tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40908594777458693082011-11-27T15:59:29.341-08:00Charity as a virtue – is your moving spirit.Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16905267583170044838noreply@blogger.comBlogger1591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090859477745869308.post-84611227519687356072009-06-08T01:27:00.000-07:002009-06-08T01:29:35.001-07:00

Cyclists are being sought to take part in the Action 100 bike ride from Bristol and Bath to London on Sunday, August 30.The event is being organised to help raise funds for medical research projects. The ride challenges cyclists who are prepared to cycle 100 miles for the charity Action Medical Research.Cyclists have all day to complete the ride and are fully supported, with plenty of refreshment

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A PAINTING of Kidderminster’s rock superstar, Robert Plant, has raised £1,500 for Acorns Children's Hospice.Painted by Sue Verity, of Tamworth and autographed by the rock legend, the portrait has been snapped up by Led Zeppelin fan, Catharine Zelinski, living in Ontario, Canada.All of the funds from the sale of the painting have been donated to Acorns.Ms Verity met Robert Plant at a Wolverhampton

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Leading digital advertising recruitment company Only Marketing Jobs has created an area on its website designed specifically for the UK charity sector.Until the end of June 09 Third Sector organisations can advertise all their fundraising and business development roles for free.Invitations are open to every charity organisation, whether they have previously advertised with Only Marketing Jobs or

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The government is giving an extra £3m to charities who offer help to families struggling to cope with the recession. Couples counselling organisation Relate will receive £1m to provide face-to-face and telephone support to an extra 40,000 people. Helpline Parentline Plus will receive £150,000 and other parenting groups which offer online support and debt counselling will also get a boost.

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• Public donations have fallen by 12% so far this year• Households buy fewer things and have less to donateThe charity Oxfam today revealed the full impact of the recession on its shops as it announced that donations have slumped by 12% this year.However, sales in its network of 714 shops remain strong – up 5% on last year – as the credit crunch also means demand for donated goods remains

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BUSINESS are being urged not to cut donations to charities amid fears that the economic downturn will mean a double blow for those in need.Charities depending on trusts or foundations with stock market investments are likely to see a sharp fall in income at the same time as people reduce their giving because of the recession, according to chartered accountants Haines Watts.Directors David Green

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A RAFFLE with some premiership prizes has helped net £750 for Whitby's Oxfam branch.The charity shop in New Quay Road held two raffles and a tombola last month to celebrate its second birthday. Prizes up for grabs included Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Arsenal and Liverpool FC collectors items including signed shirts and a signed picture of Gunners boss Arsene Wenger as well as a host of prizes

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On average, less than one in ten of older people experiencing elder abuse are actually supported by the systems set up to protect them. That's the stark conclusion of an analysis, by the charity Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), of nearly one hundred Local Authority systems designed to intervene and protect adults at risk of abuse. And, in some areas, the situation is even worse, with less than 2% of

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THE haggis king of the Capital has embarked on one of the toughest cycle endurance events the country has to offer, to raise money for charity. James Macsween and Peter MacGregor began their journey from Land's End on Saturday and, with legs of 100 miles a day, hope to reach John O'Groats by early next week.Mr Macsween, well known in the Capital for his haggis manufacturing business,

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 IT might seem a touch premature, but writer Roy Millar wants to be out of the traps first.That’s why his 2010 calendar covering rural Worcestershire is in the shops now.“We have to beat the major publishers,” the Malvern man said.And since Roy’s calendar is being sold to raise funds for St Richard’s Hospice, no one will begrudge him a flying start.The calendar has been compiled by the same team

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LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Kate and Gerry McCann's interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is to be screened in the UK, a day after airing in America, NBC Universal Global Networks announced today.Diva TV, which transmits "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in the UK, will broadcast the McCann's first US interview on Tuesday 5th May at 8pm. Viewers will see a digitally created photo that shows how

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WOMEN in Chester are gearing up to get behind the wheel of fire engines, ambulances, and tractors amongst other unusual vehicles as part of a charity fundraiser.Chester Lions Club have organised the challenge which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, June 6-7 and are appealing for as many women as possible with a full driving licence to get in to the driving seat.For sponsorship forms visit

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A CITY gym punched above its weight by raising more than £2,500 for charity in a sponsored sparathon. Novice and professional boxers took turns at fighting with each other for a whopping 12 hours. And there were plenty of high- profile contests to keep the crowds happy at the Fighting Fit Gym, on Lionel Street, in Birmingham city centre. Broad Street manager Mike Olley sparred with Stuart Hyde

