Charity Links 11/11/12

The Charity Commission is planning to contest a decision by a Cabinet Office that the commission website must be merged into the Inside Government section of gov.uk, the new single web portal for central government.

New tools help introduce new trustees to duties - Charity Commission

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_new_trustee_tools.aspx

Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show is pleased to announce that it is returning for its ninth year to raise money for Cancer Support Scotland and The Sandpiper Trust.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2012/11/edinburgh-charity-fashion-show-2013/

A YEAR of fundraising by Plymouth Flower Club has raised £800 for a local bereavement charity.The club, which has almost 90 members, decided 12 months ago to make Jeremiah's Journey its charity for the year.Next year's (2013) nominated charity is Headway, which supports people who have suffered head injuries.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Flower-Club-s-cash-charity/story-17285440-detail/story.html

Organisers of the Rotherham Real Ale and Music festival have ridden into the record books after raising £40,000 for four local good causes.

The money raised at the popular four day event will be divided between the Rotherham Hospice, Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and the Magna educational trust, with each receiving £10,000.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/local-news/festival-raises-40k-for-local-charities-1-5116665

The discounted fashion and sports brands retailer is the official clearance partner of The Retail Park Venues' merchandise, and has taken the opportunity to boost fundraising efforts for its charity partner Teenage Cancer Trust.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://retailtimes.co.uk/mandmdirect-helps-teenage-cancer-trust-via-sales-of-clearance-olympic-stock/

BBC Radio Devon in an appeal for a new appeal.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20235285

Santander chooses Clic Sargent as its charity of the year for 2013

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/contact-us-0

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.aboutsantander.co.uk/csr/csr-news/santander-chooses-clic-sargent-as-its-2013-charity-of-the-year.aspx

Bells Whisky is supporting Help for Heroes.

Chelsea sign new deal with Right to Play. Chelsea Football Club are delighted to announce we have extended our relationship with global charity partner Right to Play for another three years.

This new agreement follows a groundbreaking 6 year partnership.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chelseafc.com/chelsea-article/article/2973547

Everton FC squad gets naked for charity calendar named 12 Shades of Blue.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2012/11/08/everton-fc-squad-gets-naked-for-charity-calendar-named-12-shades-of-blue-100252-32189124/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/everton-naked-calendar-high-flying-toffees-1423185

A project from a Brighton-based charity to help people in East Timor survive tuberculosis (TB) has won the support of Bupa International.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/regional/bupa-in-partnership-with-tb-charity-1-4464832

Dyslexia Action is proud to of today been named a KPMG charity partner of the year. The professional services firm, has announced two new national charity partnerships for the coming two years: Action for Literacy and housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/news/kpmg-announces-new-national-charity-partnerships-with-action-for-literacy-and-shelter

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kpmg.com/uk/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/newsreleases/pages/kpmg-announces-new-national-charity-partnerships-with-action-for-literacy-and-shelter.aspx

Kidderminster-based solar installer Eco2Solar has revealed that it has adopted Acorns Children's Hospice Trust as its chosen charity of the year. The firm will donate £10 for each solar array that the company installs.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/news/eco2solar_picks_acorns_as_its_charity_of_the_year_2356

CH&CO partners with children's charity Kids Company to build a mobile kitchen for disadvantaged children in London.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/Business/article/1158202/ch-co-partners-childrens-charity/

A Shropshire business intelligence agency, Telford-based Purple Frog Systems Ltd has come to the aid of a local charity by donating thousands of pounds worth of consultancy which will enable the accurate and timely analysis of the vital work it does across Africa.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.midlandsbusinessnews.co.uk/2012/11/local-partnership-aids-charity-in-africa/

SWINDON office workers Clare McDougall and Tom Matthews were members of the fourth, and final, npower boat to cross the Channel in aid of the company’s charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10029108.Swindon_rowers_net_cash/

Do you know anyone who works for Computacenter?

