Charity Links 26/3/14

Charity Partnerships

Zoopla Property Group Announces 2014 Charity Golf Classic

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.propertyportalwatch.com/2014/03/zoopla-property-group-announces-2014-charity-golf-classic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zoopla-property-group-announces-2014-charity-golf-classic

Children's disability charity has teed up a fundraising partnership with BMW PGA Championship

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/challengers-named--official-charity-6851531

Caterham Extends Partnership with Mission Motorsport

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2014/03/caterham-extends-partnership-mission-motorsport/

Tracesmart in support of worthy causes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/about-us/our-partnerships

Lingerie firm and cancer charity partner for awareness day

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11084625.Lingerie_firm_and_cancer_charity_partner_for_awareness_day/

Original Factory shop, Ashington, helps raise £1955 for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/local/store-helps-raise-1-955-for-charity-1-6507642

THE Original Factory Shop in Stourport boosts MS charity's Wyre Forest branch

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/11083993.Stourport_store_boosts_MS_charity_s_Wyre_Forest_branch/

Charing Cross Hospital and charity unite to fight brain cancer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/charing-cross-hospital-charity-unite-6774732

Tring business is rooting for charity as it presents The Willow Foundation with a cheque for £10k

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/community/tring-business-is-rooting-for-charity-as-it-presents-the-willow-foundation-with-a-cheque-for-10k-1-5943759

               

Technology company Postcode Anywhere donates £500 to new charity set up to tackle prostrate cancer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/business/11089924.Postcode_backing_for_new_Worcester_cancer_charity/

Partnership between national charity and Bromsgrove and Redditch college launched

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/11085043.Partnership_between_national_charity_and_Bromsgrove_and_Redditch_college_launched/?ref=nt

Meet the Warrington Guardian's charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/11083512.Meet_the_Warrington_Guardian_s_charity_of_the_year___Home_Start/

Record Store Day partners with War Child for 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/record-store-day-partners-with-war-child-for-2014/057971

2 year project for Heart of England Co-operative Society adopt its first ever corporate charity has raised and raise a near £46,000 for Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/society-celebrates-soaring-success-charity-6855138

Widnes garden centre supports the Great Daffodil Appeal

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/11092005.Widnes_garden_centre_supports_Marie_Curie_s_Great_Daffodil_Appeal/?ref=var_0

UK-based Silvergate Media's preschool adventure IP Octonauts has formed a partnership with the Marine Conservation Society

For more information, please click on the following link: http://kidscreen.com/2014/03/21/octonauts-partners-with-leading-uk-marine-conservation-charity/

Burnham's BARB wins Sedgemoor charity of the year award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2014/barb-award-21-03-14.php

Fundraising

Garden House Solicitors in Hertford raises more than £6000 in Will Aid scheme

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Charity/Garden-House-Solicitors-in-Hertford-raises-more-than-6000-in-Will-Aid-scheme-20140319105430.htm

New short haircut raises more than a few bob for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11084482.New_short_haircut_raises_more_than_a_few_bob_for_charity/

Exeter University's Raise & Give Society celebrate raising over £100k for its supported charities this year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/wp/wordpress/rag-total-over-100000-in-a-year/

Time to snap up a dragon boat for this year's race. Last year, more than £25k was raised

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/community/community-news/time-to-snap-up-a-dragon-boat-for-this-year-s-race-1-5946088

Women's Running 10k Series announce new partnership

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.baytvliverpool.com/vod/index.php?vid=IBV5328854e520ec

Langold: Town store raises over £1800 for local charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/langold-town-store-raises-over-1-800-for-local-charity-1-6505953

Lanarkshire charity CLIC Sargent recreate Ocscar selfie for national wig day

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/lanarkshire-charity-clic-sargent-recreate-3267021

Charity's annual ball in Worcestershire is looking for sponsors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11098653.Charity__39_s_annual_ball_looking_for_sponsors/

Jewson drives donations for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=9910&title=Jewson+drives+donations+for+charity

Teesside students turn castaway clothes into charity cash

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/teesvalley/hartlepool/11083934.Teesside_students_turn_castaway_clothes_into_charity_cash/

Date of Leicester Marathon 2014 revealed

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/City-marathon-details-revealed/story-20822477-detail/story.html

Property firm chooses charity for 175th anniversary celebrations

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/11082192.Property_firm_choses_charity_for_175th_anniversary_celebrations/

Dog charity to benefit from year of fundraising at Branston Golf & Country club

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Dog-charity-to-benefit-from-year-of-fund-raising-20140318112731.htm

New charity raises £1000 for Kenyan slum children

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/new-charity-raises-1000-kenyan-6858209

Kent's finest chefs raise thousands after Chapter One charity feast

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11091534.Kent_s_finest_chefs_raise_thousands_after_Chapter_One_charity_feast/

Mum raises over £35k for rare illness research charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/mum-raises-more-35000-rare-6844587

New official partner for this year's Women's Running 10k race series in Nottingham

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Charity-partner-women-run/story-20831854-detail/story.html