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TOYOTA is to distribute more than £200,000 to charities and projects in North Wales and Derbyshire. Representatives from a number of charities will be at the car manufacturer’s Deeside plant today (Thursday) to receive donations from Toyota Manufacturing UK’s deputy managing director Carl Klemm. The presentation will also mark the official launch of the Toyota Manufacturing UK Charitable Trust,

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Goldman Sachs has announced plans to raise $5 billion through the issue of new shares. The Wall Street bank will use the funds to pay back a loan to the US Treasury and is optimistic about interest from investors, having also reported pre-tax profit of $2.6 billion for the first quarter of 2009.The result is above market expectations and up almost 24% on the same period of 2008.It follows a

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U2 will donate approximately £8.3 million of profits from their upcoming U2360 stadium tour to charity, it has emerged.The band will be giving away 100% of the money raised from their 'Red Zone' VIP auction ticket sales, the Belfast Telegraph reports.Around 600 premium tickets are being sold off at auction for the concerts, with bids starting from between €95 (£87) and €1,015.A U2 spokeswoman

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According to the Economic Survey of Charities larger charities whose incomes are between £100,000 and £1m have so far been most affected by the recession as there is a greater demand for their services even though their income has fallen. Two-thirds of large charities have indicated that they are concerned that services may need to be cut back, although the survey has highlighted that only 3

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Fresh evidence of how the credit crunch is hitting charities emerged today with a new poll showing that business donations to good causes are expected to be cut by almost £500m this year as a result of the economic downturn.The survey of 450 senior business leaders in the UK found that corporate giving is expected to drop by 34% this year, with six out of 10 respondents expecting that

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A west Wiltshire woman is running the Paris Marathon next month to raise funds for a little-known charity in the area that provides support to disabled children. Alison Pendle, 62, is running the famous race on April 5 for the West Wiltshire Portage Service, which is a home teaching service for pre-school children with special needs. Portage visitors, based in Court Street, Trowbridge, go to

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More than half of charities say they have been affected by the financial downturn, according to a survey by the sector watchdog. The Charity Commission, which gauged the impact of the credit crunch in a poll of 1,000 organisations carried out in February and published on Tuesday , said 52 per cent reported tougher times compared with 38 per cent only five months earlier. About three in 10

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Five charity workers from Bradford who are part of a Gaza-bound aid convoy are stranded in “no man’s land” between two north African countries after clashing with security forces. The men are working as a maintenance team for the Viva Palestina convoy, which delivered aid to the crisis-hit region last month. Yesterday, the aid workers, along with two others from London, were under armed

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The 49-year-old actor, who played the role of a TV host in the Oscar-winning film, has donated his pay cheque to an Indian children’s charity, called Plan India, which works for underprivileged kids. Kapoor admits that his humble upbringing has inspired him to donate the money to the organisation. “I think sometimes you do a film and everyone in this film - not only me - everyone

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CANCER survivor Mike Bellis is backing a campaign to raise awareness of brain tumours.March has been designated as Brain Tumour Awareness Month by the UK charity Brain Tumour UK and other health charities.Brain Tumour UK says that 40,000 people affected by brain tumours are missing from the UK's official statistics each year.And the charity forecasts that the brain will become the primary

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A WILTSHIRE couple’s charity to help severely wounded servicemen has now raised £17m in just 17 months. The Help for Heroes was founded by cartoonist Bryn Parry and wife Emma, from Downton near Salisbury after Bryn visited military amputees in 2007 and were moved by their plight. Based at Tidworth on the Salisbury Plain the charity has already ploughed more than £12 million into improving

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WOMEN of all ages are being urged to take part in a 5km sponsored run to raise money for charity. Organised by Cancer Research UK, Race for Life will take place in Hartlepool on June 7. It is hoped more than 2,000 women will either walk, jog or run the course along Coronation Drive between Hartlepool and Seaton Carew. Organisers are hoping to raise more than £90,000 for charity. Emma

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Stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands claims in a report that out of the 17 babies who are stillborn or die shortly after birth each day a "significant percentage" could be saved.It added maternity services are under "considerable strain from lack of resources".It is investing £3 million in stillbirth research over the next five years and it is calling on

