Charity Links 26/3/14

Charity Partnerships

Zoopla Property Group Announces 2014 Charity Golf Classic

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

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

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

Caterham Extends Partnership with Mission Motorsport

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

Tracesmart in support of worthy causes

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

Lingerie firm and cancer charity partner for awareness day

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

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

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

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

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

Charing Cross Hospital and charity unite to fight brain cancer

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

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

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

               

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

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

Partnership between national charity and Bromsgrove and Redditch college launched

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

Meet the Warrington Guardian's charity of the year

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

Record Store Day partners with War Child for 2014

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

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

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

Widnes garden centre supports the Great Daffodil Appeal

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

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

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

Burnham's BARB wins Sedgemoor charity of the year award

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

Fundraising

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

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

New short haircut raises more than a few bob for charity

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

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

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

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

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

Women's Running 10k Series announce new partnership

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

Langold: Town store raises over £1800 for local charity

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

Lanarkshire charity CLIC Sargent recreate Ocscar selfie for national wig day

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

Charity's annual ball in Worcestershire is looking for sponsors

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

Jewson drives donations for charity

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

Teesside students turn castaway clothes into charity cash

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

Date of Leicester Marathon 2014 revealed

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

Property firm chooses charity for 175th anniversary celebrations

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

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

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

New charity raises £1000 for Kenyan slum children

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

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

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

Mum raises over £35k for rare illness research charity

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

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

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

£150k charity target for Pendle Business Awards

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

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

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

Port Vale Micky Adams gets on his bike for charity

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

Sportive organisers raise £22500 for prostate cancer research

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

Kylie and Jason reunite for charity

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

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

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

Celebrity golf day set to raise vital funds for Bubble Foundation

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

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

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

Mystery benefactor gifts £1000 to Devon cancer charity

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

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

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

Ed Sheeran donates wardrobe to charity

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

Stoke Rochford golf: New captains start year with charity fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

Chard woman's year-long fundraising for dementia charity

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

Charity News

The Charity Commission supports London-wide Safer Giving campaign

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

The Charity Commission operational compliance case - Bufferzone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charity submits new hospice proposals near Norwich

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

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

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

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association opens new shop in Leamington

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

Charities merge to widen fight against homelessness

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

Hull food charity reveals huge rise in demand from struggling families

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

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

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

               

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

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

Cancer charity sees surge of donations after an online campaign

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

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

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

Man leaves donation to heart charity in will

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

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

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

Scottish lung cancer rates rise for women over 40 years

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

Hendon teenagers praised by politicians for quirky Wings of Hope charity

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

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

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

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

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

Wimbledon charity founder to visit water projects in Uganda

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

Your interview: Donna Day Lafferty, Charity degree founder

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

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

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

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

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

Big Society Network chief sets up new Magna Carta charity

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

               

Morgan Stanley Canary Wharf HQ launches UK strategy to help charities

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

MBNA Enhances WWF Charity Credit Card Offer

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

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

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

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

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

               

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

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

Harlequin tops Charity CRM Software Survey for fourth year running

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

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

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

Best Selling Crime Author Donates Book Royalties To Charity

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

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

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

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

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

Charity helping down and out appoints new boss

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

Lottery Funding

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

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

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

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

Blackburn charity's delight at £300k lottery grant

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

Mayoral tea raises money for Harrow charities

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

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

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

Boost for city project to cut reoffending

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

Rock N' Pop Chorus set for boost after cash grant

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

The People's Millions is back

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

The People’s Millions 2014: Your chance to enter

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

Stonehaven Town Partnership has succeeded in accessing Coastal Community Fund grant

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

Job Vacancies

Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager

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

Regional Fundraiser

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

Charity Links 18/3/14

Charity Partnerships

First Group choose to support Macmillan Cancer Support as their national charity partner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Buses-Bath-used-support-cancer-charity/story-20819734-detail/story.html

Sale Sharks to partner with cancer charity, Maggie's

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/11077574.Sale_Sharks_to_partner_with_cancer_charity__Maggie_s/

