Charity Links 4/6/14

Charity Partnerships

Rolls-Royce to support international medical charity Mercy Ships

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rolls-royce.com/news/press_releases/2014/200514_international_charity_mercy_ships.jsp

National Express have joined forces with UK charity Canine Partners

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.caninepartners.org.uk/ceos-blog/collaboration

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/caninepartners

KEMP Hospice has been named by Wyre Forest Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) as its charity for this year’s beer festival.

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

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

The Child First nursery in Horse Fair Banbury has chosen the Horton Maternity Hospital as its charity for the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/charity/what-we-do/horton/default.aspx

PGA Championship at Wentworth set to boost Guildford charity Challengers

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.disability-challengers.org/bmw-pga-championship-official-charity-2014

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityChallengers/app_115462065200508

Celebrations As Cotton Traders Raise Over £509K For Charity Help for Heroes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cottontraders.com/page/help-for-heroes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cottontraders.com/in-support-of-help-for-heroes/icat/help-for-heroes

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/get-involved/get-your-company-involved/our-charity-of-the-year-partners/charity-of-the-year-partners/

Morecrofts have selected Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as our chosen charity for the next year (2013-2014).

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.morecrofts.co.uk/about/charity-clatterbridge-cancer-centre.php

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ClatterbridgeOfficial/app_2373072738

Fujitsu starts their search for their next charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/about/local/corporate-responsibility/csr-report/social-action/charity-partner/

Cathay Pacific Announces Partnership with Non-Profit charity: water

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/05/29/6006551/cathay-pacific-announces-partnership.html?sp=/100/773/385/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140529005042/en/Cathay-Pacific-Announces-Partnership-Non-Profit-charity-water

2 year corporate partnership with The Southern Co-operative has secured a total of £507,486 for the charity Canine Partners.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Hampshire/Portsmouth/PO6/News/Local-News/273431-Partnership-Raises-Over-Half-A-Million-Pounds-For-Canine-Partners

Saint-Gobain employees in the UK and Ireland have raised £91,935 for their new charity partners, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Irish Cancer Society

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.saint-gobain.co.uk/saint-gobain-funds-vital-nursing-hours-for-people-affected-by-cancer.aspx

Charities announced for ITV Text Santa 2014

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

Milton Keynes' Retail Merchant Services to support Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.tvacaa.org/news.php

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

Hobson Golf Club announces Changing Lives as their Charity of the Year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.changing-lives.org.uk/news/hobson-golf-club-announces-changing-lives-charity-year-2/

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

Wholesaler Salon Services has raise some £63,000 for its charity partner The Little Princess Trust, more than doubling its original target of £25,000.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/about-us/latest-news/

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

Hope for Tomorrow are delighted to become the charity partner of Wiltshire Council

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/latestnews.htm?aid=152295

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/hopefortomorrowcharity?fref=nf

Mears looks to build on its relationship with St Andrew's Hospice after naming the Grimsby centre its charity of the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Repairs-firm-names-St-Andrew-s-Hospice-charity/story-21143118-detail/story.html

Greene King staff scale new heights to raise £43000 for cancer charity

Greene King chose to support Macmillan in 2012 as the company's first corporate charity partnership

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.greeneking.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=104

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/community/community-news/greene-king-staff-scale-new-heights-to-raise-43-000-for-cancer-charity-1-6073188

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Aboutus/OurCorporatePartners/GreeneKing.aspx

Canons Brook Golf Club captain picks Macmillan Cancer Support as charity partner

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

A WINCHESTER festival is set to support three local charities as their charity partners

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/winchester/11235173.Three_Winchester_charities_set_for_BoomTown_boost/

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

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thejoeglovertrust.org/events-2/news/latest-news

The Veterans’ charity Erskine is the official charity partner of the Ideal Home Show Scotland.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.erskine.org.uk/news/erskine-official-charity-partner-ideal-home-show

Bowood’s annual dog show is in its ninth year and has raised £205,000 for charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11230506.Spectacular_day_at_Bowood_on_way_for_dog_lovers/

Wessex Garages staff take part in Tour de Wessex for their charity partners

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wessexgarages.com/news-and-events/tourthewessex

Charities named for 2015 Bath Half Marathon with Jamie’s Farm as the Official Fun Run Charity

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

Buntsfest music festival will soon be back for its 2nd year in support of Herts Air Ambulance and other charity partners

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

Castleford’s Snozone has become an official partner of Sense

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

Fundraising

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is celebrating becoming the first charity to have a clothing line with Tesco

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.clothingattesco.com/kids/scottys-little-soldier/page/scottys-soldier

Hay Festival: Supporting the ReadWell children's charity

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

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB

The Wolfson Foundation, a UK charity which grants £30-40m of funding each year is seeking more grant applications from Scotland.