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The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have said that there was no intention to link a real charity to a scene in the film in which a boy has his eyes gouged out.The Hope Foundation, which works with street children in India, received numerous calls and emails about the scene, in which a minibus with "Hope Orphanage" painted on it collects youngsters from the Mumbai slums.One of the children has his

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A CHARITY shop is appealing for a volunteer security guard after thieves stole £600 worth of stock during a break-in. The theft from the Cancer Research UK shop on Nicolson Street is thought to have taken place in the early hours of Saturday morning, with the culprits even making off with the charity's donation box.The shop has been targeted by thieves on at least five occasions since

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KIND-hearted traders in the Driffield area are proving the credit crunch does not have to get in the way of charity. Local traders and businesses have been generously pledging donations and promises for an auction to be held as part of a St Valentine's Charity Gala evening at Burton Agnes Hall on Saturday.The black-tie event has a top promise of dinner for four with owner of the hall

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WORKERS at a Somerset garden centre have signed up to take part in a sponsored slim to lose more than one stone and help raise money for a Weston charity. Dan Williams, Peter Burks, Dolly El-Mahdi, Ali Stokes, Mark Horler and Tracey Williams from Sanders GardenWorld in Brent Knoll, will be shedding pounds in aid of Weston Hospicecare. Dan said: “When we heard about the hospice's sponsored slim

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AN East Kilbride teenager who overcame leukaemia plans to launch herself 100 feet from a crane in an attempt to raise awareness and much-needed funds for The Anthony Nolan Trust. The prospect of taking part in the charity’s zip-slide fundraiser on Sunday, April 5, does not bother 16-year-old Calderglen High School pupil Amanda Cameron in the slightest. For she has already had to overcome much

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Charity shops are being left desperately short of stock as donations fall due to the deepening recession.As more and more people choose to save their money by not buying new clothes, so they are continuing to wear what in normal times would be their cast-offs. At the same time they are turning to charity shops to pick up a bargain, meaning clothing racks and shelves are becoming sparse.

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Belfast dentist, Lucy Jaffa, is hosting a multi-sports race called Diamond Quest Ireland for her charity, the African Schools Trust. With thousands of pounds worth of diamonds up for grabs, drop your drills and grab your trainers for one of the most exciting races of the year.This May, hundreds of men and women from across Ireland and the UK are expected to hit the Irish Carlingford and Mourne

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In what might be described as allegations of donor poaching, the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has accused its English counterpart of unfairly fund raising in Scotland. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which operates in England and Wales, denies the charge. But the Scottish organization said the Royal animal-welfare group has advertised

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Britain's Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, has opened her Clarence House home to supporters of the War Memorials Trust.The Duchess - who is married to Prince Charles - held the event in aid of the little-known conservation charity, of which she is patron. British Army officer Andrew Dobson - who is running the London Marathon in aid of the trust - spoke to the Duchess at the function.He said: "

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Over the past three months, Peters Food has raised around £17,000 for the charity - which provides support to children and their families with Cancer. To raise the money six senior staff members volunteered to take part in the Three Peaks Challenge. The challenge - which took place in September - involved the team of six climbing three of the toughest mountains in Britain in just three days.John

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THE nebusiness awards 2008 showcase the strength and depth of business excellence in North East England, with 12 categories and many entrants competing for honours. This year the awards for Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment have been combined, making the new category of Corporate Responsibility and Environment a stern test for judges and entrants alike.In 2007, SCA Hygiene Products

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LONDON - Action for Children has launched the second phase of its 'As long as it takes' activity to boost awareness of the need to support young people. This stage of the campaign includes the charity's second-ever TV work, as well as national print ads.The work features autistic teenager, Dan, who reveals that his middle years were crucial in terms of identifying and tackling his problems.