The Garden Centre Group aims to raise £500000 for Marie Curie. TGCG's first national charity partnership.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hortweek.com/news/1284973/the-garden-centre-group-aims-raise-500000-marie-curie/

DEC staff nominated Craig's Heartstrong Foundation as their first ever charity of the year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/62261/education-staff-present-charity-cheque

               

Tods Murray announce The Yard as Charity of the Year 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://thinkandtalkwithtods.com/2014/03/12/tods-murray-announce-the-yard-as-charity-of-the-year-2014/

8 charities win Halifax law firm's charity support

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/eight-charities-win-law-firm-s-help-1-6495119

Cancer charity announced as official partner of Bristol Half Marathon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/cancer_charity_is_official_partner_of_bristol_half_marathon_1_3422755

Children's cancer hospice has been chosen as its charity of the year by Skipton and Keighley law firm AWB Charlesworth Solicitors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11062847.Skipton_and_Keighley_law_firm_picks_charity/

Fundraising

Trafford is alive with the sounds of meows as animal charity receives £30000 donation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/11059976.Trafford_is_alive_with_the_sounds_of_meows_as_animal_charity_receives___30_000_donation/

Tony's memorial charity raises £8k in first 2 years

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Tony-s-memorial-charity-raises-pound-8k-2-years/story-20804104-detail/story.html

Hundreds of charity walkers to raise cash for kidney patients

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/active-2014/hundreds-of-charity-walkers-to-raise-cash-for-kidney-patients-155544n.23667655

Lakes Bathrooms takes charity challenge to new heights

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buildersmerchantsnews.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/9063/Lakes_Bathrooms_takes_charity_challenge_to_new_heights.html

Full steam ahead for EACH after charity teams up with Audley End Railway

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Saffron-Walden/Full-steam-ahead-for-EACH-after-charity-teams-up-with-Audley-End-Railway-20140317165734.htm

One Stop stores support Paddington Bear's favourite charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Charities/One-Stop-stores-support-Paddington-Bears-favourite-charity-20140312110304.htm

Leo's Appeal selected as focus for Bidwells' Milton Keynes 175th anniversary celebrations

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Charities/Leos-Appeal-selected-as-focus-for-Bidwells-Milton-Keynes-175th-anniversary-celebrations-20140316160000.htm

Tesco Skegness third top fundraiser in East Midlands

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/tesco-skegness-third-top-fundraiser-in-east-midlands-1-5937454

Billingshurst aviation team take on Ironman for dementia

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/billingshurst-aviation-team-take-on-ironman-for-dementia-1-5936620

Another record breaking year for the Jersey 'By Invitation Only' charity luncheon

For more information, please click on the following link: http://jersey.isle-news.com/archives/another-record-breaking-year-for-the-jersey-by-invitation-only-charity-luncheon/21158/

Estate agents take up charity cause of Kent Air Ambulance

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Estate-agents-charity-cause-Kent-Air-Ambulance/story-20810753-detail/story.html

A businesswoman is giving her £200,000-a-year business to charity so it can help disabled people realise their potential.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Charities-handed-bistro-ndash-plate/story-20801708-detail/story.html

Gooch and Miller to talk all things cricket for charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/localnews/11068575.Gooch_and_Miller_to_talk_all_things_cricket_for_charity/?ref=var_0

Mitten Clarke Helps Special Needs Charity to Raise Over £10000

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1784266

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

Harleston charity shop brings in £162400 in 12 months

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/charity-shop-brings-in-162-400-in-12-months-1-5919824

Bristol model Amy Willerton launches online dating charity fundraiser

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-model-Amy-Willerton-launches-online/story-20818815-detail/story.html

Leamington businesspeople host Indian charity dinner

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/local-news/leamington-businesspeople-host-indian-charity-dinner-1-5927796

NEW College music students organise gig for SADS UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/11074311.NEW_College_music_students_organise_gig_for_SADS_UK/?ref=var_0

