Charity Links 18/3/14

Charity Partnerships

First Group choose to support Macmillan Cancer Support as their national charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Buses-Bath-used-support-cancer-charity/story-20819734-detail/story.html

Sale Sharks to partner with cancer charity, Maggie's

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/11077574.Sale_Sharks_to_partner_with_cancer_charity__Maggie_s/

The Garden Centre Group aims to raise £500000 for Marie Curie. TGCG's first national charity partnership.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hortweek.com/news/1284973/the-garden-centre-group-aims-raise-500000-marie-curie/

DEC staff nominated Craig's Heartstrong Foundation as their first ever charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/62261/education-staff-present-charity-cheque

               

Tods Murray announce The Yard as Charity of the Year 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://thinkandtalkwithtods.com/2014/03/12/tods-murray-announce-the-yard-as-charity-of-the-year-2014/

8 charities win Halifax law firm's charity support

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/eight-charities-win-law-firm-s-help-1-6495119

Cancer charity announced as official partner of Bristol Half Marathon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/cancer_charity_is_official_partner_of_bristol_half_marathon_1_3422755

Children's cancer hospice has been chosen as its charity of the year by Skipton and Keighley law firm AWB Charlesworth Solicitors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11062847.Skipton_and_Keighley_law_firm_picks_charity/

Fundraising

Trafford is alive with the sounds of meows as animal charity receives £30000 donation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/11059976.Trafford_is_alive_with_the_sounds_of_meows_as_animal_charity_receives___30_000_donation/

Tony's memorial charity raises £8k in first 2 years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Tony-s-memorial-charity-raises-pound-8k-2-years/story-20804104-detail/story.html

Hundreds of charity walkers to raise cash for kidney patients

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/active-2014/hundreds-of-charity-walkers-to-raise-cash-for-kidney-patients-155544n.23667655

Lakes Bathrooms takes charity challenge to new heights

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/9063/Lakes_Bathrooms_takes_charity_challenge_to_new_heights.html

Full steam ahead for EACH after charity teams up with Audley End Railway

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Saffron-Walden/Full-steam-ahead-for-EACH-after-charity-teams-up-with-Audley-End-Railway-20140317165734.htm

One Stop stores support Paddington Bear's favourite charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Charities/One-Stop-stores-support-Paddington-Bears-favourite-charity-20140312110304.htm

Leo's Appeal selected as focus for Bidwells' Milton Keynes 175th anniversary celebrations

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Charities/Leos-Appeal-selected-as-focus-for-Bidwells-Milton-Keynes-175th-anniversary-celebrations-20140316160000.htm

Tesco Skegness third top fundraiser in East Midlands

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/tesco-skegness-third-top-fundraiser-in-east-midlands-1-5937454

Billingshurst aviation team take on Ironman for dementia

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/billingshurst-aviation-team-take-on-ironman-for-dementia-1-5936620

Another record breaking year for the Jersey 'By Invitation Only' charity luncheon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jersey.isle-news.com/archives/another-record-breaking-year-for-the-jersey-by-invitation-only-charity-luncheon/21158/

Estate agents take up charity cause of Kent Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Estate-agents-charity-cause-Kent-Air-Ambulance/story-20810753-detail/story.html

A businesswoman is giving her £200,000-a-year business to charity so it can help disabled people realise their potential.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Charities-handed-bistro-ndash-plate/story-20801708-detail/story.html

Gooch and Miller to talk all things cricket for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/localnews/11068575.Gooch_and_Miller_to_talk_all_things_cricket_for_charity/?ref=var_0

Mitten Clarke Helps Special Needs Charity to Raise Over £10000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1784266

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

Harleston charity shop brings in £162400 in 12 months

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/charity-shop-brings-in-162-400-in-12-months-1-5919824

Bristol model Amy Willerton launches online dating charity fundraiser

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-model-Amy-Willerton-launches-online/story-20818815-detail/story.html

Leamington businesspeople host Indian charity dinner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/local-news/leamington-businesspeople-host-indian-charity-dinner-1-5927796

