Charity Links 24/10/12

RangersFC bid to raise £25k for ABF The Soldiers' Charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/starting-gun-sounds-on-rangers-bid-1394690

Cirencester's Corinium Museum and Moreton Area Centre invite people to buy Cards for Good Causes, which support more than 25 national and local charities, including the British Heart Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support and the NSPCC.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Helping-charity-cards/story-17156666-detail/story.html

Chawton House Library, near Alton in East Hampshire and the Campaign to Protect Rural England's Hants branch, based at Martyr Worthy near Winchester, have teamed up with a written partnership agreement to give mutual support.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.easthampshire.org/2012/10/conservation-charities-work-together/

Child Action Northwest (CANW) has been handed £5,000 by Lloyds Banking Group Community Fund to expand its GIFTS programme for youngsters who have lost a parent, sibling or close friend.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/10000944.Blackburn_children_s_charity_receives___5k_boost/

Ashleigh and Pudsey launch Highland Spring's new charity partnership with with the Woodland Trust.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/10/23/ashleigh-and-pudsey-launch-highland-spring-s-new-charity-partnership-woodland-trust

Kenilworth Golf Club choose WNAA as their Charity of the Year.

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

Weatherseal and the 12 Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs today launched the league's first official Charity Weekend.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.samaritans.org/news/samaritans-scotland-weatherseal-charity-partner

A Northampton-based mental healthcare charity has secured £52.5m of funding from Lloyds banking group, to invest in the expansion of its hospital, and to develop a new building.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://bdaily.co.uk/third-sector/22-10-2012/lloyds-offer-525m-fund-to-northampton-healthcare-charity/

HSBC is to donate £5m over 5 years in a new partnership with the Prince's Trust. Announced during an event for young unemployed people held by the charity recently, the partnership will fund the Trust's Fairbridge programme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/headline_news/national_news_2012/1210_stars_inspire_success.aspx

New charity partnership announced with Warner Leisure Hotels - The Royal British Legion.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/fundraising/new-charity-partnership-announced

Devizes charity Bag4Sport is hoping its new link with the town's Round Table will get off to an explosive start. Devizes Round Table has pledged to give profits from this year's fireworks display at Devizes Football Club.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9990206.Bang_on_target_for_fire_funds/

Charities are celebrating after being selected to be beneficiaries of this year's ICAP Charity Day, a mammoth, global fundraising event by city traders and celebrities that raised over £12 million last year for charities worldwide.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.icapcharityday.com/an-overview.aspx

6 charities vying to benefit from the (Scottish Premier League) SPL's fundraising weekend. Voting has opened for the Scottish Premier League's fundraising weekend, which will see one charity benefit from collections at six football games in December. Supporters are being given the opportunity to choose the cause they wish to receive the donations collected.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/195881-six-charities-vying-to-benefit-from-the-spls-fundraising-weekend/

War Child partners with Cake. Cake will work on a pro bono basis, devising a strategy spanning social media, experiential activity, PR and content creation to help the charity gain maximum exposure for its work. Mike Mathieson CEO of Cake will lead the work.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/Events/article/1155817/war-child-partners-cake/

Carlisle Fireshow crowd urged to dig deep for local charities. A charity collection is held each year. All donations go towards the Rotary Club of Carlisle South, (which donates most of its fundraising efforts to local good causes), and the Mayor’s Charity Fund, whose main beneficiaries this year are the Eden House Children’s Hospice and the Alzheimer’s Society. Last year, £6,431.79 was raised.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/carlisle-fireshow-crowd-urged-to-dig-deep-for-local-charities-1.1006865?referrerPath=news

Nowzad is the pet charity of the year for the not-for-profit pet bereavement website Lost and Fond - right up until August 31, 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nowzad.com/2012/10/nowzad-is-charity-of-the-year-with-lost-and-fond/

Earls Court and Olympia (EC&O) Venues is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Charitable Trust by partnering with a new children's support campaign launched by Hammersmith and Fulham Council - The new Opportunity Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.conference-news.co.uk/news/2012/10/24/ECO-Venues-partners-with-new-charity-Opportunity-Fund/4972

Newham College and the Tessa Sanderson's sports academy have created a new charity to help fund high achievers and sporting hopes of the future.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/team_gb_stars_support_new_charity_funding_hopes_of_newham_youngsters_1_1666518

Nursing charity unveils new Chief Executive - Kate Tompkins has been appointed chief executive of the trust.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.nursingtimes.net

Man Utd legend to pound New York streets for a UK charity - Headway. Football legend Edwin van der Sar has swapped his boots for trainers.