PureGym Milton Keynes spin for Sport Relief

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Charities/PureGym-Milton-Keynes-spin-for-Sport-Relief-20140316180000.htm

A new fundraising 'drive' from the Sleaford and District Lioness Club is set to 'tee off'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/local/charity-golf-event-1-5938861

East Grinstead charity Jigsaw launches new fundraising campaign for bereaved children

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastgrinsteadcourier.co.uk/East-Grinstead-charity-launches-new-fundraising/story-20794545-detail/story.html

Derbyshire accountants firm sponsors autism charity's event

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/derbyshire-accountants-firm-sponsors-autism-charity-s-event-1-6495339

South Cambridgeshire MP Andrew Lansley applauds Alzheimer's Research UK

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/South-Cambridgeshire-MP-Andrew-Lansley-applauds-Alzheimers-Research-UK-for-record-breaking-year-of-income-20140311063350.htm

Bridge McFarland helps charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/local/bridge-mcfarland-helps-charities-1-5934712

Millie's Trust strikes deal with Carcraft to offer life-saving courses

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2014-03-14/millies-trust-strikes-deal-with-carcraft-to-offer-life-saving-courses/

Addingham pantomime raises £1000 for children's charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/11075273.Addingham_pantomime_raises___1_000_for_children_s_charity/?ref=var_0

Tesco Skegness third top fundraiser in East Midlands

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/tesco-skegness-third-top-fundraiser-in-east-midlands-1-5937454

Charity News

The Charity Commission publishes 4 inquiry reports into 'double defaulting' charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk//news/regulator-publishes-four-inquiry-reports-into-double-defaulting-charities-%281%29

The Charity Commission quizzes military charities over use of funds

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1285051/charity-commission-quizzes-military-charities-use-funds/

Cancer charity Hope for Tomorrow benefits from generosity of Gloucestershire law firm

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/news/13032014114202-cancer-charity-hope-for-tomorrow-benefits-from-generosity-of-gloucestershire-law-firm-harrison-clark-rickerbys/

Esther Rantzen to launch new charity in St Albans

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/11076294.Esther_Rantzen_to_launch_new_charity_in_St_Albans/

New charity to be set up to support the bereaved

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/11068962.New_charity_to_be_set_up_to_support_the_bereaved/

Charity provides accommodation and support for vulnerable veterans

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11071971.Charity_that_provides_accommodation_and_support_for_vulnerable_veterans_helps_12_000th_former_soldier/

North London charity says grant will ease 'emergency financial situation'

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11073958.Charity_says_grant_will_ease__emergency_financial_situation_/

UK ‘punishes’ single-earner families, new tax report finds

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uk-punishes-single-earner-families-new-tax-report-finds/

Charities can't just expect the public's trust; they must earn it

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/11/will-the-public-trust-the-charity-sector-in-10-years

Charity takes over Guernsey Women's Refuge

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-26530931

Hackney youth charity Skyway needs your vote for slice of £200000 Comic Relief grant

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/hackney_youth_charity_skyway_needs_your_vote_for_slice_of_200_000_comic_relief_grant_1_3420390

Harrogate volunteer shortlisted for award after 80 years of charity work

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/harrogate-volunteer-shortlisted-for-award-after-80-years-of-charity-work-1-6495991

77% rise in council tax arrears during 2013, says Step Change

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.moneyexpert.com/news/77-rise-council-tax-arrears-during-2013-says-step-change/800582696

Independent living charity to benefit from share of £300,000 prize at GSK IMPACT Awards

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1562860/independent-living-charity-benefit-share-of-thirty-thousand

vInspired charity shop being planned for next year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://step-it-up.org.uk/content/first-vinspired-charity-shop-planned-next-year

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

Disabled children's charity in Sunderland to close as funding dries up

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/disabled-children-s-charity-to-close-as-funding-dries-up-1-6489295

Wiltshire disabled support charity earns £30k award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/11065327.Wiltshire_disabled_support_charity_earns___30k_award/

