Charity Links 09/1/14

Charity Partnerships

CLAN Cancer Support was chosen by Inverurie car dealership I&K Motors as its nominated charity for 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.inverurieherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/partnership-brings-reward-for-clan-1-3238261

Walker Morris employees donate more than 150 gifts to Zest Health for Life charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thelawyer.com/firms-and-the-bar/walker-morris-employees-donate-more-than-150-gifts-to-zest-health-for-life-charity/3014329.article

Strutt & Parker Estate Agents break their fund-raising targets for children's charity GOSH

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1396165

Hydrographic Office staff help Freewheelers charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/10892750.Hydrographic_Office_staff_help_Freewheelers_charity_get_new_bike/

Fairview New Homes in Enfield raise money for Meningitis Now

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/10892964.Staff_raise_money_to_support_co_worker/

Teenage Cancer Trust’s Bristol Unit receive Christmas gifts from retailer MandM Direct

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1654507#ixzz2poFTR8sm

Sainsbury’s Middle Warren, Hartlepool store chose Miles for Men as their charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/gifts-donated-to-support-charity-1-6332980

Keighley's Airedale Shopping Centre seeks charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/10896625.Keighley___s_Airedale_Shopping_Centre_seeks_charity_partner/?ref=var_0

Children's charity receives Christmas card cash from Shoreham Port

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/county-news/latest-news/children-s-charity-receives-christmas-card-cash-1-5769303

Rodney Lawrence Trust crowned charity of the year by Theale company

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2014/rodney-lawrence-trust-crowned-charity-of-the-year-by-theale-company

Together for Short Lives was named Hobbycraft's first ever Charity of the Year for 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.creweguardian.co.uk/news/10889351.Hobbycraft_donation/

Wellingborough logistics firm Kuehne-Nagel handed over £24,000 raised by employees in 2013 to Cancer Research UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/cancer-charity-boost-from-logistics-firm-1-5766675

Macmillan and Valero celebrate amazing charity year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=43361&headline=Macmillan%20and%20Valero%20celebrate%20amazing%20charity%20year

Homelessness charity Porchlight announced as KentOnline charity of the Year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/porchlight-is-kentonlines-charity-of-10967/

The Pets At Home store at the Bretton Centre selected Cats Protection Peterborough at its charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/community/news/cat-charity-to-benefit-from-bretton-store-1-5790877

Heinz is bringing back its 'Get Well' Soup campaign in partnership with kids' charity the Starlight Children's Foundation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/heinz-brings-back-get-well-soon-soup-campaign/353239.article

Eastern Waste Disposal is doing it to highlight the fact it is fundraising this year for Cancer Research UK.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/localnews/10916013.Waste_trucks_put_charity_in_the_pink/?ref=var_0

Kier Construction staff hand over charity cheque to National Star

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/news/07012014143500-kier-construction-staff-hand-over-charity-cheque-to-national-star-from-mountain-challenge-/

Smiths News tops the £300000 charity fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wiltshirebusinessonline.co.uk/news/latest/10918544.Smiths_News_tops_the___300_000_charity_fund/?ref=nt

STAFF at the Bristol Marriott City Centre hotel raised nearly £5,000 in a year to help their favourite charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hotel-staff-raised-pound-5-000-year/story-20408153-detail/story.html

Propeller Theatre Company Partners with Jeans for Genes for 2014 Tours

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Propeller-Theatre-Company-Partners-with-Jeans-for-Genes-for-2014-Tours-20140106

BRINTONS has donated two rugs to a Coventry counselling charity to mark a 50-year partnership.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/10916565.Two_rugs_donated_to_charity_by_Brintons/?ref=nt

BrassNeck Theatre's £4000 boost to charity Myeloma UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/news_local/10912818.BrassNeck_Theatre_s___4_000_boost_to_charity/?ref=var_0

New official charity partnership between the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Scottish Commonwealth Games Youth Trust

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.glasgow2014.com/press-releases/glasgow-2014-unveils-charity-partnerships-support-next-generation-team-scotland-stars