£150k charity target for Pendle Business Awards

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/pendle/11091126.__150k_charity_target_for_Pendle_Business_Awards/

Bass-ically Saxes charity concert in Wooburn Green raising money for Alzheimer's Research UK and Epilepsy Society

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11084306.Bass_ically_Saxes_charity_concert_in_Wooburn_Green/

Port Vale Micky Adams gets on his bike for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://staffslive.co.uk/2014/03/22/exclusive-port-vale-micky-adams-gets-on-his-bike-for-charity/

Sportive organisers raise £22500 for prostate cancer research

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/11087643.Sportive_organisers_raise___22_500_for_prostate_cancer_research_in_one_event/

Kylie and Jason reunite for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/kylie-and-jason-reunite-for-charity-30114966.html

Streets Of London Launch New Charity Auction With Donations From The Rolling Stones

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.contactmusic.com/press/streets-of-london-auction-rolling-stones-the-killers-biffy-clyro

Celebrity golf day set to raise vital funds for Bubble Foundation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/celebrity-golf-day-set-raise-6858912

A WOMEN-ONLY 10km race in Nottingham will raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer this year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Charity-partner-women-run/story-20831854-detail/story.html#ixzz2woyf0yJz

Mystery benefactor gifts £1000 to Devon cancer charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/news/mystery_benefactor_gifts_1000_to_cancer_charity_1_3461863

Cancer Research UK given £1m in 24 hours from “No makeup selfie” text donations

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitytechnews.co.uk/2014/03/cancer-research-uk-given-1m-in-24-hours-from-no-makeup-selfie-text-donations/

Ed Sheeran donates wardrobe to charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk_ed_sheeran_donates_wardrobe_to_charity_1_3476880

Stoke Rochford golf: New captains start year with charity fundraiser

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/sport/golf/stoke-rochford-golf-new-captains-start-year-with-charity-fundraiser-1-5949037

Huntingdon 10k charity run is on track for the summer - with a new 1k race

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Huntingdon-St-Ives-St-Neots/Huntingdon-10k-charity-run-is-on-track-for-the-summer-with-a-new-1k-race-20140321115534.htm

Dogs for the Disabled Milton Keynes Supporter Group raised £13,378 in 2013 during the charity's 25th Anniversary year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Charities/Charitys-Milton-Keynes-supporter-group-celebrate-fund-raising-success-20140320162734.htm

Chard woman's year-long fundraising for dementia charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/11084299.Chard_woman_s_year_long_fundraising_for_dementia_charity/

Charity News

The Charity Commission supports London-wide Safer Giving campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/charity-regulator-supports-london-wide-safer-giving-campaign/

The Charity Commission operational compliance case - Bufferzone

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/operational-compliance-case-bufferzone/

The Charity Commission uses Charities Act 2011 to remove a charity due to inadequate Governance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scvo.info/2014/03/commission-uses-charities-act-2011-to-remove-a-charity-due-to-inadequate-governance/

Alex Swallow of The Small Charities Coalition says: Why British charities need to take a more international perspective

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/24/charity-sector-uk-look-international

Budget 2014: Charity-based tax avoidance schemes hit by new measures

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/17143/charity-based_tax_avoidance_schemes_hit_by_new_measures_in_todays_budget

2014 Budget declared better for Wiltshire Air Ambulance, tourism, pensioners, savers and pubs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11088256.Budget_declared_better_for_Wiltshire_Air_Ambulance__tourism__pensioners__savers_and_pubs/

Bubb's Blog: ACEVO research shows 'Charity Safety Net Stretched to Breaking Point'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://bloggerbubb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/acevo-research-shows-charity-safety-net.html

90% of charities report a rise in demand for their services, Acevo survey finds

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.acevo.org.uk/social-sector-tracker-results-1st-survey-march-2014

Charities 'alienate supporters' by cold-calling says think-tank report

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26687229

Newham holds day of action to raise awareness of phoney charity collectors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/newham_holds_day_of_action_to_raise_awareness_of_phoney_charity_collectors_1_3453196

Charity submits new hospice proposals near Norwich

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/charity_submits_new_hospice_proposals_near_norwich_1_3444470

The charity giving Afghanistan's unwanted dogs a chance of a new life

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/charity-giving-Afghanistan-s-unwanted-dogs-chance/story-20823067-detail/story.html

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association opens new shop in Leamington

For more information, please click on the following link: http://theboar.org/2014/03/17/guide-dogs-blind-association-opens-new-shop-leamington/#.UymtAs4sQ_U

Charities merge to widen fight against homelessness

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/care/charities-merge-to-widen-fight-against-homelessness/7002661.article

Hull food charity reveals huge rise in demand from struggling families

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-food-charity-reveals-huge-rise-demand/story-20822621-detail/story.html

Charity launches new measurement framework to show positive impact of children's centres

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.daynurseries.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1562916/charity-launches-new-measurement-framework-positive-impact-childrens-centres

               

Your last chance to nominate local group/charity for £500 grant from Edgware Broadwalk Centre Community Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11087318.Last_chance_to_nominate_local_group_or_charity_for___500_grant/