For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.headway.org.uk/news/man-utd-legend-to-pound-new-york-streets-for-uk-charity.aspx

Rochdale Freemasons give over £80000 to local charities. The Freemasons of the Rochdale District has raised over £80,000 for various charities over the last three years and their Charity Giving Evening - which was also attended by the Mayor and Mayoress.

For more information, please click on the following link: For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/74437/rochdale-freemasons-give-over-80000-to-local-charities

Jimmy Savile charities to close

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20038794

Mayor Charities

Eastbourne Mayor to take the plunge for his charity. The Mayor's chosen charity this year is Lark in the Park.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/mayor-to-take-the-plunge-for-his-charity-1-4386779

Charities to Benefit from Mayor's Fundraising Reading Borough. 6 local charities will be given cheques for more than £5000 to help them keep up their good work.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.reading.gov.uk/pressreleases/2012/oct/charities-to-benefit-from-mayor-s-fundraising/

Pendle Borough Council - Former Mayor presents cheques to chosen charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pendle.gov.uk/news/article/1739/former_mayor_presents_cheques_to_chosen_charities

Spennymoor mayor's charity prize draw is being held in aid of The Chyrelle Addams Cancer Trust.

Spennymoor Town Council, in County Durham, is running the draw which will be made at the town mayor's civic dinner on Friday December 7 2012. Mayor George Tolley is raising money for the Willington-based charity during his year in office.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10004018.Top_prizes_up_for_grabs/

Crawley Borough Council was awarded a £2.4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund last year to restore Worth Park to its former Victorian glory.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Park-trees-set/story-17166717-detail/story.html

Mayor of Stafford Borough's Charity Appeal holds a James Bond-themed ball to raise money for the mayor's charities in Stafford.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/news-articles/takingoffforthemayorofstaffordboroughscharityappeal   

Lottery Funding

Big Lottery Fund Board Members appointed.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.4-traders.com/news/Cabinet-Office-Big-Lottery-Fund-Board-Members-appointed--15397349/

Tamworth - A helpful community scheme has secured almost £150,000 in funding to ensure it can be expanded across Tamworth. Members of the Community Café are jumping for joy after gaining £142,000 from the Big Lottery Fund over the next three years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/Community-Caf-project-gains-142-000-Lottery/story-17111105-detail/story.html

Beyond Youth CIC's The Ripple Effect project has been given £80,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to help expand.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_161012_eng_rc_lottery_support?regioncode=-uk

Haven House Children's Hospice in Essex will use the £282,000 funding awarded to them by the Big Lottery Fund to improve and extend its non-clinical services.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ehospice.com/uk/ArticlesList/BigLotteryFundawardsHavenHouse282000/tabid/2751/ArticleId/1321/language/en-GB/View.aspx#.UIWz-WfMhnk

Lottery funding to improve literacy skills in Wales. Those sharing more than £1.9 million in Big Lottery Fund (BIG) awards announced recently.

For more information, please click on the following link:  http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_191012_wal_pap_literacy_skills_in_wales?regioncode=-uk

Best Chances, sharing in a £1.5m pot from the Big Lottery Fund.

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

Big Lottery cash will help Cumbrians grow their own food.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/big-lottery-cash-will-help-cumbrians-grow-their-own-food-1.1006196?referrerPath=news

VILLAGERS are celebrating after being awarded £10,000 from the National Lottery to buy equipment for the village play area. Chardstock Park Trust is delighted about the award from the Big Lottery Fund which will help pay for play equipment.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/9987697.Chardstock_celebrates_Lottery_success/?ref=nt

An inspiring dance programme at a local healthcare trust was today given the thumbs up by Peter Wanless, Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.oxleas.nhs.uk/news/2012/10/big-lottery-fund-chief-back-1/

Kirkby's West Park set for £155000 revamp after campaigners secure funding. The project was part funded through a £49,999 grant from the Big Lottery Fund's Community Spaces Programme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/kirkby-s-west-park-set-for-155-000-revamp-after-campaigners-secure-funding-boost-1-5054451

Youth projects receives £570000 of lottery funding.

