Wednesday 12 March 2014

Charity Links 12/3/14





Charity Partnerships

Tesco Extra, Gallions Reach, raises more money than any other London store for their charity Diabetes UK

Milton Keynes company Locums staff climb Ben Nevis for Leo's Appeal

TSB Barnstaple makes North Devon Hospice its chosen charity

Sheerness Times Guardian & Sittingbourne News Extra charity of the year, the Harmony Therapy Trust, hosts fashion show
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/times_guardian/news/fashion-spectacular-is-a-sweet-13837/

Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel hosts 'Pink Pig Racing' event on 13th March 2014 to raise money for charity partner

The Willows Garden Centre in Glentham is holding a craft fair in support of its 2014 charity of the year Lindsey Lodge Hospice

FS1 Recruitment partners MK hospital's Leo's Appeal

CLAN chosen as ANM Group's charity for 2014

Sidcot School has decided to raise money for Guide Dogs charity as their charity of the year

Thurrock's track racing club announces new charity

Anti-bullying charity announced as Beyond Analysis Charity of the Year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1775711

Yorkshire Building Society Group raises £350000 for RNLI
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/regional/society-raises-350-000-for-rnli-1-6478546

Howarth Timber & Building Supplies is happy to have raised over £15,000 in last year for its charity partner
               
IntaPeople kick-starts '20 for 20' charity drive with 'St David's Day Dangle' for Teenage Cancer

Severn Hospice is Shrosbree Golf's charity of the year

Motors firm set to back young ME charity

The Sun's Page 3 partners breast cancer charity CoppaFeel for six-month deal


Fundraising


96% of pubs raise money for charity, new study reveals

Daventry Area Community Transport benefits from a charity golf day hosted by Hellidon Lakes Golf & Spa Hotel.

Bournemouth charity BCHA launches quiz to find next big fundraising idea

Charity day for West Bridgford estate agent

Caerphilly festival Megaday hits charity target to reach £250000 milestone

Day long charity football match raises thousands
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/local-news/day-long-charity-football-match-6776507

Lords win Westminster charity pancake race

West End star Leanne Jones to help hospice charity launch new coffee morning

Charity Daffodil Ball raises £20k
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/regional/charity-daffodil-ball-raises-20k-1-6478610

Another successful year for Thornbury swimathon

Charities to benefit from innovative Watford estate agent

Specsavers win the Reading Charity Pancake Race for third year running
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/specsavers-win-reading-charity-pancake-6771292

Equilaw Charity Auction in aid of Charity partner
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.equilaw.uk.com/our-fabulous-charity-auction
               
Hilton Manchester Deansgate Celebrates Its Charity Of The Year

Police officers to walk 100km for charity Blind Veterans UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/11066014.Police_officers_to_walk100km_for_charity/

Comedy night to raise money for skin charity

Helen Skelton in BT Tower charity drop
For more information, please click on the following link: http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/skelton-bt-tower-charity-drop-124104231.html

Grieving March family raise £12000 for epilepsy charity SUDEP

BRISTOL Wanderers, a new charity rugby team, sets target of at least £5,000 for Children's Hospice South West

Felder Group UK takes on charity 3 Peaks Challenge!

Charity challenge in Wetherby raises over £15000

Derby City Council pantomime raises £13000 for Mayor's chosen charities

Mersey commuters take part in secret flashmob for Clatterbridge Cancer charity

Cheltenham businesswoman gives Pepper Crescent bistro to charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/undefined-headline/story-20783127-detail/story.html

Chorley FC don new strip for charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11055311.Chorley_FC_don_new_strip_for_charity/

Westcountry Rotary Club support cancer charity



Charity News

Demonstrating the effect of charity work would increase giving, affluent donors say
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2014-publications/why-we-give.aspx
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.cafonline.org/PDF/CAF-Why-We-Give-Jan14.pdf

UK-wide research finds a third of public say their views of charities has improved in past 3 years
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/no-complacency-for-uk-charities.23612627