NHS charities offered independence from Department of Health

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/17122/nhs_charities_offered_independence_from_department_of_health

Oxfam report reveals scale of inequality in UK as charity appeals to chancellor over tax

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/17/oxfam-report-scale-britain-growing-financial-inequality

Charity grant for male sexual abuse support group

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11080413.Charity_grant_for_male_sexual_abuse_support_group/

Wildlife charity HQ to host theatre and the arts

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/wwf-uks-headquarters-woking-set-become-6836680

Brave mum sets up Northern Ireland's only ovarian cancer charity in tragic daughter's name

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/co-armagh-mum-sets-up-3242860

3 new centres of excellence for brain tumour research

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/local/three-new-centres-of-excellence-for-brain-tumour-research-1-5937198

Demand for FareShare food up 69% in one year in Leicestershire

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Demand-FareShare-food-69-cent-year/story-20819286-detail/story.html

Charity that relieves the effects of poverty in Pembrokeshire is named the Port of Milford Haven's Charity of the Year 2014

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/11080136.PATCH_named_Port_rsquo_s_charity_of_the_year/?ref=var_0

Lord Risby made charity patron of alcohol and drug abuse treatment charity, Open Doors

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/latest-news/lord-risby-made-charity-s-patron-during-haverhill-visit-1-5931742

Pop star Pixie Lott marks student's memory in school visit, as patronof CRY

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/26546056

David Walliams becomes a patron of Rainbows Hospices

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/david-walliams-rainbows-hospices-new-6800182

New Royal patron for local charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/local/new-royal-patron-for-local-charity-1-5929481

Duchess of Cornwall becomes patron of pioneering charity which uses dogs to help diagnose cancer

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10690317/Duchess-of-Cornwall-becomes-patron-of-pioneering-charity-which-uses-dogs-to-help-diagnose-cancer.html

Celebrity photographer Rankin to be official Claire House patron

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/celebrity-photographer-rankin-official-wirral-6795001

TV presenter Clare Balding is a new patron of Retraining of Racehorses (RoR).

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/clare-balding-appointed-ror-patron/

Lady Verulam named patron of St Albans charity

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/11081596.Lady_Verulam_named_patron_of_St_Albans_charity/

Save the Children commits to more global marketing following success of “If London were Syria” campaign

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/charities/not-for-profit/public-sector/save-the-children-commits-to-more-global-marketing-campaigns-following-success-of-if-london-were-syria-campaign/4009764.article

Dogs Trust marketing director Adrian Burder to take top role

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1284706/dogs-trust-marketing-director-adrian-burder-top-role

New Somerset charity website launched

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/11068676.New_Somerset_charity_website_launched/?ref=var_0

Charity retail system shortlisted for prestigious European IT award

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/10/charity-retail-system-shortlisted-for-prestigious-european-it-award/

Two thirds of UK charities cite lack of digital knowledge as a threat to their organisation

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/17/two-thirds-of-uk-charities-cite-lack-of-digital-knowledge-as-a-threat-to-their-organisation/

IT strategy failing to support digital strategy in three quarters of UK charities

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.information-age.com/it-management/strategy-and-innovation/123457812/it-strategy-failing-support-digital-strategy-three-quarters-uk-charities

Users of Cancer Research UK's smartphone game analyse DNA data faster than scientists

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/03/14/users-of-cancer-research-uks-smartphone-game-analyse-dna-data-faster-than-scientists/

               

Open Charity: New Group for UK Charity Digital Leaders Using Open Source

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitytechnews.co.uk/2014/03/open-charity-new-group-for-uk-charity-digital-leaders-using-open-source/

Why my charity Coppafeel! partnered with the Sun newspaper's Page 3

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/mar/14/why-coppafeel-partnered-with-sun-page-3

Job Vacancies

Fundraising and Communication Officer

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Head of Corporate Fundraising

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Community Fundraising Manager

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Head of Corporate Fundraising

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Major Donor Manager

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Corporate Partnerships Officer

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