The funding comes from Big Lottery Fund (BIG) small grants scheme Awards for All, which offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 to social and environmental projects that will benefit local communities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Youth-projects-pound-570-000-lottery-fund/story-17166254-detail/story.html

Cash windfall for nursery project. Awarded by the Communities and Families Fund – a joint venture from the Big Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government – the cash windfall will help fund weekly drop-in sessions with guest speakers, a weekly fruit barra and cookery classes.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stirlingobserver.co.uk/stirling-news/local-news-stirling/news-stirling/2012/10/24/cash-windfall-for-nursery-project-51226-32090305/

Charity Links 21/10/12

Oxfam took over Clapham High Street in the UK's biggest charity music festival, raising over £5,000 on Saturday. The festival saw thousands of volunteers and hundreds of thousands of fans making music in a bid to fight poverty in their communities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://swlondoner.co.uk/content/16101291-uks-biggest-charity-music-festival-hits-clapham-high-street

New research predicts the number of older women in the UK who will be living with breast cancer in 2040 will be four times the number today.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/251512.php

RSPB creates marketing and fundraising director role

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/rspb-creates-marketing-and-fundraising-director-role/4004296.article

The Heart charity, The British Heart Foundation (the BHF), announced as the De Vere Venues Charity of the Year partnership.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/venuesevents/9965-de-vere-venues-hosts-official-colmore-gate-launch-party

The 10-year partnership between the children's cancer charity Clic Sargent and the pub chain JD Wetherspoon has raised £6m since 2002 through a combination of employee and customer support - of this, £1m has come in the past nine months.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1154579/business-partner-jd-wetherspoon-clic-sargent/

The Charities Aid Foundation and Legal & General launch their new social investment scheme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network-caf-partner-zone/magnifying-impact-social-investment?newsfeed=true

Deloitte UK charitable partnership process

Deloitte UK is supporting Children with Cancer UK, Help for Heroes and Cancer Research UK until 31 May 2013.

The firm’s Charity of the Year process is purely staff led and we ask for our people to nominate their chosen charities for consideration. We do not invite charities to tender/present/bid for the status and do not allow canvassing to our people.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedKingdom/Local%20Assets/Documents/About%20Deloitte/Community%20Investment%20-%20case%20studies/uk-deloitte-charitable-partnership-process.pdf    

The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced TVN Foundation as its charity partner for the 2013 Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar. The airline hopes to raise up to €100,000 for the charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2218506/Ryanair-cabin-crew-strip-racy-calendar--despite-years-effort-slammed-ASA.html

Barnardo's has clinched a Christmas corporate partnership deal with high street retailer Argos, which aims to encourage people to donate their unwanted toys for Barnardo's to sell in its charity shops.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/shop/shops/argos_toy_exchange.htm

Bolton Wanderers FC choose Arrhythmia Alliance as its National Charity Partner for the 2012/13 season.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stratfordobserver.co.uk/2012/10/19/news-Fabrice-Muamba-teams-up-with-Shipston-heart-charity--53033.html

Build Africa has won the Charity Times Award for 'International Charity of the Year'.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.build-africa.org/news.php/136/build-africa-win-international-charity-of-the-year-award

Saunton Golf Club Charity of the Year 2013. Calvert Trust Exmoor are delighted to have been chosen by Saunton Golf Club as a Charity of The Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.calvert-trust.org.uk/about-us/latest-news/post/147-saunton-golf-club-charity-of-the-year-2013

Elephant Family are thrilled to have been voted one of Deutsche Bank's Charities of the Year for 2013.

