Sainsbury's Local Charity Partnership Scheme launches:
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sainsburys-live-well-for-less.co.uk/products-values/good-causes/local-charity/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/storelocator/storelocator_landing.jsp
Sita UK employees cycle the UK for charity Macmillan Cancer
Support
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sita.co.uk/downloads/SceneMagazine-web.pdf
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/general/sita-uk-in-2-400-mile-charity-cycle-challenge
Darlington FC set to fly with the Great North Air Ambulance
Service as their charity of the year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk/news/post/gnaas-teams-up-with-darlington-football-club/
Swarovski partners World Land Trust
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2014/05/swarovski-optik-announces-partnership-world-land-trust-provide-vital-equipment-keepers
Self-Storage firm The Store Room launches charity challenge
as part of their partnership with The Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thestoreroom.co.uk/charity.htm
Marks and Spencer Food staff in Leigh have selected Wigan
and Leigh Hospice as their charity of the year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/northwest/11219270.Leigh_Marks_and_Spencer_chooses_hospice_as_charity_of_the_year/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wlh.org.uk/news
New Mayor of Dartford wants to bring business and charity
together
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/mayor-wants-to-bring-business-16837/
Leatherhead disability charity benefits from partnership
with homes provider Berkeley Homes (Southern) Ltd
For more information, please click on the following link: http://qef.org.uk/latest-news/new-charity-partnership-means-bargain-furniture-for-surrey-shoppers/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dorkingandleatherheadadvertiser.co.uk/Leatherhead-disability-charity-benefits/story-21072705-detail/story.html
Ralph Lauren's Royal Marsden Partnership
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.royalmarsden.org/fundraising-news
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.royalmarsden.org/ralph-lauren-pink-pony
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/05/09/ralph-lauren-the-royal-marsden-philanthropic-partnership
THE 2013 Emergency Services Show held near Chippenham last
summer was a record year with £26,000 being raised for charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.emergencyservicesshow.com/
ScS' charity partnership helps young and disabled people in
North East
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.furniturenews.net/news/articles/2014/05/993061024-scs-charity-partnership-helps-young-and-disabled-people-north-east
For more information, please click on the following link: https://bdaily.co.uk/business-in-sport/08-05-2014/suite-success-in-charity-partnership/
Nationwide International staff announces their charity of
the year as Naseem's Brain Tumour Charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.naseemsmanxbraintumourcharity.co.uk/news_4.html
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nationwideinternational.com/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/63665/nationwide-staff-announces-charity-of-the-year
Pride of Reading 2014 sponsors announced
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/pride-of-reading-2014-sponsors-7057675
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.readingpride.co.uk/get-involved#sponsor
Ogilvie Fleet backs charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ogilvie-fleet.co.uk/news/#page-1
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ogilvie-fleet.co.uk/why-us/charity
Wanis International Foods launches £50000 charity
fundraising drive
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/soft-drinks/wanis-marks-50-years-50000-charity-fundraising-drive/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wanis.net/
Manchester Solicitors Davis Blank Furniss has confirmed
Forever Manchester as its Charity of the Year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dbf-law.co.uk/blog/davis-blank-furniss-confirms-forever-manchester-as-its-charity-of-the-year/
Millie's Trust partnership with Carcraft further develops
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.carcraft.co.uk/info/carcraft-in-the-community/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.milliestrust.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=61_76
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/milliestrust?v=wall&story_fbid=130876200407151
The Alzheimer's Society was chosen as Social landlord
Riverside's charity partner and had fundraising fun
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.riverside.org.uk/corporate/news_and_press_office/riverside_news/riverside_fundraising_success.aspx
Corsham solicitors run up charity total for Wiltshire Air
Ambulance
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11197158.Corsham_solicitors_run_up_charity_total/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.goughs.co.uk/site/about_us/aboutintro/
The Sunshine Festival in Upton is supporting Worcestershire
Cancer Aid as their major charity partner for 2014
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11199836.Festival_gives_charities_a_ray_of_hope/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://uptonfestival.wix.com/sunshineupton
London traders' association chooses charity of the year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/07/london-traders-association-chooses-charity-year/
Penguin Random House chooses Mind as charity of the year
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/13/penguin-random-house-chooses-mind-charity-year/
Garment Printing announces new collaboration with Bonds
Confectionery & the Pink Ribbon Foundation
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.garmentprinting.co.uk/press/pink-ribbon-foundation-another-happy-charity-client-garment-printing/
Macmillan Cancer Care will benefit from the fund-raising
efforts of staff at Story Homes and Story Contracting.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.storyhomes.co.uk/new-charity-of-the-year-selected-by-story-colleagues/
Walkers Shortbread announces RSPB partnership
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walkersshortbread.com/uk/about/rspb/
Charities can pitch for a pitch at Hastings Beer and Music
Festival until Friday 6th June via:
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/hastingsbeer