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He has a black belt in judo, goes fishing with his T-shirt off, and even owns a pet Siberian tiger. But Vladimir Putin's answer to action man – demonstrated his previously unknown artistic side over the weekend when one of his paintings sold for more than £750,000.Putin's deft canvas, titled Pattern, fetched 37 million roubles at a charity auction in St Petersburg – 32 million more than its

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A LEADING children's charity is urgently seeking unwanted Christmas presents for its two shops in the Capital. Save the Children needs new stock for its shops on Dalry Road and South Bridge.The shops are currently raising money to help with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as well as running appeals for Zimbabwe and the Congo.The South Bridge shop is now accepting electrical goods.The

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May the closeness of friends,the comfort of home,and the unity of our nation,renew your spiritsthis holiday season!!!Christmas time is a good occasion to think about helping other people. It might include any aid you are able to provide: from food, clothing, toys for children, humanitarian aid to big and expensive presents for disabled people. You can give families joy of Christmas and make them

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The charitable status of religious bodies that encourage their members — who are “consenting adults” — to refuse medical treatment, even if it will result in their premature death, will not be regarded as “damaging or dangerous” and will not be challengeable under the new charity laws. Even if children or vulnerable adults are involved, the Charities Commission says, it would regard any challenge

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The voluntary sector is devising ways of fighting back against the financial crisis this Christmas, says Pauline EifermanThe voluntary sectoris heavily affected by the recession, according to a survey this month. Charities are facing higher costs while their incomes are falling. Individual donors are slowly pulling out, and one in five charities reported that they are facing cancellations of

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Since it's launch in January, the Marks and Spencer (M&S) and Oxfam 'Clothes Exchange' has raised an extra million for the charity. The money was generated by the sale of extra Marks & Spencer clothes donated to Oxfam shops through the Clothes Exchange, which encourages donations of unwanted M&S clothes to Oxfam by providing a £5 M&S voucher in return. The voucher is redeemable against a £35

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Britain's Princess Anne has visited a festive charity.The Princess Royal called into the Weston-super-Mare warehouse facility of Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a Christian charity which sends gift-filled shoeboxes from the UK to less-fortunate countries.Anne watched volunteers prepare a final lorry-load of boxes for dispatch to Belarus, one of 11 countries that will benefit from the programme

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A CHARITY that helps families with children who may be isolated or depressed celebrated its launch - courtesy of a £300,000 lottery donation - with a presentation. Home Start Trafford held its AGM to celebrate the birth of the scheme into the south of Trafford at Longford Park Stadium, Stretford. It was attended by supporters and representatives from Trafford Council, Trafford Children and

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CANCER survivor John Williams, who had a massive 16lb tumour removed nine months ago, has donated more than £2,000 to the charity that helped him through his illness. Mr Williams, 53, handed over the money to Sarcoma UK director Roger Wilson at Ynysygerwyn Cricket Club last Thursday. He was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer – a rare form accounting for only 1% of all diagnosed cancers – last

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A painting by Henri Matisse, which was stolen from a German Jewish family by the Nazis, is to be given to a British charity.Le Mur Rose was confiscated from the Fuld family in the late 1930s and kept by a Nazi officer responsible for delivering poison gas to Auschwitz. The work has been at France's national museum of modern art since 1949. It will be handed to Magen David Adom UK, a charity that

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Agius told shareholders the lender had opted to raise capital from private investors rather than take part in the government's bailout of the banking sector partly because it feared the conditions attached to the bailout might force it to neglect overseas growth. "As shareholders you will know that the overwhelming majority of the growth in Barclays over the past decade has come from

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Britain's youth is suffering from mental health problems with 3 in 4 not receiving the treatment they need. Heads up, a report published today by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), the charity think tank, reveals that the lack of available treatment costs society millions of pounds and leaves charities to pick up the pieces.NPC found that in England conduct disorder - a severe psychiatric disorder

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A severe psychiatric disorder in children and young people costs society as much as £1.5 billion every year owing to a lack of available treatment, a charity think tank said.Heads Up, a report published by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), showed that cost savings of £244 million to £376 million could be achieved by reaching out to all children and adolescents with conduct disorder.Sufferers tend

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Are you a fundraiser and based in the UK? Then you might be interested in the upcoming events organised by the institute of fundraising UK. The Institute of Fundraising is the professional body for UK fundraising. They support fundraisers, through leadership, representation, setting standards, and training, and champion fundraising as a career choice. I’ve attended their events and wanted to draw

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Why is it most schools doing fundraising do not apply the principals you see discussed below, I have no clue. Maybe because most schools are trained to focus on the wrong things while choosing and planning a fundraiser. School fundraising companies by nature emphasize their product lines and brochures. But that doesn’t answer the question why the school down the street that picked your second or

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UK charity the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is asking people to donate their old mobile phones so that their components - sometimes made up of precious metals such as gold - can be used to help raise funds.The non-profit organisation is searching for alternative ways to raise money in the economic downturn, when cash donations may be more difficult for supporters to make.Money raised from