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

North West Cancer Research Fund (NWCRF) has been nominated as Liverpool's Threshold Festival's official charity partner.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=33364

The Helen MacArthur Cancer Trust has been made the official charity of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZaiX6G8u1o

Bingley-firm Damart helps to put breast cancer charity in the pink

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/airelocal/9990769.Bingley_firm_Damart_helps_to_put_breast_cancer_charity_in_the_pink/

Whatsonstage.com Awards choose InterAct as charity for 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831350315716/Whatsonstage.com+Awards+adopts+Stagecoach%27s+InterAct+as+2013+charity.html

Folkestone Autumn Beer Festival raises money for Prostate Cancer UK charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Folkestone-Autumn-Beer-Festival-raises-money/story-17108979-detail/story.html   

Mayor Charity of the Year

Melton Mayor's Appeal boosts Melton children's charity

A total of £6,971.94 was raised during Councillor Alison Freer-Jones' 2011-12 year of office. The Mayor was supported by the Friends of Romy fundraising group which accepted the cheque on behalf of the charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/local/mayor-s-appeal-boosts-melton-children-s-charity-1-4373928

DEVIZES Mayor and Mayoress Kelvin and Pam Nash have thanked the organisers of three events which together have contributed more than £1000.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/devizesheadlines/9976750.Devizes_mayor_thanks_fundraisers_for_supporting_his_charities/

Mayor of Richmond Rita Palmer, has chosen the Horse Rangers and the Poppy Factory as her favoured charities for the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.elmbridgetoday.co.uk/Community/Horse_Rangers_attend_charity_polo_event_0000003536.aspx

Town Mayor's Charities to Benefit from Quiz Night. The Town Mayor's charities this year are Wessex Cancer Trust and The League of Friends at Alton.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.easthampshire.org/2012/10/town-mayor%E2%80%99s-charities-benefit-from-quiz-night/

TWO young farmers from Carmarthenshire have helped the Wales Young Farmers Club raise almost £38,000 for the organisation's Charity of the Year - Wales Air Ambulance.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Young-farmers-saddle-raise-pound-38k-air/story-17094847-detail/story.html

Lottery Funding

St Nicholas Hospice Care awarded £431212 from Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/bury_st_edmunds_st_nicholas_hospice_care_awarded_431_212_from_big_lottery_fund_1_1656494

Chicks has secured a £3,300 award from The Big Lottery Fund to help finance a whole new range of equipment for its members who are aged up to five years old. As well as toys and learning aids.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9976774.Lottery_grant_finances_new_play_equipment_for_Chilton_toddlers/

Down's Syndrome Association is one of five Northern Ireland organisations awarded grants totalling almost £1.3 million from the Big Lottery Fund's Reaching Out: Connecting Older People programme, which supports older people affected by issues such as bereavement, disability or long-term illness or who live in residential care or sheltered housing.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/news-and-media/dsa-news/1262-big-lotter-fund-award-given-to-northern-ireland.html

A PROJECT to encourage volunteering in Coventry has received a £288,000 cash boost from the Big Lottery Fund. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme, based at Central Hall, in Warwick Lane, city centre, was granted the funding for three years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2012/10/17/lottery-funding-award-for-coventry-volunteering-project-92746-32044781/

Lottery boost for health and social projects. Ten schemes in East Anglia will share £2.3 million of funding from the Big Lottery Fund (Big).

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2012-10-17/lottery-boost-for-health-and-social-projects/

A project which teaches financial literacy to young people is one of eight projects in the West Midlands to win a share of £1.5 million from the Big Lottery Fund (Big). Best Chance will use £155,000 to help young people in Birmingham avoid debt.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2012/10/17/birmingham-finance-scheme-best-chance-wins-lottery-funding-65233-32044310/

A DERBYSHIRE charity which aims to help people with eating disorders has been given a big financial boost. First Steps Derbyshire has been awarded £187,105 from the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Cash-boost-eating-disordersorganisation/story-17094749-detail/story.html

 

Charity Links 14/10/12

Teenage Cancer Trust is the official charity partner of Superdrug. Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and chances of survival of young people with cancer aged 13 to 24.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Join-staff-bid-help-charity/story-17060458-detail/story.html   

A team of staff and customers at Jewson Builders Merchant, Manningtree, helped to raised more than £30,000 for their charity partner Barnardo's by cycling 2,500 miles in the Tour de Jewson which ends in John O'Groats.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/9974848.Cyclists_raise_thousands_of_pounds_for_charity/  