NEW College music students organise gig for SADS UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/11074311.NEW_College_music_students_organise_gig_for_SADS_UK/?ref=var_0

PureGym Milton Keynes spin for Sport Relief

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Charities/PureGym-Milton-Keynes-spin-for-Sport-Relief-20140316180000.htm

A new fundraising 'drive' from the Sleaford and District Lioness Club is set to 'tee off'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/local/charity-golf-event-1-5938861

East Grinstead charity Jigsaw launches new fundraising campaign for bereaved children

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastgrinsteadcourier.co.uk/East-Grinstead-charity-launches-new-fundraising/story-20794545-detail/story.html

Derbyshire accountants firm sponsors autism charity's event

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/derbyshire-accountants-firm-sponsors-autism-charity-s-event-1-6495339

South Cambridgeshire MP Andrew Lansley applauds Alzheimer's Research UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/South-Cambridgeshire-MP-Andrew-Lansley-applauds-Alzheimers-Research-UK-for-record-breaking-year-of-income-20140311063350.htm

Bridge McFarland helps charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/local/bridge-mcfarland-helps-charities-1-5934712

Millie's Trust strikes deal with Carcraft to offer life-saving courses

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2014-03-14/millies-trust-strikes-deal-with-carcraft-to-offer-life-saving-courses/

Addingham pantomime raises £1000 for children's charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/11075273.Addingham_pantomime_raises___1_000_for_children_s_charity/?ref=var_0

Tesco Skegness third top fundraiser in East Midlands

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/tesco-skegness-third-top-fundraiser-in-east-midlands-1-5937454

Charity News

The Charity Commission publishes 4 inquiry reports into 'double defaulting' charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/regulator-publishes-four-inquiry-reports-into-double-defaulting-charities-%281%29

The Charity Commission quizzes military charities over use of funds

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1285051/charity-commission-quizzes-military-charities-use-funds/

Cancer charity Hope for Tomorrow benefits from generosity of Gloucestershire law firm

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/news/13032014114202-cancer-charity-hope-for-tomorrow-benefits-from-generosity-of-gloucestershire-law-firm-harrison-clark-rickerbys/

Esther Rantzen to launch new charity in St Albans

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/11076294.Esther_Rantzen_to_launch_new_charity_in_St_Albans/

New charity to be set up to support the bereaved

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/11068962.New_charity_to_be_set_up_to_support_the_bereaved/

Charity provides accommodation and support for vulnerable veterans

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11071971.Charity_that_provides_accommodation_and_support_for_vulnerable_veterans_helps_12_000th_former_soldier/

North London charity says grant will ease 'emergency financial situation'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11073958.Charity_says_grant_will_ease__emergency_financial_situation_/

UK ‘punishes’ single-earner families, new tax report finds

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uk-punishes-single-earner-families-new-tax-report-finds/

Charities can't just expect the public's trust; they must earn it

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/11/will-the-public-trust-the-charity-sector-in-10-years

Charity takes over Guernsey Women's Refuge

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-26530931

Hackney youth charity Skyway needs your vote for slice of £200000 Comic Relief grant

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/hackney_youth_charity_skyway_needs_your_vote_for_slice_of_200_000_comic_relief_grant_1_3420390

Harrogate volunteer shortlisted for award after 80 years of charity work

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/harrogate-volunteer-shortlisted-for-award-after-80-years-of-charity-work-1-6495991

77% rise in council tax arrears during 2013, says Step Change

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.moneyexpert.com/news/77-rise-council-tax-arrears-during-2013-says-step-change/800582696

Independent living charity to benefit from share of £300,000 prize at GSK IMPACT Awards

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1562860/independent-living-charity-benefit-share-of-thirty-thousand

vInspired charity shop being planned for next year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://step-it-up.org.uk/content/first-vinspired-charity-shop-planned-next-year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://vinspired.com/

Disabled children's charity in Sunderland to close as funding dries up

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/disabled-children-s-charity-to-close-as-funding-dries-up-1-6489295

Wiltshire disabled support charity earns £30k award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11065327.Wiltshire_disabled_support_charity_earns___30k_award/