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FUNDRAISING events are pulling in the pounds and raising awareness for a breast reconstruction group.A charity ball held at the Next Generation club in Brierley Hill, on Friday October 24, in aid Rainbow Breast Reconstruction Group raised £4,000. Sylvia Horton, from Woodland Crescent, Pedmore has been working hard to raise the profile and cash for the group which helped her.The recovering breast

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The suggestions that follow may seem a bit off the wall but they they have the distinction of working almost every time they are tried. This article addresses the main reason why some schools do much better than others even when all other factors are are pretty much the same. It is to easy when planning a new fundraiser to focus on the things that don’t make any difference in the outcome of a

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James Bevan, who looks after £5bn for charities and local authorities, says trustees need to manage cash and equities safely. One of the saddest aspects in the collapse of the Icelandic banks has been how many charities were caught out. Collectively, dozens of worthy causes from Naomi House Children’s hospice near Winchester to Cats Protection lost tens of millions of pounds

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Barclays has confirmed that it is turning its back on the Government’s offer to buy shares in the UK’s leading banks, for the time being. The group will instead attempt to raise £6.5 billion of new capital from private investors. When Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the original £500 billion bank rescue package last week, Barclays indicated that it would prefer not to risk its independence

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Auction-goers hunting for lots of celebrity memorabilia are in for a Scary surprise.Spice Girl Mel B is selling off the contents of her former home in the UK to the highest bidder during a charity fundraiser. Now based in LA, the 33-year-old has decided that the time has come to part with some of her most cherished items, including her famous leopard print outfit. The potential collectibles

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Though many fundraising ideas are available it is not so easy to decide which one is pertinent and will work the best. There are lots of companies which offer different fundraising ideas for various groups but it is up to you to feel which idea is the best for you.There is such a traditionally fundraising idea called bake sale when products as chocolates, cookies, candy are sold. There are others

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MACMILLAN Cancer Support is hoping people in the Ripon area will rally round to make its World's Biggest Coffee Morning event next Friday a huge fundraising success.Last year more than 50,000 people around the country hosted a coffee morning and raised £7.5m for people affected by cancer.Macmillan fundraising manager for Ripon, Roohi Lupton, said: "We all like to get together, have coffee and a

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WELL-dressed bargain hunters are driving hundreds of miles to snap up the Cheshire set's cast-offs.Charity shops in Wilmslow have had record sales as fashionable shoppers buy second-hand clothes by top designers including Gucci, Versace and Chloe. Customers from as far afield as Cornwall and Yorkshire are descending on stores where the seriously rich recycle their unwanted designer

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Mental health professionals who do not involve young people in their treatment are to be "shamed" in a new charity campaign.According to children's mental health charity YoungMinds, 97% of mental health professionals, parents and young people believe children should have a say in their treatment. But despite this, the charity says very few are given a chance to contribute. When professionals

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To tell you the truth, emotion is the basis of all trade and commerce. Emotions play a great role in the process of decision-making whether you are buying an automobile for yourself, a present for your beloved one or making a donation. We can assure you that fundraising is the most sensitive thing that relies on feeling so much. The way people feel about your appeal the way they reply to your

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Charity shops in the UK seem to have beaten the economic slowdown as shoppers look for value away from the traditional High Street chains.The profits of the top charity shops rose 7.4% to a total of £106.7m over the past year, according to the Charity Shops Survey 2008. Top of the charity money earners was Oxfam, with profits of more than £21m. The biggest growth came from the Salvation Army,

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We all know that feelings do rule the whole promotion and market. They increase or decrease sales, widen or reduce bank operations, generates sport events, provoke donations… So, they are everywhere, control any and every sphere of our life. We must draw your attention that donations, grants and fundraising work most of all with the emotional appeals. Straightly depends on you and your appeal

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A group of actors and sports stars will record a charity song against knife crime after a recent spate of fatal stabbings across the country. The collaboration, under the name UK Flow, includes world champion boxers Johnny Nelson and Junior Witter.The project - which has the support of Richard Caborn MP, Girls Aloud and players from the England football and rugby squads - hopes to raise money for

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There are a lot of creative cheerleading fundraising ideas out there for you to take advantage of next time your cheerleading squad is in need of a little financing. Some of these ideas are bake sales, car washes or garage sales.Your cheerleading squad may require funds for any number of reasons - travel to sporting events, promotional items for the crowd at that big pep rally and new uniforms

