United Kingdom Non-profit News

Staff at Foster Care Associates (FCA) North East raised £600 for Help for Heroes charity recently when they held their biannual spring jamboree.

Bournemouth based gold-buying company Postgoldforcash.com is proud to announce that their chosen charity for 2012 is local children’s hospice, Julia’s House.

All Saints Church launched its campaign to ‘Buy a Tile’ on April 7th.

New service allows care users to review providers by phone, collecting data which can help other care users make informed decisions about care

The UK’s most innovative and fast paced body image campaign Body Gossip is excited to release details of a new sponsorship program, enabling businesses to join the body image revolution!

HEART UK ambassador and celebrity chef to lace up and support HEART UK ahead of the London Marathon, which takes place on April 22.

A Burton Charity has rewarded kids from the Albion2Engage scheme with a trip to the Britannia Stadium.

A source from Absolute Client Services, a Chelmsford-based sales and marketing company, was excited today about Olympic cash being used to help local projects.

AIDF aims to build partnerships for relief and development and 2011 saw NGO ShelterBox and manufacturer Nokero International make such a connection at the show.

The Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) are pleased that third sector travel specialists, Key Travel, will once again be our dedicated Travel Partner.

Local award winning design agency comes to rescue for charity event logo

Leading North East disability charity Inspire are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help out at a major high profile event this summer.

Skipton based charity fundraisers Ribble Valley & White Rose Ladies have received an unexpected five figure boost to their cause.

Aurion Learning and the FPA are proud to announce that their innovative ‘All About Us’ interactive CD-ROM and DVD-ROM has been short-listed for a 2012 Peer Award.

Student social worker to tandem skydive to raise money for Princess Alice Hospice

Once again Rossendale Hospice is on the hunt for an outstanding individual to be awarded the title Rossendale Woman of the Year 2012.

The Bolesworth Classic has announced that it is teaming up with Claire House Children’s Hospice for 2012 show. Claire House volunteers will be fundraising throughout the event at Bolesworth Castle, Tattenhall from 1st to 4th June 2012.

Following recent website launches for the Institute of Fundraising and Cambridge Network, netXtra has again consolidated its position as the membership sector's first choice for member-focused online solutions.

Ocean Outdoor is launching a campaign to help save artist Yinka Shonibare, MBE’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle sculpture for the nation.

Martin Baker is toasting the success of the eLearning Global Giveback awards – a competition celebrating eLearning developed by expert volunteers for charities working in international development.

Two local causes - Diverse Abilities Plus and Poole Hospital Charity are urging local people to experience the excitement of Chinese Dragon Boat Racing on Poole Park’s lake on Sunday 15 July, between 10am and 4pm.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has launched its 2012 wildlife photography competition, in search of the best wildlife images from the two counties.

Eden Springs have agreed to supply handy bottled water to Macmillan Cancer Support’s 2012 Challenge Event participants in a major step in their UK-wide charity water initiative.

Many of us desperately want to raise funds for charity but the big question is just where, when and how do we start? Beth Deakin, a motivated 26 year old, tells us how she started her fundraising efforts following the death of her grandfather.

Software house Marketingunity is implementing its web-based marketing suite for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The system is expected to generate benefits by streamlining RNLI marketing processes.

National sunflower campaign encourages children to learn about the environment and growing plants while raising awareness and funds for charity Action Duchenne

The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) held its annual national Tinnitus Awareness Week from 6–13 February. The campaign has been heralded as a great success.

UK Mail have been supporting their employees raise money for their chosen charities.

For the first time, the British Tinnitus Association (BTA), is to host a free one-day information event at the Wellington Park Hotel in Belfast on Saturday 26 May, from 10am – 4pm.

New tools for healthcare professionals have been launched by the East Midlands Adult Safeguarding Board to support adults at risk in the community.

An introduction to the use of glow necklaces and glow bracelets and their uses.

Some 70 ordained and lay people from the Christian community in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, along with others from the Sikh, Muslim and Jewish faith, have been officially commissioned as Workplace Chaplains.

Family and friends of a former St Peters Hospice patient Joy Emery will be plunging 185ft from the Premier Inn in central Bristol on Sunday 22 April in order to raise money for the charity.

Airfields, spy schools, bombing ranges, bunkers and D-Day preparations have shaped the New Forest National Park into what it is today.

Over 370 people came to find out how they could make a difference in the New Forest at the second annual volunteer.

Workplace Matters is launching a recruitment drive for people to serve as chaplains to the emergency services in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Local disability charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, is giving two Dorset accountancy firms the opportunity of a lifetime. Teams from Ward Goodman and Princecroft Willis will be running 100m on London’s Olympic Park track on Sunday 1 April 2012.

A recent fundraiser has raised over £300 for a leading local disability charity.

South West accountancy firm, Albert Goodman, is celebrating a successful year’s fundraising for the Macmillan Cancer Support Centenary Business Challenge, having raised more than three times its original target.

iSing2Win is a new concept that uses the power of group singing as a form of therapy is about to be launched at the Riverside Conference Centre Luton at 11 am on Friday 30th March.

As the SDS Bill is laid before the Scottish Parliament; a consortium of specialist agencies plan to lead the way in making self directed support accessible to all people who have sensory needs.

A local man with disability support needs is proving to be a smash hit on a local radio station. David McBain who is supported by Inspire is currently working on a music request show to be aired live from Saturday 10th March on shmuFM 99.8FM.

More than 1,000 people are expected to shake up their traditionally relaxed Sunday with a challenging charity walk around London’s iconic River Thames on 15 April 2012, raising money for clean water projects in African coffee-producing countries.

Fancy yourself as the next Bear Grylls or simply want to escape from the daily routines and stresses of life? Diverse Abilities Plus is offering a once in a-life-time chance to take part in an exciting ‘Castaway Five Day Challenge'.

Sophie Davies from the Shropshire and Mid Wales branch of the Institute of Legal Executives and senior legal assistant at Martin Kaye Solicitors in Telford, presented a cheque for £420 to the Midlands Air Ambulance raised from a charity quiz night.

A young creative writer with autism is using his skills as a wordsmith to raise money for three environmental charities, with the support of staff from the residential village where he lives.

AIDF 2012 – Continuing to Build Partnerships for Relief and Development. Panel of Expert Advisors announced for 2012.

Voting starts in the final of Motors.co.uk competition for the most committed charity fundraisers and dedicated carers in a search for a the most deserving

Materials handling specialist, Barloworld Handling, has risen to the challenge by supplying UK Services charity ‘Help for Heroes’ with a new forklift truck for its warehouse and logistics operation in Downton, Wiltshire.

We Love Hoodies announces support for The Calm Zone in their efforts to tackle depression amongst young men.