Charity Links 5/3/14

Charity Partnerships

Bradleys Estate Agency, in the South West, to partner with The Pituitary Foundation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Bradleys-partner-Pituitary-Foundation/story-20714704-detail/story.html

Beyond charity: 3 innovative types of business partnerships for nonprofits

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ngo-business-nonprofit-partnerships-gsk-nespresso-wwf-coke

Cotswold Outdoor announces year-long charity partnership with Wings for Life.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/outdoors-news/cotswold-partners-spinal-cord-charity/12533.html

Irish Cancer Society chosen as official charity of the Spar Great Ireland Run

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/item/44872-irish-cancer-society-chosen/

Debenhams & Help for Heroes launch charity partership and £75k fundraising target

For more information, please click on the following link: http://blog.debenhams.com/debenhams-help-for-heroes-launch-75k-fundraising-target/get-involved/charity/

RL360° joins forces with Macmillan Cancer Support

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/61845/rl360-joins-forces-with-macmillan-cancer-support

Veteran's charity named as Blair Castle Horse Trials' new charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/veterans-charity-named-blair-castle-3181782

Colemans Stationers in Towcester is looking for new charity to support in 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Northamptonshire/Towcester/NN12/News/Local-News/268465-Colemans-Stationers-Looks-For-New-Charity-To-Support-In-2014

Charity 'ACT for SMA' link up with Freshtime UK as charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/regional/charity-link-up-for-freshtime-uk-1-5909470

Birketts is delighted to announce that Havens Hospices will be the charity partner for this year's Race4Business

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/charity-partner-announced-for-birketts-race4business-2014/

SBu Support Local Children's Cancer Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://sb-utilities.com/social/sbu-support-local-childrens-cancer-charity/

The New Chelsea Art Fair opens doors to art lovers and charity Hearing Dogs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kensingtonandchelseatoday.co.uk/news/local-news/k3l65xg3cx.html

Edgbaston Stadium confirms new 3 year partnership with Fisher House military charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-03-03/cricket-ground-will-support-military-charity-for-three-years/

Estate agency Fox & Sons, part of Sequence UK, helps to raise £13,080 in 2013 for CLIC Sargent

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/property-news/sequence-raises-over-13-000-for-chosen-charity-1-5901257

Thorpe Hall Hospice are celebrating after hearing the news they have been chosen as the Santander Peterborough region’s charity of the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/community/news/thorpe-hall-chosen-as-bank-s-charity-of-the-year-1-5903660

UK's largest rail operator, Northern Rail, has today announced its partnership with national charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/local-health/trains-in-bloom-to-support-cancer-care-campaign-1-6472210

Flat and house share website SpareRoom.co.uk has teamed up with housing charity Shelter to tackle bad housing and homelessness.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2014-03-03-New-partnership-formed-to-tackle-homelessness-and-bad-housing#.UxX2Us4sQ_U

Newcastle Building Society in North Shields chooses its charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/society-choses-its-charity-of-the-year-1-6469925

Exeter charities collaborate to stay strong against budget cuts

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Advice-Exeter-Exeter-charities-collaborate-stay/story-20735887-detail/story.html

Fundraising

Figures from Bacs Payment Schemes show the total number of direct debit donations in 2013 was £58 million

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bacs.co.uk/Bacs/newscentre/Pages/NewsCentre.aspx

Average golf club gave £7K to charity in 2013 according to recent survey

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.golfclubmanagement.net/2014/03/average-golf-club-gave-7k-to-charity-in-2013/

10 Financial advisers going the distance for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/good-sports-10-advisers-going-the-distance-for-charity/a736460?ref=new-model-adviser-features-list#i=2

Tavistock Golf Club raises thousands for charity — and this year is no exception

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6575&headline=Captain%E2%80%99s%20charity%20boost

Bath Half Marathon: lead charity is CoppaFeel, whilst Teenage Cancer Trust is the featured appeal

