-in-charity-regulators-case-work/

Ryanair's bikini calendar ad banned

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10513381/Ryanairs-bikini-calendar-ad-banned.html

Founders Forum For Good announces partnership with RankAbove

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/12/11/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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/16576/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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10516542/Charities-set-to-be-forced-to-be-more-open-about-how-much-they-pay-their-top-executives.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/dec/13/charity-christmas-present-gift-ideas-2013

Skills Platform signs up NCVO in new partnership

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/12/13/skills-platform-signs-up-ncvo-in-new-partnership/

Investigation into grant-making charity - Charity Commission publishes report

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/investigation-into-grant-making-charity-regulator-publishes-report/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/charity-focuses-on-young-carers-29839435.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10519261/Charities-call-for-cancer-carers-to-have-new-legal-right-to-support.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/10517667/Fifth-of-small-charities-face-closure-due-to-draw-of-most-popular-causes.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/448789/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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524385/Small-charge-5p-plastic-bag-charity.html#ixzz2ndQcy4BF

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-how-charities-spend-your-donations-29839075.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/16586/charity_commission_to_take_a_closer_look_at_charities_with_pension_deficits

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2521876/Manchester-Citys-Micah-Richards-picks-charities-receive-25-000.html

The Guardian:  Charity Christmas gift guide 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/dec/13/charity-christmas-gift-guide-2013

How best to give to charity at Christmas

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/money/how-best-to-give-to-charity-at-christmas-29841113.html

Firefighters strip off for charity calendar

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524255/Firefighters-strip-charity-calendar-send-temperatures-soaring.html

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/12/16/uk-charity-takes-new-spin-on-charity-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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network-caf-partner-zone/how-to-invest-ethically-charity

Reading charities overdue with their annual financial reports

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reading-charities-overdue-annual-financial-6408596

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/16578/small_charities_coalition_unveils_new_brand

HootSuite Partners with Chimp to Launch #GiveOn Campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/hootsuite-partners-with-chimp-to-launch-giveon-campaign-for-canadian-charities-2013-12-13

Technology Trust launches its tt-software partner programme with SoftwareONE

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/12/16/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

http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/12/18/stroke-association-boosts-kpi-management-with-new-logi-analytics-system/

Job Vacancies

Corporate Partnerships Manager

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/361275/corporate-partnerships-manager/

Strategic Partnerships Officer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/361169/strategic-partnerships-officer/

Community & Events Fundraising Manager

http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/361333/community-and-events-fundraising-manager/