Alzheimer's Society has been shortlisted to become one of Computacenter's next charity partners and we need your help to win the staff vote. This is a fantastic opportunity to partner with one of the UK's top technology companies.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1386

The 2013 Extreme Medicine Conference hosted at Harvard Medical School is proud to announce its charity partner for 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/blog/2012/11/extreme-medicine-conference-announces-it-charity-partner-child-in-hand/

Leeds: Charity shops sell stars' jackets in fundraising appeal.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-charity-shops-sell-stars-jackets-in-fundraising-appeal-1-5102517

The British Red Cross has recently launched a charity shops loyalty card, rewarding customers with points for spending in its stores nationwide.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/News/2012/November/British-Red-Cross-rewards-charity-shop-customers-with-new-loyalty-card

Get paid to work for a charity of your choice. People in Reading, Berkshire are being given a chance to work for a charity they are passionate about – and get paid for it. Charities will also be able to take advantage of skilled employees at no extra cost to themselves.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2123826_get_paid_to_work_for_a_charity_of_your_choice

2 cancer research charities based in the North West of England have merged, combining expertise on patients and the causes of cancer. North West Cancer Research Fund and Clatterbridge Cancer Research are now known as North West Cancer Resarch Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer Research.

Mayor Charity of the Year.

Reading mayor's £32000 for local good causes.

Last year's Mayor of Reading handed out a pot of cash worth £32,000 to mark the end of her time in office. Councillor Debs Edwards held a reception in the Mayor's Parlour on Thursday last week to distribute the money to her chosen charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2123771_reading_mayors_32000_for_local_good_causes

The Hargreaves Dementia Trust, a registered charity, founded last year by the then Mayor, Coun Tom Hargreaves, was officially launched by the Mayor of St Helens.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/local/mayor-opens-new-dementia-trust-unit-1-5107745

Singers to join mayor to raise money for charity. Choristers from the Lexden Chorus are to perform to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund, one of mayor Christopher Arnold's chosen charities for the year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/10030992.Singers_to_join_mayor_to_raise_money_for_charity/

The Mayor of Kirklees, Clr David Ridgway, has chosen the Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust – an organisation that supports the benefit and welfare of soldiers of The Yorkshire Regiment and their families as their charity partner.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2012/11/06/huddersfield-town-dedicate-blackburn-rovers-game-to-yorkshire-regiment-charity-86081-32173287/

A former mayor of St Albans has presented her chosen charities with the money she raised for them during her year in office. Councillor Aislinn Lee raised £26,000 for Sure Start and the St Albans and Hertsmere Women's Refuge during her mayoral year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/10029160.Former_mayor_raises___26_000_for_charity/

A former Thetford mayor has handed over more than £1,000 to a charity that she says 'touches everyone'. Pauline Quadling was at St Nicholas Hospice Care on Tuesday to donate £1,180 raised during her year in office.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/latest-news/ex-mayor-donates-1-180-to-hospice-1-4446400

It was fun for all when Snaith and Cowick Mayor Greta Laughton hosted a charity night to raise cash for this year's mayor's charities, the Snaith community playing field association and Help for Heroes.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.goolecourier.co.uk/news/local-news/town-mayor-hosts-charity-night-1-5096448

Youth group Y Sort-It is celebrating a cash boost from the Big Lottery Fund. The £292,236 award to the group's youth information and support network project will help provide assistance to young carers, aged 12 to 18 years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lennoxherald.co.uk/dunbartonshire-news/dunbartonshire-news/2012/11/09/project-lands-lotto-windfall-114557-32178168/

Droitwich Mayor appeals for donations. Money raised from the event will go towards the mayor's two chosen charities - Sight Concern Worcestershire and Friends of Droitwich Spa Lido.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.droitwichstandard.co.uk/2012/11/09/news-Mayor-appeals-for-donations-55212.html

Over £26000 was raised for charity by the former Mayor of St Albans, Councillor Aislinn Lee, during her Mayoral year 2011-2012.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/press-room/items/2012/november2012/FormerStAlbansMayorraisescharitablefunds.aspx

A CHARITY providing life-changing support to children with autism have been awarded £605,903 by the Big Lottery Fund. The Tailor Ed Foundation, who were set up five years ago, have become a? lifeline to 150 autistic kids and their families in Edinburgh.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/autism-charitys-60k-big-lottery-1429706

Lottery Funding

Thanks to an award from the Big Lottery Fund's Heroes Return 2 programme, 87-year-old George Davies from Monmouth will return to Sri Lanka in January to recall the role he played during the Second World War and retrace his steps for the last time.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/10040053.Big_Lottery_helps_Monmouth_ex_Navy_man_return_to_wartime_base/?ref=nt