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Poised-eve-run/story-20712981-detail/story.html

North Shields branch of Newcastle Building Society launches a community programme

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/society-picks-its-charity-of-the-year-1-6463534

Dynamo Club to make £300 donation to Hounds for Heroes charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11037005.Dynamo_Club_to_make___300_donation_to_Hounds_for_Heroes_charity/

Higham Ferrers Home Instead care company raises hundreds for brain injury charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/higham-ferrers-care-company-raises-hundreds-for-brain-injury-charity-1-5902683

Fenmarc Produce Ltd digs deep to help Fenland homeless charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/fenmarc_digs_deep_to_help_fenland_homeless_charity_1_3366018

David Lloyd Leisure Launches Pennies Electronic Charity Box

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/David-Lloyd-Leisure-Launches-Pennies-Electronic-Charity-Box-3083493

Frenchgate Centre Shopping centre raises £6000 for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/shopping-centre-raises-6-000-for-charity-1-6447492

New Look to host charity ball at Old Trafford

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cheshire-today.co.uk/24921/new-look-to-host-charity-ball-at-old-trafford/

Portrack Lane store will raise funds for autism charity Daisy Chain

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/teesvalley/hartlepool/11035440.New_charity_superstore_appeals_for_goods_to_sell/

Skandia staff take on charity store challenge in Hedge End and West End

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11032014.Skandia_staff_take_on_charity_store_challenge_in_Hedge_End_and_West_End/

York charities to benefit from new John Lewis store

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11040299.York_charities_to_benefit_from_new_John_Lewis_store/

A HAMPSHIRE marathon event has been axed having been a fixture on the sporting calendar for more than 30 years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11047447.Charity_fears_after_Hampshire_marathon_axed/

Rugs and carpets bring Middle Eastern magic to charity auction

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/business/business-news/rugs-and-carpets-bring-middle-eastern-magic-to-charity-auction-1-5909135

Gamers raise £38000 for charity with Gameblast marathon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11047789.Gamers_raise___38_000_for_charity_with_Gameblast_marathon/?ref=var_0

RLSB has announced it has formed an alliance with The Royal Blind Society to help cut costs

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rlsb.org.uk/News/rlsb-and-royal-blind-society

Young carers charity strikes a chord with music festival

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11050954.Young_carers_charity_strikes_a_chord_with_music_festival/

Tiverton Golf Club visited Pine Lodge recently to present the Mid Devon day hospice with a cheque for £3,834.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/devon_news/11040862.Wayward_drives_and_misdemeanors_raise_valuable_funds_for_hospice/?ref=var_0

Autism Hampshire to hold charity celebrity golf day

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/11050775.Autism_Hampshire_to_hold_charity_celebrity_golf_day/?ref=var_0

Little Mix charity single is huge YouTube hit

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/music/little-mix-charity-single-is-huge-youtube-hit-1-6474844

Fetish website Recon has raised £16035 for the Mercury Phoenix Trust

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/02/28/recon-raises-16000-freddie-mercury-hiv-charity/

Sir Ian Botham to beef up Penrith charity fund-raising

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cwherald.com/a/stories/botham-to-beef-up-penrith-charity-fund-raising.423732.html

St Albans Charity Cycle Ride marks 20 years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st_albans_charity_cycle_ride_marks_20_years_1_3372836

Beer festival returns to Somerset to aid more charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Beer-festival-returns-Somerset-aid-charities/story-20730853-detail/story.html

Charity News

TUPE amendment regulations published — charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thelawyer.com/briefings/tupe-amendment-regulations-published-charities/3016844.article

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/transfers-takeovers/overview

Chief executive of the RSPCA steps down

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2014/02/26/chief-executive-rspca-steps-down

Benefits shake-up has seen rise in pleas to Torbay disabled charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Benefits-shake-seen-rise-pleas-disabled-charity/story-20708454-detail/story.html