NHS charities offered independence from Department of Health

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17122/nhs_charities_offered_independence_from_department_of_health

Oxfam report reveals scale of inequality in UK as charity appeals to chancellor over tax

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/17/oxfam-report-scale-britain-growing-financial-inequality

Charity grant for male sexual abuse support group

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11080413.Charity_grant_for_male_sexual_abuse_support_group/

Wildlife charity HQ to host theatre and the arts

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/wwf-uks-headquarters-woking-set-become-6836680

Brave mum sets up Northern Ireland's only ovarian cancer charity in tragic daughter's name

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/co-armagh-mum-sets-up-3242860

3 new centres of excellence for brain tumour research

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/local/three-new-centres-of-excellence-for-brain-tumour-research-1-5937198

Demand for FareShare food up 69% in one year in Leicestershire

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Demand-FareShare-food-69-cent-year/story-20819286-detail/story.html

Charity that relieves the effects of poverty in Pembrokeshire is named the Port of Milford Haven's Charity of the Year 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/11080136.PATCH_named_Port_rsquo_s_charity_of_the_year/?ref=var_0

Lord Risby made charity patron of alcohol and drug abuse treatment charity, Open Doors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/latest-news/lord-risby-made-charity-s-patron-during-haverhill-visit-1-5931742

Pop star Pixie Lott marks student's memory in school visit, as patronof CRY

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/26546056

David Walliams becomes a patron of Rainbows Hospices

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/david-walliams-rainbows-hospices-new-6800182

New Royal patron for local charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/local/new-royal-patron-for-local-charity-1-5929481

Duchess of Cornwall becomes patron of pioneering charity which uses dogs to help diagnose cancer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10690317/Duchess-of-Cornwall-becomes-patron-of-pioneering-charity-which-uses-dogs-to-help-diagnose-cancer.html

Celebrity photographer Rankin to be official Claire House patron

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/celebrity-photographer-rankin-official-wirral-6795001

TV presenter Clare Balding is a new patron of Retraining of Racehorses (RoR).

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/clare-balding-appointed-ror-patron/

Lady Verulam named patron of St Albans charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/11081596.Lady_Verulam_named_patron_of_St_Albans_charity/

Save the Children commits to more global marketing following success of “If London were Syria” campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/charities/not-for-profit/public-sector/save-the-children-commits-to-more-global-marketing-campaigns-following-success-of-if-london-were-syria-campaign/4009764.article

Dogs Trust marketing director Adrian Burder to take top role

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1284706/dogs-trust-marketing-director-adrian-burder-top-role

New Somerset charity website launched

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/11068676.New_Somerset_charity_website_launched/?ref=var_0

Charity retail system shortlisted for prestigious European IT award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/10/charity-retail-system-shortlisted-for-prestigious-european-it-award/

Two thirds of UK charities cite lack of digital knowledge as a threat to their organisation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/17/two-thirds-of-uk-charities-cite-lack-of-digital-knowledge-as-a-threat-to-their-organisation/

IT strategy failing to support digital strategy in three quarters of UK charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.information-age.com/it-management/strategy-and-innovation/123457812/it-strategy-failing-support-digital-strategy-three-quarters-uk-charities

Users of Cancer Research UK's smartphone game analyse DNA data faster than scientists

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/14/users-of-cancer-research-uks-smartphone-game-analyse-dna-data-faster-than-scientists/

               

Open Charity: New Group for UK Charity Digital Leaders Using Open Source

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitytechnews.co.uk/2014/03/open-charity-new-group-for-uk-charity-digital-leaders-using-open-source/

Why my charity Coppafeel! partnered with the Sun newspaper's Page 3

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/14/why-coppafeel-partnered-with-sun-page-3

Job Vacancies

Fundraising and Communication Officer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363578/fundraising-and-communication-officer-/

Head of Corporate Fundraising

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363745/head-of-corporate-fundraising/

Community Fundraising Manager

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363560/community-fundraising-manager/

Head of Corporate Fundraising

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Major Donor Manager

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363623/major-donor-manager/

Corporate Partnerships Officer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363571/corporate-partnerships-officer/