Central Ayrshire MP Brian Donohoe was delighted to learn of the Big Lottery Fund's award of funding to a group in his constituency as part of the Awards for All programme. Irvine Sub Aqua Club has recently received a £10,000 award.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.irvineherald.co.uk/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/local-news-irvine/2012/11/09/awards-for-all-sub-aqua-club-75485-32185938/

Grimsby has been given an award from the Big Lottery Fund will give the north end of the resort £1 million to be spent on community projects in Croft Baker and Sidney Sussex wards over the next ten years as part of its Big Local project.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Residents-banned-cleaning-Cleethorpes-north-beach/story-17286442-detail/story.html

THE Dover Detainee Visitor Group (DDVG) has been awarded £200,000 in funding from the Big Lottery Fund. The "Reaching Communities" grant will be used by the charity over three years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Visitor-group-s-pound-200k-boost/story-17275844-detail/story.html

Charity Links 06/11/12

The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Therapy Centre in Edinburgh has been adopted by Scottish Gas as its local charity partner.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pr-inside.com/ms-therapy-centre-announces-new-charity-r3459631.htm  

KPMG, the professional services firm, has announced two new national charity partnerships for the coming two years: Action for Literacy housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.kpmg.com/UK/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/NewsReleases/Pages/KPMG-announces-new-national-charity-partnerships-with-Action-for-Literacy-and-Shelter.aspx  

Age UK is in the running to become MMC's Marsh & McLennan Companies charity partner for 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://vimeo.com/52620008

Beverley Building Society Charity of the Month Competition is now in its 11th month, so far raising a total of £2500 for local causes such as the Canine Partners.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/community/carter-takes-home-250-for-canine-partners-1-5080413

The Horse Trust has been announced charity of the year by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA).

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.mrcvs.co.uk/en/news-story.php?id=8065

Scottish Young Carers revealed as Co-operative Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-leisure/scottish-young-carers-revealed-as-co-operative-charity-of-the-year-1-2611440

For more information, please click on the following link: http://retailtimes.co.uk/co-operative-to-fundraise-for-young-carers-charity-carers-trust-in-2013/

Seven university, business and charity partnerships have been announced as winners of the second round of the Research Partnership Investment Fund. The new projects bring the total number of collaborations funded to 14.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421717&c=1

SALE-based law firm Slater Heelis LLP has given a major boost to Henshaws Society for Blind People.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9994313.Historic_partnership_boosts_Trafford_charity/?ref=rss

Concern Worldwide announced today that it has received a substantial grant from Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard and been appointed the drinks company's charity partner for 12 months.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.businessandleadership.com/leadership/item/38019-concern-named-irish/

Disability Sport Wales are announced as the South West Chamber of Commerce Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.disabilitysportwales.org/1066/2389

Four of Scotland's leading children's charities have come together to launch a new partnership which will offer support and guidance to families.

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

Squire's Garden Centre in Washington is proud to announce St Barnabas Hospice as their dedicated 'Charity of the Year' for 2012/2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk/press-release/squires-washington-announces-local-charity-of-the-year/

Deki Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.totalinsights.co.uk/deki-charity-of-the-year-total-insights-social-media-awards/general/

East Coast Truckers back charity race day at Snetterton.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/east_coast_truckers_back_charity_race_day_at_snetterton_1_1681269

Motorcycle enthusiasts strip off for charity calendar.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10023338.Motorcycle_enthusiasts_strip_off_for_charity_calendar/

Care for the Carers is an independent charity that supports young carers who look after a relative, friend or neighbour who is frail, disabled, or has a long-term illness. The charity has been handed £5,000 by Lloyds Banking Group Community Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/carers-charity-lands-windfall-1-4435469

The St Edmunds Wheel Trust handed out £25,000 to good causes at their 15th presentation evening.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/latest-news/boost-for-charities-at-presentation-evening-1-4440218

Surrey charities turning to stock market in face of reduced donations.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Surrey-charities-turning-stock-market-face/story-17209192-detail/story.html

Mayoral Charity of the Year

Councillor Melvyn Mottram, Mayor of Dudley, Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/10024528.Mayor_s_attendant_Mike_gears_up_for_latest_epic_charity_challenge/