For more information, please click on the following link: http://hbmf.co.uk/where-the-money-goes/
Oxford Half marathon names Oxfam & Helen & Douglas
House hospice as the 2014 race beneficiaries
For more information, please click on the following link: http://oxfordhalf.co.uk/2014/05/offical-race-charities-appointed-for-the-2014-oxford-half-marathon/
Pentel is proud to be the corporate partner of Breast Cancer
Campaign, Prostate Cancer UK & Marie Keating Foundation
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pentel.co.uk/pentelsupports.asp
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/articles/camilla-dallerup-recreates-iconic-american-beauty-image-to-celebrate-pentels-fundraising
Oxfam Ireland delighted to be the official charity partner
for the Giro d'Italia
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxfamireland.org/getinvolved/giro
Outfit is reviving classic old styles & fashion faux pas
for 2 days only in aid of their charity partner Teenage Cancer Trust
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.outfitfashion.com/en/ouuk/category/your-outfit-2856529/our-charity-2964939/home
Royal Mail raises £2m for Prostate Cancer UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.royalmailgroup.com/media/press-releases/royal-mail-group-raises-%C2%A32-million-prostate-cancer-uk
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.myroyalmail.com/taxonomy/tags/prostate-cancer-uk
BGL Group reach rowing charity target on Thames for their
charity partner
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bglgroup.co.uk/news/Press_releases/bgl_employees_take_on_the_river_thames.php
Tower of London announces charity partners for First World
War centenary collaboration | Combat Stress
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.combatstress.org.uk/news/2014/05/tower-of-london-announces-charity-partners-for-first-world-war-centenary-collaboration/
Creative Bridge, a Lutterworth-based PR agency votes for
Arrhythmia Alliance as their 2014 charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/11209819.Boost_for_Shipston_charity_singled_out_by_agency/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.creative-bridge.com/contact/
Fundraising
Homebase supports its charity partner Alzheimer’s Society by
launching sale of the dianthus ‘memories’ plant
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.homeretailgroup.com/news-and-media/news.aspx?smlbus=1520&article=5556
Cheshire-based charity Care2Save.co.uk has teamed up with up
and coming urban music act Click22 to produce a song especially for the highly
innovative cause.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cheshire-today.co.uk/26565/charity-makes-music-with-click22/
Stonegate to host nationwide charity pub tour to raise money
for children's charity Variety
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Stonegate-to-host-nationwide-charity-pub-tour
Football tournament at Exeter City raises £5000 for Prostate
Cancer UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/fitc-tournament-raises-almost-5000-for-prostate-cancer-uk-1550550.aspx
Torrential rain forces 10k charity run in grounds of
'Downton Abbey' to be postponed
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/05/09/100137-torrential-rain-forces-10k-charity-run-in-grounds-of-downton-abbey-to-be-postponed/
Worksop: Golf club present huge cheque to Aurora
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/worksop-golf-club-present-huge-cheque-to-aurora-1-6608450
Persimmon Homes Yorkshire employees gear up for charity ride
in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Sustrans
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.persimmonhomes.com/charity-videos
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/news/
Corporate golf event raises £6900 for Cruse Bereavement Care
Isle of Man
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/63759/corporate-golf-event-raises-6-900-for-cruse-bereavement-care-isle-of-man
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cruseisleofman.org/latest/news/85-2014-golf-day
Oakridge Golf Club captains nominate new 2014-15 charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oakridgegolfclub.co.uk/latestnews.html
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/development/graceresearchfund/news-and-events/
SDC Trailers raise £20000 for their charity partner
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sdctrailers.com/sdc-news/SDC_Trailers_Staff_run_Belfast_Marathon_and_raise_20000_in_aid_of_NICFC
North East workers from SITA UK to take part in the Big Ride
cycle relay to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/sitauksbigride?ref=stream
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sita.co.uk/
Citywing charity plane pull 2014: Raising money for Manx
Cancer Help, Citywing’s Charity of the Year 2014
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/63550/team-up-for-citywing-charity-plane-pull-2014
Annual President’s Ball, hosted by Barnsley & Rotherham
Chamber of Commerce, raises vital funds for charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.brchamber.co.uk/ball-rated-best-one-yet
Gardens old and new open to boost charity funds in South
West in aid of the Red Cross
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.redcross.org.uk/Get-involved/Events/Open-Gardens/Western
Arrange me a Wedding organises charity event to support the
Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/AMAWBESPOKE
The Swan Walk Shopping Centre, Horsham has again organised
its annual charity fundraiser in support of Cancer Research UK
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swanwalkshopping.co.uk/whats-on/events/donation-station-for-cancer-research
The 'It's a Charity Knockout' in Truro raised £13000 at
Truro Rugby Club to raise funds for Children's Hospice South West
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chsw.org.uk/knockout-about
Gala dinner to launch Amir Khan's new charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/li/districtnews/11220303.Gala_dinner_to_launch_Amir_Khan_s_new_charity/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://amirkhanworld.com/profile/charity-work
Financial Secretary's speech to the Charity Finance Group -
Speeches - GOV.UK
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/financial-secretarys-speech-to-the-charity-finance-group
UK wide law firm Shoosmiths & commercial property
advisor GVA give pro-bono advice to a leading Manchester homeless charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.shoosmiths.co.uk/client-resources/legal-updates/Homeless-charity-opens-new-premises-7600.aspx