Build Recruitment are delighted to announce that our charity partner as of 19th September 2012 will be The British Heart Foundation.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buildrec.com/charity-partner.cms.asp

Care home celebrates raising funds for the charity, The Stroke Association. It will be raising money for the Stroke Association throughout October and November 2012 as part of the 2012 Caring Homes Group Charity Partnership.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://beaconsfield.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2012/10/staff-raise-money-for-stroke-c.html

The University of the West of Scotland has formed a partnership with international development charity Oxfam Scotland.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/uni-teams-up-with-charity-over-poverty-103967n.19108719

Strong Island Calendar 2013 announces that £1 from every calendar sold will go towards supporting the Alzheimer's Societies.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.strong-island.co.uk/2012/10/09/strong-island-calendar-2013-charity-partnership/

Rutland Lions president David Thompson has chosen The Lodge Trust and Rutland Reminders as his charities for his year's tenure.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rutland-times.co.uk/news/local/rutland-lions-choose-charities-for-the-year-1-4344496

Boost for Dogs for the Disabled as company pledges £100000 donation.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local/boost-for-dogs-for-the-disabled-as-company-pledges-100-000-donation-1-4337182

Rangers CEO Charles Green announces support of the The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Brick by Brick Appeal.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ppwh.org.uk/fundraising/news/rangers-charity-partnership.html

Each year Charles Stanley supports a charity that has been nominated and voted for by our staff. Charles Stanley's Charity of the Year for 2012/13 is DEBRA.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/investor-relations/corporate-social-responsibility/charity-of-the-year/index.php

The Caerphilly Borough branch of mental health charity Mind has been awarded £12,000 by bank Lloyds TSB. The money from Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/714808/charity-mind-awarded-12000-for-work-in-caerphilly-county-borough/

Employees at facility services company ISS UK have again chosen the British Heart Foundation as the company's corporate charity for the next 2 years. The charity was selected via the company's 'Our People' employee engagement survey.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.uk.issworld.com/news/press_releases/Pages/British_Heart_Foundation_Chosen_as_ISS_UK_Corporate_Charity.aspx

Kanzi Apples is launching its new marketing campaign for the 2012-13 season to the trade at the National Fruit Show from 17-18 October. The brand is announcing a partnership with national charity Heart Research UK.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=101794

A plaque was recently awarded to White Pepper Cookery School to mark their ongoing partnership and work to raise awareness and funds for their charity partner Diverse Abilities Plus.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.white-pepper.co.uk/2012/10/our-charity-partnership/

Charities Aid Foundation - ENGAGING EMPLOYEES WITH CHARITY PARTNERSHIPS - PDF presentation.
For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/Engaging%20Employees%20with%20Charity%20Partnerships%20overview1.pdf

The Parliamentary Group League Group have announced Rugby League Cares, the sport's new charity dedicated to supporting the rugby league family and its local communities, as a new Partner of the Group.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=45846


Mayor Charities

There was drinking in the cells and cheese and wine in the courtroom as the mayor's charity fundraiser took over the empty Kingston Magistrates' Court for a night.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/kingstonnews/9982060.Mayor_in_the_cells/

A group of walkers from South Ribble Council have raised £7,700 for St Catherine's Hospice, one of the Mayor of South Ribble's chosen charities. The five-strong team of council staff took part in a 64-mile walk.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/health/local/story-shorts-12-10-12-1-5017441

Councillors boost charity fund. Mayor's charities which are the Young Oncology Unit at the Christie, a cancer centre for young people, along with Genie Networks based at Altrincham General Hospital which supports the deaf and hard of hearing.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9980837.Councillors_boost_charity_fund/

St Albans City & District Council Mayor's 3 charities are – Centre 33, Shelter and Special Olympics St Albans.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/press-room/items/2012/Copy_of_Sept2012/districtmayorcivicservice.aspx

The Mayor of Kirklees' chosen charity this year is the Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/search?s=mayor&type=article

Two charities were celebrating today after receiving a share of £24,490 from a former Mayor of Dudley. Councillor Michael Evans, who was Mayor of Dudley.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dudley.gov.uk/welcome/news-in-dudley/october-2012/cash-boost-for-charities-from-former-mayor/