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

Charity dinner dance in Bristol raises thousands for Macmillan Cancer Support

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/cadburyhouse/app_296865706746

Animal charities challenged to get their paws on a share of £500000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.supportadoptionforpets.co.uk/how-we-can-help

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/SupportAdoptionForPets

Npower row Windermere for Macmillan charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.npowermediacentre.com/Press-releases/npower-Decathlete-prepares-for-his-fourth-challenge-for-Macmillan-Cancer-Support-1363.aspx

Frettens solicitors, recently made a generous donation of £1200 to Autism Wessex after an office revamp.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.frettens.co.uk/site/library/frettensnews/office-revamp-benefits-local-charity-bournemouth-poole-solicitor

Night of glamour to help raise cash for charity Smile For Life

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/night-glamour-help-raise-cash-7149800

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

Gold medal hat trick for Homebase at Chelsea

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=2040

Hobart's Colourful Mixers raise £2700 for industry charity at Hotelympia

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hobartuk.com/news/2014/04/25/hobart-to-auction-limited-edition-mixers-in-charity-giveaway-at-hotelympia-2014

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

Altcoins and charity foundations are partnering up.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://cointelegraph.com/news/111517/give_a_bit_to_charity_with_givecoin

For more information, please click on the following link: https://doabitofgood.com/

Bitcoin Holds Big Promise for Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-holds-big-promise-charity-hasnt-delivered-many-big-gifts/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://bitgivefoundation.org/2014/05/bitcoin-holds-big-promise-for-charity/

'Star Wars' Charity Appeal Offers Fans a Role in New Film

For more information, please click on the following link: http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/star-wars-charity-appeal-offers-fans-a-role-in-new-film/85703

For more information, please click on the following link: http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/star_wars_fans_given_chance_to_be_in_new_film

Greeting card designed by Benedict Cumberbatch sells for £2649

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/stampinupuk/posts/10153687114955500

PayPal Giving Fund offers £25k in prizes in June charity competition

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/21/paypal-giving-fund-offers-25k-prizes-june-charity-competition/

Thomas Cook Group: Veuve Clicquot’s Business Woman of the Year, Harriet Green, Seeks to Raise over £100k on Behalf of Thomas Cook Children’s Charity and Whizz Kidz

For more information, please click on the following link: For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/thomas-cook-group-veuve-clicquots-business-woman-of-the-year-harriet-green-seeks-to-raise-over-100k-on-behalf-of-thomas-cook-childrens-charity-and-whizz-kidz-2014-05-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp

£800,000 grant fund via Innovation in Waste Prevention Fund to promote waste prevention open to applications

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

Over £300000 raised for charity at BMW PGA Championship

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014040/news/newsid=224645.html

Transdek trio take on Tough Mudder for Macmillan charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.transdek.com/news/article/main-news/transdek-trio-take-on-tough-mudder-for-macmillan-charity

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

Larkhall Slimming World raise hundreds for Yorkhill Children's Charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkhill.org/yorkhill-stories/fundraising-at-work

8 police officers from Sutton are hoping to raise £1,000 for SWAN UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://content.met.police.uk/News/Police-officers-raise-money-for-SWAN-UK-charity/1400024195596/1257246745756

170 KPMG staff have taken part in the Big Blue Abseil and raised over £45,000 for their charities Action for Literacy & Shelter.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kpmg.com/uk/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/newsreleases/pages/kpmg-staff-go-over-the-top-for-charity.aspx

Milton Keynes based Multitruck step it up a gear to raise money for CLIC Sargent

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.multitruck.co.uk/pages/company.html

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/news/10-02-2014-multitruck-components-launch-2014-charity-partnership

Cereals 2014: Charity auction big kit prizes revealed

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/23/05/2014/144689/cereals-2014-charity-auction-big-kit-prizes-revealed.htm