Charity helps young people in Plymouth set up own businesses

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Charity-helps-young-people-Plymouth-set/story-20699243-detail/story.html

Lobbying Act – what you need to know

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mills-reeve.com/lobbying-act-feb-2014/

There may be good news for any charities that own listed buildings following the introduction of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mills-reeve.com/listed-buildings-feb-2014/

Freemasons charity found 'not wholly philanthropic' and denied charity tax exemption

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/17003/freemasons_charity_found_not_wholly_philanthropic_and_denied_charity_tax_exemption

The Telegraph: Freemasons’ millions aren’t true charity, rules judge

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10661581/Freemasons-millions-arent-true-charity-rules-judge.html

New charity to help rehabilitate prisoners at HMP Whatton

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nottinghampost.com/New-charity-help-rehabilitate-prisoners-HMP/story-20706339-detail/story.html

New flood appeal fund gives grant to Leatherhead charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/new-flood-appeal-fund-gives-6748542

Furniture charity refusing to sit still as it plans £180k expansion to new Hanley premises

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Furniture-charity-refusing-sit-plans-pound-180k/story-20703655-detail/story.html

Charity Bank has lending for good causes at its heart

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/charity-bank-lending-good-causes-6745511

DoorWays charity in Saltburn feels the cold due to funding cuts

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11045446.DoorWays_charity_in_Saltburn_feels_the_cold_due_to_funding_cuts/?ref=var_0

New Clear Channel posters will help promote work of cancer charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/new-posters-will-promote-work-of-cancer-charity-1-6469473

TV gardener Christine Walkden and MP Robert Halfon are new St Clare Hospice patrons

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Sawbridgeworth/TV-gardener-Christine-Walkden-and-MP-Robert-Halfon-are-new-St-Clare-Hospice-patrons-20140228165611.htm

Charity patron honour for Bradford champion boxer Junior Witter

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11036070.Charity_patron_honour_for_Bradford_champion_boxer_Junior_Witter/

Sir Hector Sants takes role at Kate Middleton-backed charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-02-26/hector-sants-trustee-art-room-duchess-of-cambridge?mod=sectionheadlines-PE-IB

CTBF, charity of UK film & tv industries announce appointment of Peter Suchet as Development Director

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thefancarpet.com/NewsPage.aspx?n_id=9224

Cats Protection charity now covers Huddersfield

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/cats-protection-charity-now-covers-6739268

New charity YESS set to offer low-cost legal advice

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/news/1142373/charity-set-offer-low-cost-legal-advice

Long-established Hemel Hempstead charity shop back in business with a fresh new look

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/long-established-hemel-hempstead-charity-shop-back-in-business-with-a-fresh-new-look-1-5900037

               

Top comedians gather for charity performance at London's Palace Theatre

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/461713/Mike-Wozniack-Adam-Hill-and-Jon-Culshaw-turn-out-for-Centrepoint-charity-gig

White-collar boxing & Strictly Come Dancing stars may feature in new charity festival

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/White-collar-boxing-and-Strictly-Come-Dancing-stars-may-feature-in-new-charity-festival-called-The-Cambridge-Roar-20140227064551.htm

UK charities benefit from new SMS donation rules

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/News-And-Events/News/2014/2/Charities-benefit-from-new-donations-technology.aspx

Figures from Bacs Payment Schemes show the total number of direct debit donations in 2013 was £58 million

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bacs.co.uk/Bacs/newscentre/Pages/NewsCentre.aspx

Lotto operators Camelot could 'rob' charities of £90m with new plans says report

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/367373/Lotto-operators-Camelot-could-rob-charities-of-90m-with-new-plans

New charity launched to support one of the busiest cancer centres in UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/new-cancer-centre-charity-formed-1.243649

Leatherhead homeless charity Pitstop continues search for new base

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dorkingandleatherheadadvertiser.co.uk/Leatherhead-homeless-charity-Pitstop-continues/story-20710844-detail/story.html

