Wednesday 21 May 2014

Charity Links 21/5/14






Charity Partnerships


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

Darlington FC set to fly with the Great North Air Ambulance Service as their charity of the year

Swarovski partners World Land Trust

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.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

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

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: 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.wanis.net/

Manchester Solicitors Davis Blank Furniss has confirmed 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 

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

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

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

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: 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

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.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

Football tournament at Exeter City raises £5000 for Prostate Cancer UK

Torrential rain forces 10k charity run in grounds of 'Downton Abbey' to be postponed

Worksop: Golf club present huge cheque to Aurora

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.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 
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://amirkhanworld.com/profile/charity-work

Financial Secretary's speech to the Charity Finance Group - Speeches - GOV.UK

UK wide law firm Shoosmiths & commercial property advisor GVA give pro-bono advice to a leading Manchester homeless charity

Success for the 3rd annual Dorset Charity Conference - Ward Goodman Chartered Accountants

Impressive year of fundraising at Sherfield Oaks Golf Club
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://roryfoundation.com/


Charity News

The Charity Commission:  Revised conflicts of interest guidance published. Essential reading for all trustees

ACEVO establishes Task Force to advise Charity & Social Enterprise Sector on Ethical and Responsible Investments

The Charity Commission is reminding charities that they should use their TAR to explain how they're tackling pension scheme deficit

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/

The need to explain charity pension 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

Cancer Research UK plans to make Britain 'go-to place' for cancer research

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.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

Stephen Sutton's legacy to include extra beds and nurses for teenage cancer patients

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

National Grid scoops top charity award | National Grid

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?

National charity based in Langport appoints new 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




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

Redcentric PLC signs 3 yr contract with The Salvation Army to provide a full Wide Area Network to connect charity's staff

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.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.hilton-foundation.org.uk/



Actress Cheryl Fergison becomes new chYps patron 

New chief executive appointed for charity which runs St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton

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

Prince Charles Named Patron of 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

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

Friday 9 May 2014

Charity Links 9/5/14




Charity Partnerships


Co-operative Group raises £6m for Carers Trust




Chester Half Marathon Supports Northern Lights Children's Charity for a 3rd Year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northernlightscharity.org.uk/chester-marathon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.activeleisureevents.co.uk/half-marathon.aspx



Ed’s Easy Diner start fundraising for their charity partner Action for Hunger


For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edseasydiner.com/info/we-support.php



Wokingham District Cancer Care Trust, Seaford Court & Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulances to benefit from Wokingham May Fayre

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wokinghamlions.org.uk/may_fayre.htm



Members of Wales’ largest building society have raised £20,000 for MS Society Cymru, Principality’s Charity of the Year






Slimming World: SMILES has raised £3.7 million for worthwhile causes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.slimmingworld.com/information/smiles.aspx



Worcester-based Sanctuary Group went head to head in a game of Twenty20 cricket to raise vital funds for Acorns Children’s Hospice.




Widnes & Runcorn Cancer Support Group is Halton Housing Trust charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.haltonhousing.org/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility/

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



A trio of charities will benefit from this year's Bexhill Triathlon and Duathlon event

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



Charity work builds on Nottingham Building Society's years of help for good causes


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



Fordingbridge Co-op team tops the region for fundraising for their charity partner




The New Forest Show and Hampshire County Show has revealed that its charity of the year is Hampshire Country Learning




Lothian Buses has decorated one of their buses to help promote their charity of the year The Yard

For more information, please click on the following link: http://edinburgh.stv.tv/107139/



A 2 year partnership between Action for Children and Network Rail has surpassed expectations




Fundraising



Virgin Money London Marathon’s New Charity Ballot 2015. For more information, please click on the following link: http://blog.virginmoneygiving.com/2014/05/01/virgin-money-london-marathons-new-charity-ballot/




Staff at the Wilkinson’s store in Ortongate shopping centre have been thanked for raising £1,150 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.




Charity golf day at the Mere in aid of the Circulation Foundation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.vascularsociety.org.uk/events/event/circulation-foundation-charity-golf-day/



Fight Back Against Cancer (UK) makes £400 research grant to the Institute of Cancer Research






ID Zayn Malik supports children's charity by putting first guitar up for auction




Npower’s Worcester office staff run a 10k fun-run for Macmillan, npower’s charity partner




100 npower's employees pound the ground for Macmillan Cancer Support




East Hampshire District Council raised thousands of pounds for charity at a sell-out evening




QUARTET Community Foundation has launched a new online platform for small businesses looking to contribute to a charitable fund.


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




National Railway Museum to host charity gala in celebration of the Grand Départ 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/le-tour-dinner.aspx



Mobility scooter challenge veteran reaches Portsmouth - and has his charity cash stolen




Redhill students praised by international charity for fundraising efforts




Mansfield 'Hair Care bunch' walk for 15 hours for cancer charity




$1000 donors ready to have a big impact with new charity scheme in Australia




Retail Charity Bonds: Issuing platform to raise £3mln+ of medium term debt for UK charities via bonds issued to retail/wholesale investors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://allia.org.uk/what-we-do/retail-charity-bonds/



Which Canterbury charity will get a square on city Monopoly board?