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=1/t=m/goSection=1

Charity News

Stone King is delighted to welcome experienced charity lawyer Tim Rutherford

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stoneking.co.uk/news-events/news/stone-king-expansion-continues-apace

The Children's Investment Fund Management charity recruits ex-head of an Aids relief effort

For more information, please click on the following link: http://ciff.org/team/trustees/

Charity launches Glasgow 2014 Games £5m legacy fund

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/get-inspired/27509923

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.spiritof2012trust.org.uk/blog/2014/05/spirit-of-glasgow-2014-launches-today/

The Children's Foundation which supports Wearside children has been given a new 'state of the art' website.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk/featured-posts/new-website-thanks-glen-wheeler/

Forming Your Charity | The Wheel

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wheel.ie/support/forming-your-charity

Merseyside charity Families Fighting for Justice launches a shop in Liverpool

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

Jenson Button dons pink wig for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2635162/Jenson-Button-dons-pink-wig-charity.html

Details of official & charity receptions hosted by the Prime Minister at No 10 and by the Deputy Prime Minister

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-and-charity-receptions-october-to-december-2013-pm-and-deputy-pm

New UK centre for arthritis genomics research

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/16099/

The Guardian: How small charities can approach financial investment

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/may/21/investment-small-charities-financial-advice-plan

Hospice of the Good Shepherd named as SAS Daniels LLP's charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sasdaniels.co.uk/2014/05/19/hospice-of-the-good-shepherd-named-as-sas-daniels-llps-charity-of-the-year/

BBC News: Alzheimer's research 'needs new strategy'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27315707

Guest blog: why it's time your charity gets the party started | JustGiving blog

For more information, please click on the following link: http://blog.justgiving.com/guest-blog-why-its-time-your-charity-gets-the-party-started/

Groups launch review of Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ctrg.org.uk/files/news/CTG_Annual_Review_2013-14.pdf

Milton Keynes charity Medical Detection Dogs teams up with will-writing service

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Charities/Milton-Keynes-charity-Medical-Detection-Dogs-teams-up-with-will-writing-service-20140528171434.htm

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

Berkshire MS Therapy Centre nominated for Pride of Reading Award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/berkshire-ms-therapy-centre-nominated-7174475

Horsham car firm Easi-Drive offers grants to wheel-related charities

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

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

Charities offered pride of place on new Cheltenham Monopoly board

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Charities-offered-pride-place-new-Cheltenham/story-21153463-detail/story.html

Localgiving.com appoints new CEO to deliver growth strategy

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/05/28/localgiving-com-appoints-new-ceo-to-deliver-growth-strategy/

UK has most generous population in Europe when it comes to charitable donations for medical research

For more information, please click on the following link: http://blog.bioindustry.org/2014/02/07/charities-and-biotech-pioneering-a-new-way-to-develop-treatments/

Charity hub takes over former Aviva call centre in Dundee

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsforscotland.com/news/charity-hopes-to-transform-former-aviva-offices-in-dundee

Save the Children launches #Vlog4Good to engage YouTube community

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/2014-05/save-children-launches-vlog4good

Affluents are far more likely to use smartphones for charity donations

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.experian.com/marketing-services/2014-digital-marketer-benchmark-and-trend-report.html?WT.srch=PR_EMS_DigitalMarketer2014_031214_press_report

Professor Brian Cox is to join the Jon Egging Trust as the charity’s new patron.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://joneggingtrust.com/#/news/4584649982

Kym Marsh launches charity 'Poppy Picnic' initiative

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/news-events/news/fundraising/kym-marsh-shares-coronation-chicken-at-army-picnic

Kylie Minogue has released a charity single titled Crystallize that has raised money for cancer research.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2014-05-27/watch-kylie-minogue-releases-a-music-video-for-her-charity-single-crystallize

Princess Alexandra helped celebrate the 30th anniversary of Home-Start charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.home-start.org.uk/news/news_stories_2014/princes_alexandra_visits_homestart_chelmsford

BLAKE as part of their partnership with charity Walking With The Wounded have penned 'To The Sun' as a charity single to support the cause

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.blakeofficial.com/new-single-to-the-sun-released-for-walking-with-the-wounded/