Cancer charity sees surge of donations after an online campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/selfie-windfall-for-cancer-charity-30107850.html

Denny's Uniforms, UK's hospitality clothing supplier announces they will sponsor The Clink Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hotel-industry.co.uk/2014/03/dennys-uniforms-link-with-the-clink-charity/

Man leaves donation to heart charity in will

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/11088207.Man_leaves_donation_to_heart_charity_in_will/?ref=var_0

Give charity pedal power by donating bikes to change lives in Africa

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11090529.Give_charity_pedal_power_by_donating_bikes_to_change_lives_in_Africa/

Scottish lung cancer rates rise for women over 40 years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26654507

Hendon teenagers praised by politicians for quirky Wings of Hope charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11091135.Teenagers_praised_by_politicians_for_quirky_charity_challenge/

New Crawley centre for disabled charity one step closer to opening thanks to help from UK Power

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/New-Crawley-centre-disabled-charity-step-closer/story-20824812-detail/story.html

Charity shops are facing increased demand from both ends of the spectrum. The rising cost of living and economic downturn

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/22/what-is-the-future-charity-shops

Wimbledon charity founder to visit water projects in Uganda

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11095165.Wimbledon_charity_founder_to_visit_water_projects_in_Uganda/

Your interview: Donna Day Lafferty, Charity degree founder

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11094425.Your_interview__Donna_Day_Lafferty__Charity_degree_founder/?ref=var_0

Stroud charity celebrates new lifesaving meningitis vaccine to be free on NHS

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Stroud-charity-celebrates-new-lifesaving/story-20838799-detail/story.html

Charities including Alveston's Steve Dayman's Meningitis Now celebrate

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/11095435.Charities_celebrate_as_experts_back_meningitis_B_vaccine/

Big Society Network chief sets up new Magna Carta charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/17160/big_society_network_chief_sets_up_new_magna_carta_charity

               

Morgan Stanley Canary Wharf HQ launches UK strategy to help charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/home/morgan_stanley_canary_wharf_hq_launches_uk_strategy_to_help_charities_1_3458009

MBNA Enhances WWF Charity Credit Card Offer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/mbna-enhances-wwf-charity-credit-card-offer-251445061.html

New charity is launched to help ex-servicemen and women in Norfolk

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/new_charity_is_launched_to_help_ex_servicemen_and_women_in_norfolk_1_3484302

Tenovus has joined forces with Prostate Cancer UK and The Movember Foundation to launch the country's first 'ManVan'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/new-manvan-launched-support-cancer-6872944

               

Charity received 62000 requests for help from borrowers with catalogue and mail order debt

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-2587890/Number-people-brink-losing-home-leaped-26-says-Citizens-Advice.html

Harlequin tops Charity CRM Software Survey for fourth year running

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/21/harlequin-tops-charity-crm-software-survey-for-fourth-year-running/

TV presenter turned novelist, Judy Finnigan will be the face of a new BBC Lifeline appeal for Fight for Sight

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/news/?article=5733

Best Selling Crime Author Donates Book Royalties To Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Best-Selling-Crime-Author-Donates-Book-Royalties/story-20823502-detail/story.html

Actress Caroline Quentin to take on role as south-west charity patron

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/11094203.Actress_to_take_on_role_as_south_west_charity_patron/

Actress Patricia Routledge has praised the "loyalty and commitment" of staff at a Worcestershire charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-26657871

Charity helping down and out appoints new boss

For more information, please click on the following link: http://edinburgh.stv.tv/87661/

Lottery Funding

Big Lottery Fund has awarded more than £12 million to projects working with victims of domestic abuse across Scotland.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/12m-lottery-cash-to-help-abuse-victims.23724568

Bawdeswell celebrates £500k Big Lottery boost for village hall project

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/bawdeswell_celebrates_500k_big_lottery_boost_for_village_hall_project_1_3452953

Blackburn charity's delight at £300k lottery grant

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11086773.Blackburn_charity___s_delight_at___300k_lottery_grant/

Mayoral tea raises money for Harrow charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11082126.Mayoral_tea_raises_money_for_charity/

Reigate and Banstead mayor Dr Lynne Hack is hosting the match to raise funds for her chosen charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11083032.Reigate_and_Banstead_11_to_take_on_a_side_from_Chelsea_Football_Club/

Boost for city project to cut reoffending

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/boost-for-city-project-to-cut-reoffending-1-6504226

Rock N' Pop Chorus set for boost after cash grant

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rock-n-pop-chorus-set-3233205

The People's Millions is back

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2014-03-12/peoples-millions-is-back/

The People’s Millions 2014: Your chance to enter

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/266257-the-peoples-millions-2014-your-chance-to-enter/

Stonehaven Town Partnership has succeeded in accessing Coastal Community Fund grant

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kincardineshireobserver.co.uk/news/200-000-windfall-for-stonehaven-1-3337728

Job Vacancies

Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363747/corporate-partnerships-new-business-manager/

Regional Fundraiser

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363738/regional-fundraiser/