Success for the 3rd annual Dorset Charity Conference - Ward
Goodman Chartered Accountants
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wardgoodman.co.uk/index.php/success-3rd-annual-dorset-charity-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=success-3rd-annual-dorset-charity-conference
Impressive year of fundraising at Sherfield Oaks Golf Club
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/sport/11215912.Impressive_year_of_fundraising_at_Sherfield_Oaks_GC/?ref=var_0
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sherfieldoaksgolf.co.uk/pages.php?&pageid=409
Colin Montgomerie gives £3.6 million to charity in 2013
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.elizabethmontgomerie.org/news_detail.php?id=37
Rory McIlroy makes £1m donation to children's cancer charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.irishnews.com/news/mcilroy-makes-1m-donation-to-children-s-cancer-charity-1354508
For more information, please click on the following link: http://roryfoundation.com/
Charity News
The Charity Commission:
Revised conflicts of interest guidance published. Essential reading for
all trustees
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/revised-conflicts-of-interest-guidance-published/
ACEVO establishes Task Force to advise Charity & Social
Enterprise Sector on Ethical and Responsible Investments
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.acevo.org.uk/news/acevo-establishes-task-force-advise-charity-and-social-enterprise-sector-ethical-and
The Charity Commission is reminding charities that they
should use their TAR to explain how they're tackling pension scheme deficit
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/charity-accounts-review-examines-responses-to-pension-scheme-deficits/
ICAEW publishes report of review project examining
charities' approach to strategy.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/findings-of-charity-project-published/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.icaew.com/en/technical/charity-and-voluntary-sector/volunteering/charity-commission-and-icaew-strategic-review-project
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.icaew.com/~/media/Files/Technical/Charity-and-voluntary/Volunteering/findings-from-the-icaew-and-cc-review-project.pdf
The need to explain charity pension deficits
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/charity-accounts-review-examines-responses-to-pension-scheme-deficits/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cfg.org.uk/Policy/pensions.aspx
Tribunal ruling halts charity tax relief abuse - GOV.UK
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tribunal-ruling-halts-charity-tax-relief-abuse
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.financeandtaxtribunals.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=7731
Stagecoach releases celebratory children's book to support UK
literacy charity - Stagecoach Group
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stagecoach.com/media/news-releases/2014/2014-05-08.aspx
Southampton Hospital Charity launches new lottery scheme
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11199890.Southampton_Hospital_Charity_launches_new_lottery_scheme/
Cancer Research UK plans to make Britain 'go-to place' for
cancer research
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/cruk-plans-to-make-britain-go-to-place-for-cancer-research/2013103.article
Great Western Air Ambulance replacement planned
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-27294960
Travis Perkins scoops charity award
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=10051&title=Travis+Perkins+scoops+charity+award
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/about-us/corporate-partners/travis-perkins
An award winning social enterprise based in Kendal has
secured sponsorship from Stagecoach for the second year
For more information, please click on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzHGf4xj55LOMnNRVllhVm1iaWc/edit?pli=1
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oakleatrust.co.uk/recycling.php
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/OakleaTrust/timeline
ONE of Yorkshire's wealthiest families has given over £100m
to charity in the last 6 years
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/rich-list-yorkshire-family-s-100m-gifts-to-charities-1-6620151
Stephen Sutton's legacy to include extra beds and nurses for
teenage cancer patients
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10834003/Stephen-Suttons-legacy-to-include-extra-beds-and-nurses-for-teenage-cancer-patients.html
2 YMCA branches merge to form strong charitable organisation
delivering services across Sussex & Surrey
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guildfordymca.org.uk/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guildfordymca.org.uk/ceo_message.htm
St Barnabas Hospice, Lincolnshire, wins retail unit worth
£45k at city's new Tesco in the 'Yours For A Year' competition
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk/News/Article/63/local-hospice-wins-tesco-retail-unit-after-public-support
National Grid scoops top charity award | National Grid
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www2.nationalgrid.com/Media/UK-Press-releases/2014/National-Grid-scoops-top-charity-award/
King's Lynn armed forces charity opens new holiday lodge
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk/
Charity caravan to be launched by Toma Fund
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tomafund.org/News/News.php?NewsID=160
TASTE Guernsey sponsors ABN AMRO form partnership with
Caritas to raise funds for this year's Seafront Sundays
For more information, please click on the following link: http://guernsey.isle-news.com/archives/abn-amro-forms-partnership-with-caritas/15307/
BLOG: Why does the Charity Northampton Samaritans network?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/Blogs/Rebekka-Hammersley/BLOG-Why-does-the-Charity-Northampton-Samaritans-network-20140517110000.htm
National charity based in Langport appoints new fundraising
administrator
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bibic.org.uk/blog/2014/05/bibicnews/rose-appointed-as-fundraising-administrator/
Charity borrowing on the increase, suggesting sector's
confidence growing
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.creditman.biz/uk/members/news-view.asp?newsviewID=19913
Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations: What help does
your charity or Community Group need?