York - On Wednesday, November 14, department store Browns will be holding a special shopping evening in support of the Lord Mayor and Sheriff's charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/charity/10025149.Charity_shopping_event_at_Browns_department_store/?ref=rss

Mayor Coun Helen Powell hosts successful charity dinner.The event held at the restaurant at the garden centre in Baston was attended by more than 70 people including the mayors of Peterborough, Stamford and Melton.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/local/mayor-coun-helen-powell-hosts-successful-charity-dinner-1-4436053

DROITWICH Spa's mayor is set to hold a jumble sale to raise funds for her chosen charities. Councillor Anne Taft is organising the event for Friday, November 16 at the Old Library building, Ombersley Street East, Droitwich, from 2.30 - 4pm.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/droitwich_news/10018524.Mayor_to_hold_charity_jumble_sale/

Plymouth Bike Nights gives proceeds to selected charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plymouth-Bike-Nights-gives-proceeds-selected/story-17216675-detail/story.html

Darlington Borough Council - Mayor pulls on trainers for charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Generic/News/Mayor+pulls+on+trainers+for+charity.htm

Steve Ovett donates Moscow vest to raise money for Mayor's charities.

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

Lottery Funding

Scheme awarded £125,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, with The Robertson Trust awarding £200,000 and Comic Relief a further £125,000.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20191114

THE Glan Afan Silver Surfers will be able to surf the web even more after receiving funding of nearly £5,000. The group has been awarded £4,828 from the Big Lottery Fund so it can continue to encourage older people in the community to be computer-literate.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Surfers-splash-grant/story-17222757-detail/story.html

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.lnpt.org/2012/10/31/lottery-cash-boost-for-towns-silver-surfers/

Crawley Borough Council has been awarded a grant of £2.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and The Big Lottery Fund to restore Worth Park to its former Victorian glory.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/work-under-way-at-worth-park-1-4429710

Aberdeen receives over £250,000 in funding from The Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_311012_sco_families_in_need?regioncode=-uk

Over £500,000 awarded to Gartmore Community Trust as part of Investing in Communities funding announced by the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_311012_sco_iic_big_lottery_fund_investment?regioncode=-uk

ABERAVON AM David Rees has welcomed a funding boost for seven Neath Port Talbot community-based projects. The groups received a share of £20,000 from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards. And included Afan Tawe Nedd Crime Prevention Panel.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Projects-lottery-funding-delight/story-17216709-detail/story.html

Scottish communities benefit from the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_011112_a4a_sco_awards_for_all_grants?regioncode=-uk

Telegraph award helped Coventry community project scoop £21000 funding.After being named winner of the Community Project of the Year category, People Point has gone on to secure windfalls of lottery grants – £10,000 from the Health Lottery and £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2012/11/01/telegraph-award-helped-coventry-community-project-scoop-21-000-funding-92746-32146286/

£49403 lotto grant to boost Burnhill youngsters. Run by the Big Lottery Fund Scotland, Young Start awards money from dormant bank and building society accounts that have seen no customer-initiated activity for at least 15 years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.rutherglenreformer.co.uk/rutherglen-news/rutherglen-local-news/2012/10/31/49-403-lotto-grant-to-boost-burnhill-youngsters-63227-32132181/

£165m to enable vulnerable 0-3 year olds. The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) invests £165 million.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_311012_eng_ey_better_start_in_life

£100million Lottery boost to help our public parks by Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_251012_p4p_uk_public_parks_under_threat?regioncode=-uk

£8k Lotto joy for disabled arts group. Members of Ocean Arts have been awarded an £8,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund. It will be used to help finance a series of artworks and short films called My Place in My Space, which will be displayed at the Customs House in South Shields next year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/entertainment/8k-lotto-joy-for-disabled-arts-group-1-5078038

Charity Links 04/11/12

Greggs staff strip for charity Children in Need.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/People/Greggs-staff-strip-for-charity-Children-in-Need

New Pets At Home Store Opens in Wrexham With Local Charity Partner.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wrexham.com/news/pets-home-store-opens-local-charity-partner-13507.html

Morton Primary School held a Geeky Glasses Day in partnership with the Ridley Eye Foundation, a charity based in Swinstead that supports research into degenerative eye diseases.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/news/local/youngsters-see-the-benefit-of-charity-s-work-1-4416097