The Stockport Express is supporting FIVE charities this year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/stockport-express-supports-five-charities-6465148

Staff at Brethertons solicitors in Banbury have helped raise more than £13,000 for charity this year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/solicitors-do-their-bit-for-charities-1-5782322

TDX Group smashes 2013 pledge to raise over £34,000 for local charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.creditman.biz/uk/members/news-view.asp?newsviewID=19221

Ella Riley Sweets choose to support Alzheimer's Society as their charity partner for 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1913

Lloyds Banking Group colleagues celebrate raising over twice their target for Alzheimer's Society

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1914

Linley & Simpson in York is homing in on its target to raise £20,000 for its inaugural Charity of the Year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/charity/10911972.Letting_agent_homes_in_on___20_000_charity_total/?ref=rss

Hartlepool Golf club announces 2014 charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/north-east/golf-club-announces-2014-charities-1-6348059

Brewin Dolphin, Exeter, has handed over a cheque for £2,500 to its first ever charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Exeter-Deaf-Academy-benefits-Brewin-Dolphin-s/story-20383573-detail/story.html

Autonet Insurance in Burslem raises £28000 for charity in 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Autonet-Insurance-Burslem-raises-pound-28-000/story-20382161-detail/story.html

Fundraising

Team Dransfield's 2013 bike ride raises over £8000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk/news-item/team-dransfields-2013-bike-ride-raises-over-%C2%A38000-leeds-blood-cancer-research

Chairman's Trust helping four charities across Horsham district

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/chairman-s-trust-helping-four-charities-across-horsham-district-1-5763689

Figure 8 Festival 2013 raises over £3000 for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristol247.com/2013/12/23/figure-8-festival-2013-raises-over-3000-for-charity-13433/

Beverley Male Voice Choir hits high note for Teenage Cancer Trust

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Beverley-Male-Voice-Choir-hits-high-note-Teenage/story-20361043-detail/story.html

Andy gets on his bike to help Canine Partners

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/features/latest/andy-gets-on-his-bike-to-help-canine-friends-1-5759308

Firms set new record for charity donations to Leicestershire Cares' Collect 4 Christmas

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Firms-set-new-record-charity-donations/story-20360746-detail/story.html#ixzz2poBaK0H3

Christmas market raises £500 for children's cancer charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10892891.Christmas_market_raises___500_for_children_s_cancer_charity/

Bridal shop's ball raises charity cash

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/local/bridal-shop-s-ball-raises-charity-cash-1-6354587

Children's charity £142000 new year cash boost

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/childrens-charity-142000-new-year-6470620

New Marie Curie fundraising group launched in Bishop Auckland

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10916785.New_Marie_Curie_fundraising_group_launched_in_Bishop_Auckland/

Donations through payroll giving reached a record £155m in 2012/13 Fig: 5.2

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/charity/commentary.pdf

People's Postcode Lottery parent company, Novamedia, has just been announced as the world's second largest private charity donor

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rda.org.uk/assets/PPL-Press-Release-Jan2014.pdf

Charity News

Gerard Butler relishes his new charity role

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/gerard-butler-relishes-new-charity-role-1-3240214

A celebrity chef who remarkably survived 3 major heart attacks has become a patron to an Evesham charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveshamobserver.co.uk/2013/12/27/news-Chef-and-survivor-is-new-patron-93381.html

Harry Redknapp pledges his support to a children's charity by becoming its newest patron.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/efnews/10918263.Harry_Redknapp_becomes_charity_patron/

RYEDALE Voluntary Action Group prepares for a merger with another charity to enable it to continue its work

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/10891962.RVA_merger_will_bring_benefits/

St Mungo's and Broadway to merge

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mungos.org/press_office/1757_st-mungo-s-and-broadway-to-merge

New chairperson for pet charity Borders Pet Rescue

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/new-chairperson-for-pet-charity-1-3259208

Terrence Higgins Trust Appoints New CEO

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thegayuk.com/#/magazine/4574334751/NEWS-Terrence-Higgins-Trust-Appoints-New-CEO/7236143