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





Mansfield's Pure Gym shows support to Portland College's £2m fundraising appeal


For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.puregym.com/gyms/mansfield



How to plan a successful charity event




Met Rugby Club players raise money for brain injury charity




Outsource UK colleagues raise more than £1500 for charity at skydive




Bognor GC 2013 captains present £5k cheque to charity partner Sussex Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/news/KSSNews



Specsavers Stourport opticians to boost store’s nominated charity, UK Sepsis Trust




It's a Charity Knockout to be held in Truro to raise funds for Children's Hospice South West




Huntingdon 10k Charity Run aiming to top £12k total in 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hunts10k.org.uk/



CLIC Sargent  is helped by kind Sutton Coldfield staff



For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mouchel.com/about-us/default.aspx



BP sponsor CLAN Cancer Support fundraiser

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.deesidepiper.co.uk/news/local-headlines/clan-cancer-support-charity-1-3394026



Charity golf day at the Mere in aid of Debra

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.debra.org.uk/event-details.php?id=48



Damon Hill Cycles Off From Putney Embankment in aid of Halow Project

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halowproject.org.uk/news/damon-hill-joins-the-halow250/  

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halowproject.org.uk/fundraising/the-2014-halow-250/  



Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) Wales provides support for local charities




Bognor Regis students pull out all the stops for charities such as Cancer Research UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/local/students-pull-out-all-the-stops-for-charities-1-6029843



Pixie Lott receives huge pink teddy bear as she arrives for London charity concert




Katy Perry and Nick Cave to feature on charity LP




From Mr Nasty to Mr Nice as Simon Cowell donates £1.6 mln to charity




Royal Marines charity The C Group boosted by Exeter Golf & Country Club fundraising




Country Properties have been raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support


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



Charity fuel card could raise millions of pounds




Charity News



One year until General Election 2015: what charity leaders want




The People's Millions 2014: just a over a week is left to enter


For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/peoplesmillions



The Charity Commission is reminding charities that they should use their Trustees' Annual Report (TAR) to explain how they are tackling the potentially serious risk of a pension scheme deficit.




ICAEW publishes report of review proj 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/





Priti Patel: new pay guidance should 'transform' sector accountability

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17373/ncvo_inquiry_reactions



Charity tax relief initiative is little use to the sector, says Charity Tax Group

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



BBC News - Rising Sun Trust: Cash crisis forces closure of drugs charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-27188361



Corporate Social Responsibility - Dyson

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dyson.co.uk/community/corporate-social-responsibility



Dame Mary Archer to opens charity head office




Stone neurological disorder charity secures immediate future







Coventry kids cancer charity reaches its first year milestone

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/health/coventry-kids-cancer-charity-reaches-7040664

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



New UK alert system for missing children

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.missingkids.co.uk/about/Child-Rescue-Alert/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://missingpersons.police.uk/



Charity Drive: Edward Norton on the rise of CrowdRise


               

Cancer Research UK Launch New Strategy to Beat Cancer




Stealing Banksy auction doesn't benefit charity

For more information, please click on the following link:




S.H.E. UK Headquarters is moving to Mansfield

For more information, please click on the following link: http://she-uk.org.uk/blog-2/



Giving from the top 300 UK foundations has risen, but a drop in foundation income signals that a fall could follow, says Cathy Pharoah of the Cass Business School

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/research-and-faculty/centres/cgap

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cassknowledge.com/research/author/cathy-pharoah



Australia Ahead of UK in Gender-wise Philanthropy




Big Society Capital committed £93m to sector last year




Ant and Dec tell charity boss to “chillax” during retirement


For more information, please click on the following link: http://stcuthbertscare.org.uk/news/2014/SCCAustinRetirementDo.php



Fife Gingerbread has been shortlisted for SCVO’s Charity of the Year Award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fifegingerbread.org.uk/vote/



Unicef offers 10 ways to improve your fundraising total

For more information, please click on the following link: http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2014/04/28/live-below-the-line-top-fundraising-tips/





The Brett Foundation launches to help people in poverty

For more information, please click on the following link: http://brettfoundation.org.uk/



How US Charities raise millions with Mega-Events

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/auren-kaplan/how-charities-can-raise-m_b_5255451.html



West Midlands Money saving charity accepts applications. Grants of £5k+ available

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.scvo.info/2014/05/money-saving-expert-charity-now-accepting-applications/

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.msecharity.com/how-to-apply.aspx



Emergency medical charity Magpas has joined the Association of Air Ambulances

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.associationofairambulances.co.uk/news/35/



Entrepreneur in Scotland gifts his gym business to a charitable trust


For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.prolifefitnesscentre.com/About%20Us/



Adele, Gwyneth Paltrow and More Design Fendi Bags for Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fendi.com/ii/en/fendilife/auction/



Sir Elton John named 'most charitable celeb' of 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.cafonline.org/sunday-times-giving-list-2013.aspx

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Are These 3 The Most Socially Responsible Companies In The World?

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GivingTuesday global day of giving comes to the UK this year

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10 ways to improve your charity's Facebook page | JustGiving blog

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QlikView.Next App for Medair wins Hackathon




Huggies launches Facebook campaign to highlight charity tie-up




Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible forms new partnership with Australia's charitable fundraising platform GiveNow

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A new children's charity, Majestic Wishes, has been launched

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Worcester leukaemia charity appoints new director

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Jon Sparkes announced as new chief executive of Crisis

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Carole Sawyers has been appointed to the top post at Brendoncare, the Winchester based care charity for older people

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Homelessness charities merge

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Bishop of Dover becomes Patron of Canterbury charity


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Green Light Trust has appointed a new chief executive officer.

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Robert Francis QC becomes patron of nursing charity

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EllenorLions Hospices welcome Phil Spencer as new celebrity Patron




New chief for packaging association and is also set to launch a new charity