Team IG Sigma Sport are pleased to announce that Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research will be their Official Charity partner for the forthcoming 2013 season.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://teamsigmasport.co.uk/official-charity-partner-onboard-2013/

Beaconsfield RFC partners with DrugFAM charity. Beaconsfield RFC have signed an innovative partnership deal with a local charity which supports families blighted by the effects of drug and alcohol addiction.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beaconsfieldrfc/news/club-partners-with-drugfam-ch-738796.html?source=have_you_seen_these

This year's Bowood Charity Dog Show and Summer Fair raised more than £33,000 for charities including Macmillan Cancer Support.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/10010418.Charities_benefit_by___33k_as_a_result_of_Bowood_Charity_Dog_Show_and_Summer_Fair/

charity partnership between Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and Midlands Co-operative Society.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-news/birmingham-baby-benefits-from-newlife-and-midlands-265285

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.midlands.coop/society-values/charity/corporate-charity/

Charities to get share of £1000.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/news/local/charities-to-get-share-of-1-000-1-5060642

A CHARITY that supports the city's children's hospital has been named as an official partner for this year's Bristol 10K. Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal has been named as the running event's official local charity for the next two years.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Grand-Appeal-official-partner-year-s-Bristol-10k/story-17174662-detail/story.html

The Nag’s Head in Gensing Road, which is owned by Punch Taverns and run by Steve and Angie Featherstone, will be selling the 2013 calendar showing the pub’s regulars posing with nothing on but a giant poppy to raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/pub-regulars-bare-all-for-veterans-charity-1-4411040

Facewatch, the crime prevention scheme set up by Gordon's Wine Bar managing director Simon Gordon, has formed a partnership with charity Crimestoppers and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to better tackle crime.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Facewatch-joins-forces-with-Crimestoppers-and-ACPO-to-better-tackle-crime

SANTANDER UK chief executive Ana Botin will this week join the Mayor's Fund for London as a trustee. Botin, who has led the UK subsidiary of the Santander Group for almost two years, will become a trustee on 1 November 2012.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cityam.com/latest-news/santander-s-ana-botin-joins-mayor-charity

Charities to benefit from card shop. THIS year's multi-charity Christmas card shop, Cards for Good Causes, has opened in Worcester.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/worcester/10014803.Charities_to_benefit_from_card_shop/

NCVO and Big Lottery Fund launch £6m Assist programme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.seftoncvs.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=513:p6m-capacity-building-fund-launched&catid=50:news&Itemid=115

Facebook is adding a new product within its gifting service -- charitable donations. As part of the social network's Facebook Gifts service, users can now send donations in a friend's name to organizations like the Red Cross.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57543894-93/donate-to-charities-using-facebook-gifts/

For more information, please click on the following link: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/01/facebook-gifts-get-charitable-you-can-now-give-the-gift-of-donations-to-your-friends/

The Co-operative unveils Carers Trust as its new Charity of the Year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/the-co-operative-unveils-carers-trust-as-its-new-charity-of-the-year

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Training/Jobs/Co-op-to-support-young-adult-carers-31102012.htm

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/traditional-retailers/carers-trust-unveiled-as-co-op-group-charity-of-the-year-2013/233860.article

Age UK forges first partnerships with retailers.

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/charities-/-not-for-profit-/-education/age-uk-forges-first-partnerships-with-retailers/4004547.article

The Argus Group today announces that it has selected Family Centre as a key community partner and made a significant donation to support the charity in changing its strategic direction towards preventative care.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://bernews.com/2012/11/argus-selects-family-centre-as-key-partner/

AbilityNet has been chosen as the charity partner for The Midlands Business Show 2012 at Villa Park on Friday 9th November 2012.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news/abilitynet-chosen-charity-partner-midlands-business-show

Alcohol–free wine brand Eisberg will once again partner with the British Liver Trust for a nationwide health campaign. The Love your liver campaign will run in January 2013.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2012/10/eisberg-teams-up-with-charity-for-love-your-liver-campaign/

BPIF Cartons Conference 2012 raises £2,000 for The Printing Charity. Tweet. This year's BPIF Cartons Conference, a major packaging event for carton producers and their customers held on 3 and 4 October in London, raised £2,000 for The Printing Charity.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/50495/Default.aspx

Lottery Funding

Big Lottery Fund is to provide £165m of funding for voluntary and charity sector partnerships working with local authorities to provide a better start for vulnerable babies in England.