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scvo.info/2014/05/what-help-does-your-charity-or-community-group-need/
Charity initiative Signed 4 Life reveal one of their first
partnerships
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-pitch/england/news/charity-initiative-announces-england-partnership_155368.html
Google launches £3.2m charity drive: Google Impact Challenge
| UK
For more information, please click on the following link: https://globalimpactchallenge.withgoogle.com/uk2014
Online Charity Auction Site BidKind Launches During The 2014
Cannes Film Festival
For more information, please click on the following link: http://blog.bidkind.com/?p=1
CharityGROW Launches Free Online Charity Auction Platform
for Nonprofit Fundraisers
For more information, please click on the following link: http://internet.itbusinessnet.com/article/CharityGROW-Launches-Free-Online-Charity-Auction-Platform-for-Nonprofit-Fundraisers-3242112
Redcentric PLC signs 3 yr contract with The Salvation Army
to provide a full Wide Area Network to connect charity's staff
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.redcentricplc.com/news-and-events/redcentric-news/redcentric-provide-salvation-army-wan.html
Last year, Microsoft started offering free copies of Windows
8.1 to Nfp's & charities
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2014/05/14/microsoft_donates_win_8_charities/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/nonprofits/whats-available/
Cancer charity Cobalt endorses new legacy iPhone app
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Cancer-charity-Cobalt-endorses-new-legacy-iPhone/story-21105288-detail/story.html
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cobalthealth.co.uk/about.aspx
Charity Miles is a free iPhone/Android app that enables
people to earn money for charity when they walk, run or bike.
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/11799-charity-miles-webby-win?locale=en
Hilton in the Community improves charity fundraising with
SaaS Blackbaud platform
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3516967/hilton-improves-charity-fundraising-with-saas-blackbaud-platform/
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/
Actress Cheryl Fergison becomes new chYps patron
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ellenorlions.org/forPatientsAndFamilies/theCareAndSupport/news.asp?wdgt16460816=1_marketingArticleViewer001Article&iuid=17466817
New chief executive appointed for charity which runs St
Andrew's Hospital in Northampton
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stah.org/about-us/latest-news/entryid/212/st-andrew-s-announces-new-chief-executive-officer.aspx
Glynn Purnell among new trustees appointed at Cure Leukaemia
charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cureleukaemia.co.uk/page/news/89/three-new-trustees-appointed
Duncan Bannatyne to be unveiled as patron of Andy Reid's
charity AIM
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/11202270.Duncan_Bannatyne_to_be_unveiled_as_patron_of_Andy_Reid_s_charity_AIM/
Prince Charles Named Patron of Cystic Fibrosis Trust
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_family/prince-charles-named-patron-cystic-fibrosis-trust-466867.html
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2014050818648/prince-charles-patron-cystic-fibrosis-trust/
Trainspotting actor Kevin McKidd has joined a group climbing
Britain's highest mountain to raise funds for a charity supporting families
For more information, please click on the following link: https://uk.tv.yahoo.com/kevin-mckidd-joins-charity-climb-154946374.html
New chief for packaging association and is also set to
launch a new charity
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.meatinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/16943/New_chief_for_packaging_association.html
Steve Harper is a patron at the Toma Fund and donated
£10,000 to its appeal to buy the caravan
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tomafund.org/News/News.php?NewsID=70