The Charity Commission is holding a public meeting in Bristol on 28/1/14

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/charity-commission-public-meeting-to-be-held-in-bristol/

Charity Commission removes Galloway spokesman from Viva Palestina accounts order

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/16661/charity_commission_removes_galloway_spokesman_from_order_requiring_viva_palestina_to_file_accounts

Legal support charity reports huge rise in cases

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/legal-support-charity-reports-huge-rise-in-cases/5039281.article

Charity Bank 'proud' to have funded Heron Corn Mill refurbishment

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10867512.Charity_Bank__proud__to_have_funded_Heron_Corn_Mill_refurbishment/

Scottish independence risks medical funding, charities warn

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10532764/Scottish-independence-risks-medical-funding-charities-warn.html

People in Newcastle are revealed as the most generous in the country

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/people-newcastle-revealed-most-generous-6439133

New name for autism charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10893845.New_name_for_autism_charity/

Money to enable cyclists to report potholes via new smartphone app is being provided by the Government

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2013/12/24/cycling-charity-given-pothole-funds-80904-34171181/

Charities pitch gifts to last minute Christmas shoppers

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2013/12/24/charities-pitch-gifts-last-minute-christmas-shoppers/

New helpline has been set up in Wales by the Royal British Legion

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/new-helpline-been-set-up-6442898

Suffolk medical charity sees rise in 2013 call outs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/latest-news/suffolk-medical-charity-sees-rise-in-2013-call-outs-1-5791542

The Guardian: Charity's success is down to influential leadership and positive attitudes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/dec/30/charity-success-leadership-positive-attitudes

The Guardian paper reports: What's the point of the Charity Commission?

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/07/what-point-charity-commission-voluntary-sector

Wiltshire: Charity Getting New Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.heart.co.uk/wiltshire/news/local/wiltshire-air-ambulance/

Wiltshire's groundbreaking new air ambulance is first of its kind

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/10919482.Wiltshire_s_groundbreaking_new_air_ambulance_is_first_of_its_kind/

Air Ambulance Service Completes 20000 Missions

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Northamptonshire/Towcester/NN12/News/Local-News/265085-Air-Ambulance-Service-Completes-20-000-Missions

New scheme sees PCSOs in Darlington donating one shift a month to charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10916927.New_scheme_sees_PCSOs_in_Darlington_donating_one_shift_a_month_to_charity/

Former CAF chief among sector figures in New Year Honours list

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nvfunding.com/former-caf-chief-among-sector-figures-in-new-year-honours-list/

Innocent unveils new ad as part of £3.5m ‘Chain of Good’ campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/01/06/innocent-launches-35m-chain-good-campaign

Charity employing blind and disabled people to officially open factory

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10917139.Charity_employing_blind_and_disabled_people_to_officially_open_factory/

Crime fighting charity's 25 years of successful tip-offs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10915182.Crime_fighting_charity___s_25_years_of_successful_tip_offs/

Cats' charity group in Derbyshire needs a volunteer treasurer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/local/cats-charity-group-in-derbyshire-needs-a-volunteer-treasurer-1-6347668

Leatherhead homeless charity devastated by flood damage

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dorkingandleatherheadadvertiser.co.uk/Leatherhead-homeless-charity-devastated-flood/story-20388680-detail/story.html

Charities tell public how to spot a fundraising fraudster

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10908217.Charities_tell_public_how_to_spot_a_fundraising_fraudster/

Weldmar Hospicecare Trust has taken over the Dorchester Town Affiliation Card from Dorchester FC

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10907774.Charity_offers_business_discounts/?ref=var_0   

Job Vacancies:

Corporate New Business Manager - big brand charity

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Corporate Fundraising Executive

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Corporate Partnerships Manager

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Corporate Partnerships Co-ordinator

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Corporate Account Manager

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Partnership Development Manager

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Senior Account Manager

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Senior Account Manager - Global Partnerships

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Senior Account Manager - Global Partnership

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Programme Manager

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Senior Trust Fundraiser

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Fundraising Executive

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Corporate New Business Manager

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