The charity The People's Health Trust distributes the money raised by the Health Lottery has launched a new funding programme that focuses on those neighbourhoods whose inhabitants have the worst health in England, Scotland and Wales.

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

£65m to sustain and transform free advice for better future. Vital frontline advice services across England will receive a multi-million pound support package as the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) today launches the Advice Services Transition Fund. The Cabinet Office is supporting BIG’s programme by contributing half of the funding.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_261012_eng_astf_advice_for_better_future?regioncode=-uk

2014 Communities helps Scots to get more active - Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_251012_2014comms_sco_get_more_active?regioncode=-uk

A VOLUNTEER-RUN project which supports victims of domestic abuse has received a funding boost of almost £250,000. The Domestic Abuse Safety Unit (DASU) in Shotton was awarded the cash by the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2012/10/25/deeside-domestic-abuse-safety-unit-receives-250-000-lottery-boost-51352-32096815/

The Windmill Community Centre in Hele, Torquay, has been awarded the Reaching Community grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/pound-246-000-lotto-boost-help-families/story-17175320-detail/story.html

Residents in Grewelthorpe, between Masham and Ripon, are celebrating winning funding from the Big Lottery Fund to supplement a donation from the Methodist Church and money raised at local events to convert a chapel into a village hall, community centre and cafe.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10004402.Funding_paves_way_for_new_village_hall/

Bute Youth Football Coaching's under-16 team will travel free to all their away games for the next 12 months thanks to the award of a £2,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The grant will cover the cost of all the team's away trips for the coming year.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.buteman.co.uk/sport/local-sport/youth-football-bute-yfc-celebrate-lottery-award-1-2604031

L'Arche is one of 83 groups across Northern Ireland awarded grants totalling more than £682,000 from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All programme.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_241012_a4a_ni_grant_to_cooking_project?regioncode=-uk

Mayoral Charity of the Year

Mayor of the Royal Borough od Kensington and Chelsea, Councillor Christopher Buckmaster, has pledged to use his Mayor's Charitable Appeal this year to raise funds for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign and buy a £250,000 Sonowand for Charing Cross Hospital.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://kensington.londoninformer.co.uk/2012/10/mayors-charitable-appeal-to-ra.html

Jonathan and Wendy Radford-Gaby, Helston mayor and mayoress chooses 2 local charities to help.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Mayor-chooses-local-charities-help/story-17178338-detail/story.html

CHARD: Second curry night for mayor’s charity. MAYOR Cathie Morrision was delighted to hear there were 100 people booked to dine at her charity curry night hosted by the Liza Tandoori in Chard.

This was the second year the owner. Shazzad Hossain. has extended his generosity to support the Mayor’s charities - the Scouts, Guides and First Responders.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/22971/17/1/chard-second-curry-night-for-mayor%E2%80%99s-charity

Coun Paul Byrne and his wife, Ann, raised almost £3,000 through their fundraising events during their term of office up to May this year. As a result they have presented cheques to their chosen charities – the North West Air Ambulance, Longridge Army Cadets, the Community First Responders and St Cecilia’s High School in Longridge.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.longridgenews.co.uk/news/local/mayoral-charity-gifts-total-2-800-1-5058851

THE Mayor of South Tyneside is inviting residents to join her at a charity fundraising evening next week. Coun Eileen Leask will be hosting a night of music and entertainment at Springs in Crossgate, South Shields, on October 30.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/south-shields/2012/10/24/south-tyneside-mayor-s-invitation-to-charity-event-72703-32096077/

FUNDRAISERS took to the streets of Rhondda Cynon Taf as part of Operation Bed Push to raise funds for the Mayor's Charity Appeal.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/rhondda/2012/10/25/bed-pushers-raise-funds-and-for-mayor-s-charities-91466-32089524/

South Tyneside Council Mayor Hosts Charity Evening

Tickets cost £3 each and all cash raised will go to the Mayor's Charity, which this year is supporting following local charities MS Society - South Tyneside,WHIST (Women's Health in South Tyneside), and Diabetes UK - South Tyneside.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.southtyneside.info/article/16899/mayor-hosts-charity-evening

Darlington Borough Council - Mayor to present £2500 to charities.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Generic/News/Mayor+to+present+2500+to+charities.htm