Charity shops are meeting needs, not being greedy or outpricing the poor

People giving money to charity and donating higher amounts as impact of economic downturn lessens, says new study

Fewer Oxfam city jobs lost than feared in restructuring

Oxfam's former head of counter-fraud pleads guilty to defrauding the charity of £65000
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-26466466

Community Service Volunteers is closing its learning centres due to restructure
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.csv.org.uk/press/restructure-heralds-new-era-CSV

Clare's Law 'will do very little,' says Refuge charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26495764

Cancer charity plans to build new centre in Cardiff
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cancer-charity-plans-build-new-6786465

Specsavers in Bourne gives 500 pairs of glasses to Vision Action

The Queen praises gay rights charity's 'special anniversary' in royal surprise

National recognition for Red Dreams charity
               
Infographic: Some UK Charities Don't Want to Replicate U.S. Charitable System

New charity hub opens for business in Scotland
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/new-charity-hub-opens-for-business-1-6473960

New consultancy aims to help Cambridge businesses and charities excel

New 'flood hotline' open by Ceredigion Citizens Advice Bureau

Bid to boost brain cancer research
For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.uk.msn.com/bid-to-boost-brain-cancer-research

Carnegie UK Trust is targeting 16 to 30-year-olds by offering to help with ideas for opening new shops.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thecourier.co.uk/business/news/fund-for-new-high-street-shops-1.254756

Alzheimer Scotland opens brand new office on Inverurie’s West High Street
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.inverurieherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/new-charity-office-opens-1-3329631

Ross Hutchins appointed new tournament director of Queen's Club tournament

Thomson Reuters Fndn: Brits think charity exec salaries too high, spending too murky
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.trust.org/item/20140305041804-mizys

Charity's shock at finding £2000 donation in second-hand clothes bag

Charity champion Jacqui Gettings nominated for Pride of Hartlepool award

Finance firm sets up charity scheme to help clients in Rutland



Lerwick man based in London has launched a new charity that aims to provide games consoles for children in hospitals
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/8120-new-charity-promotes-gaming-for-health

Horrid Henry joins charity fundraising T-Shirt Booth App

Spotify Launches Its First Charity Game Application

Blackbaud to match-fund internships on University of Chichester's new fundraising degree course

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity on lookout for new CRM system



Comedian & presenter Alexander Armstrong is joining the Just a Drop charity as a patron

Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance doctor Malcolm Russell collects MBE from Queen
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_messenger/news/air-ambulance-doctor-collects-mbe-13879/

Charity Trustee Role for Linda Urquhart OBE
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2014/03/charity-trustee-role-for-linda-urquhart-obe/

Norwich's Matthew Project names new CEO
For more information, please click on the following link: For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.networknorwich.co.uk/Articles/394863/Network_Norwich_and_Norfolk/People/Norwichs_Matthew_Project_names_new_CEO.aspx

Green technology centre appoints new chief exec




Lottery Funding

Trading Standards project nominated for national award

Stevenage project for deaf children nets £370000 lottery cash

Whitley Bay and Amble to get government regeneration cash
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-26479063

St Ives hotel given £500000 of lottery funding
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26475338

Amy Winehouse charity to spread addiction message in Bournemouth schools thanks to funding

Council leaders call for review of lottery funding
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.localgov.co.uk/Council-leaders-call-for-review-of-lottery-funding/35757

Animal charities celebrate £696000 donation
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.petbusinessworld.co.uk/news/feed/animal-charities-celebrate--696-000-donation

3 Leeds charities to benefit from Children in Need cash

Argyll and Bute charity in line for Sport Relief award

Hearing charity the Ear Foundation handed £120000 grant to expand services

New partnerships pave way for £20m investment in brain tumour research
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getbucks.co.uk/news/local-news/new-partnerships-pave-way-20m-6792160

Cambridgeshire counselling charity Petals settles into new city home following £20k grant



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