St John's Hospice was one of the fortunate benefactors of the former Mayor's charitable Fund over the last year. Councillor Paul Woodruff and his wife Dee called into the hospice to present their generous donation of £1057.85.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancaster-and-district-news/mayor-helps-hospice-1-5007132

Stockport Mayor and NHS Chairman abseil for a worthy cause. The Tree House is one of the Mayor's 2 chosen charities this year – along with Stockport Without Abuse.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/09105927-%E2%80%98such-worthy-cause-stockport-mayor-and-nhs-chairman-abseil-stepping-hill-childrens-

Saffron Walden Mayor fndraising event in aid of Mayor David Watson's charities, Huntington's Disease Association and Saffron Walden Riding for the Disabled.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/get_spiritual_and_healthy_at_saffron_walden_mayor_event_1_1572560

THREE Basingstoke charities have been given a major cash boost thanks to a successful year of fundraising by a former borough mayor.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/local/9968468.Former_borough_mayor_raises_thousands_for_charity/

HALTON'S Mayor and Mayoress received a £1,000 donation from a Runcorn business for their chosen charities. John Lewis, managing director of SOG Limited, presented the gift to Cllrs Tom and Angela McInerney.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/9976183.Owners_of_Runcorn_business_park_support_local_charities/

Devizes mayor thanks fundraisers for supporting his charities.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9976750.Devizes_mayor_thanks_fundraisers_for_supporting_his_charities/

The deputy mayor of Wellingborough has presented more than £6000 to charities from money raised during his term as mayor of the borough.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/local/former-mayor-presents-cash-to-chosen-charities-1-4364094

The Former Mayor of Camden presents Action on Hearing Loss cheque for £ 27000. Action on Hearing Loss is the new name for RNID.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/news-and-events/london/news/mayor-of-camden-cheque-presentation.aspx



Lottery Funding

Drumtullagh Parish Church is one of 22 groups in Northern Ireland awarded grants totalling almost £440,000 from the Big Lottery Fund's Energy Efficient Venues programme. The programme, which is now closed for applications.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/news/local/drumtullagh-parish-church-benefits-from-big-lottery-fund-1-4350618

Windmills Pre-school, which runs from Gazeley Village Hall in The Street, has been awarded a £2,800 grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The money has been used to buy much-needed equipment including tables, mats, rugs, room dividers and storage trays.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/latest-news/big-lottery-fund-grants-nursery-2-800-1-4348707

The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced the 15 local partners that will lead the charge to bid for between £4m and £10m to support those with multiple needs in their local areas. A £100m pot was announced in July to be shared between 15 areas in England.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding-uk

Down's syndrome project given £200k funding. Wednesday, 10 October 2012. A project to support older people with Down's syndrome and their parents and carers has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/downs-syndrome-project-given-200k-funding-16222203.html

Grewelthorpe, a village near Ripon is celebrating this week after being awarded a cash boost from the Big Lottery to build a new village hall and community centre.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/community/your-community/grewelthorpe-wins-cash-fund-for-centre-1-5005084

PUPILS at a VALE school are celebrating after more than a dozen new laptops arrived thanks to a five-figure Lottery grant. Sedgeberrow First School were awarded a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to buy 20 new netbook computers for their pupils.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eveshamobserver.co.uk/2012/10/08/news-Netbooks-joy-for-Vale-school-52167.html

Scottish communities benefit from the latest Awards for All grants. Across Scotland, over 100 groups are today sharing in Lottery funding worth nearly £800k.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_041012_sco_afa_awardsforallgrants?regioncode=-uk

Up to £1 million Lottery money for Fife and Edinburgh.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_031012_sco_iic_moneyforfifeandedinburgh?regioncode=-uk

Over £840,000 is being shared between 96 groups in the North West today, from the Big Lottery Fund's popular small grants programme, Awards for All.
For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_021012_nw_a4a_north_west_young?regioncode=-uk&status=theProg&title=North%20west%20young%20people%20receive%20lottery%20funding%20to%20support%20each%20other