Excess food put to good use as charity opens new hub in Wandsworth

For more information, please click on the following link: http://swlondoner.co.uk/content/27022601-excess-food-put-good-use-charity-opens-new-hub-wandsworth

Charity offers support for those who fear there is no end to daily pain

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/features/charity-offers-support-for-those-who-fear-there-is-no-end-to-daily-pain-1-5904435

UK Cancer Charity Urges Men To Go Commando

For more information, please click on the following link: http://creativity-online.com/work/male-cancer-awareness-go-commando/34020

Pandas feature in new charity app

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/pandas-feature-in-new-charity-app-1-3322235

A new charity has been launched in Northern Ireland by families affected by eating disorders

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.u.tv/News/New-eating-disorders-charity-launches/c38ef7c8-c058-47ed-90cd-0830f869d7ca

Deal between charity, bank and city council provides 'new model' for social housing

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/deal-between-charity-bank-and-city-council-provides-new-model-for-social-housing-1.1705945

Witshire's residents most generous, says Wilshire Air Ambulance charity. Charity ends year with £1.4m surplus

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/11044307.County_s_residents_the_most_generous__says_charity/

Lottery Funding

Funding gives martial arts group in Cornwall a kick-start

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Funding-gives-martial-arts-group-kick-start/story-20705902-detail/story.html#axzz2uWDw9Amw

Devizes school school receives £10,000 funding from The Big Lottery Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11025331.Devizes_trail_is_way_to_keep_trim/

80 Northern Ireland projects to share in grants of almost £670,000 from Big Lottery Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26262999

An art charity in Blyth has secured almost £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/art-group-s-10k-award-1-6451100

The Space Shot scheme, run by Barefoot, has been awarded £327,670 by the Big Lottery Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Funding-charity-workshops/story-20655657-detail/story.html#ixzz2uWEnUs3n

Harrow Women's Centre, Harrow, awarded a grant of £203,696 from the Big Lottery Fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/11019339.Women_s_centre_gets_grant/

ME charity receives £300K lottery award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/health/local-health/me-charity-receives-300k-lottery-award-1-3310305

Grimsby's Harbour Place scoops a £450k lottery windfall to expand services

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-s-Harbour-Place-scoops-450k-lottery/story-20657368-detail/story.html

£29k lottery payout aids Sophie Lancaster Foundation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11016158.__29k_lottery_payout_aids_Sophie_Lancaster_Foundation/

£500k Lottery grant secures four years of support for North East Lincolnshire's most vulnerable

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/500k-Lottery-grant-secures-years-support-North/story-20649094-detail/story.html

Lottery grant made World War Two veteran's visit to Singapore possible

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11016668.Lottery_grant_made_World_War_Two_veteran_s_visit_to_Singapore_possible/

Arts charity Community Focus secures its future in Barnet

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11037586._We_re_absolutely_delighted___arts_charity_secures_its_future_in_Barnet/

Goldman Sachs gives £1m to Oxford college

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-02-28/goldman-sachs-gives-uk-charity-2013-oxford-university?mod=home-news

Camelot borrowed £75mln from its good causes fund after doubling its ticket price it emerges

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/462729/Camelot-used-75million-of-charity-funds-as-it-doubled-ticket-price

Children In Need £50000 cash grant boosts Redruth charity White Gold Cornwall

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Children-Need-50-000-windfall-boosts-Redruth/story-20743827-detail/story.html

'Hensioners' scoop £1million lotto cash: Charity that gives OAPs chickens to combat loneliness

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2571180/Hensioners-scoop-1million-lotto-cash-Charity-gives-OAPs-chickens-combat-loneliness-awarded-grant.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Job Vacancies

Partnership Development Manager

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Corporate Partnerships Manager (Phoning Friends) - Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/job/363188/corporate-partnerships-manager-phoning-friends-charity/

Business Development Officer (Corporate Fundraising) - Charity

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The RNLI Corporate Partnerships Manager

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