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POSERS, PLAYERS, AND POWER PROPOSALS In today's fast-paced, ever-changing corporate culture, you may have only minutes to make your nonprofits pitch for company donations of cash, equipment, or volunteer services.Sure, you've done your homework. Made sure your programs meet the company's marketing mission and corporate goals. Not requested more than the company's "average" grant/donation based on

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ETTING charities to admit how much they pay their staff is like squeezing blood from a stone.Of course they are happy to tell you their annual turnover, the services they provide and the army of volunteers they have at their disposal.But ask them 'how much their chief executive earns' and some charities are quite reluctant to part with such figures.In fact, the voluntary sector has significantly

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Next time you're casting about for a new fundraiser, look to your calendar for inspiration. Calendar related occurrences and events like changing seasons and holidays can provide excellent opportunities for fundraising.Here are some ideas for seasonal fundraising events:January Calendar Sales Super Bowl Party Winter Carnival Snow Man Contest Martin Luther King Day Celebration February Ground Hog

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Here is a quick, easy, inexpensive and highly adaptable fund-raiser. All you need is a tray of sand, 100 sticks and some way of colouring the tips of the sticks either by paint or marker pen. How it works is really simple, take a few sticks and mark them as prize winning. Then stick them into the sand, marked ends in the sand. People then pay to remove a stick to see if they have won and if

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Dyslexia can be genetic or acquired one, "dysphonetic" (or auditory) and "dyseidetic" (or visual) dyslexia. Nowadays is important to know symptoms, types and treatment of dyslexia. It is very significant to help children and people affected by this disease. They need our hand and support. If you want to keep up-to- date with the information on dyslexia training methods, current practice and

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In the last post we had an overview of some of the major ingredients of a Fund Development Plan. How let's delve further into each of the ccmpontnes. And the first component of a Fund Development Plan is the organization's Strategic Plan. This may seem counter-intuitive, to include elements of a strategic plan in this fund development plan, but it is necessary to understand that without first

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Jupiter and its Emerging European Opportunities manager Elena Shaftan have made a £100,000 joint charitable donation to two little-known Russian disabled children’s charities.Shaftan (pictured), who heads up the group’s Emerging European team, said: ‘I wanted to find an appropriate way for us to offer support for this cause in a part of the world which has generated good returns for both

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WITH 'green' issues firmly on the local, national and international agenda, praise should be reserved for organisations doing their bit to ensure a more eco-friendly future. One such company is Phoenix Community Furniture. A registered charity operating since 1997, it takes unwanted furniture, bicycles, paint and timber and offers them to the elderly, disabled, young people, single

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Never forget. Never forgive. When vengeance turns into a style of life and the purpose of all existence, living becomes a hell. This is a story of an ordinary man. A man of power stole his freedom, destroyed his family, punished him and in sorrow a new man was born. As he had not any other chance, except sailing the empty and desperate life. Welcome to the grave! Brilliant acting, appealing

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Barclays has said it is planning to raise £4.5bn ($8.8bn) in a share issue to bolster its balance sheet.The firm is to sell shares to new investors, such as the Qatar Investment Authority, and existing shareholders including China Development Bank. Barclays said the fundraising move would "strengthen its capital base". It is the latest British bank, following the Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS,

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Despite the mortgage crisis and high gas prices, charitable giving in the United States reached a record of an estimated $306.39 billion last year.That is a contribution increase of 3.9%, which is a good sign for charitable organizations hurting for money. For the past year, many non-profit organizations have seen overhead increase as a result of increased food and gas prices. Even so, this is

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When you're planning a special event, it's important to consider that there's money left on the table after the event, and that you should make the effort to go out and get it.Here's what I see fairly frequently: The staff and volunteers of a nonprofit organization work hard to conceive, plan and put on a successful fundraising event. It may be an auction, an awards dinner, a golf outing or any

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A new corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme called Marketing for Change is offering charities in Ireland free marketing expertise. Launched last week by Alternatives Marketing Talent House, marketers will volunteer their skills and experience to nominated charities for an agreed period. Projects include assisting charities in how they are perceived by the public and the media,

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A WELL-KNOWN North West businessman is to swim the Manchester Ship Canal to Liverpool to raise money for charity – and awareness of his company’s plans for Merseyside. Peel Holdings’ development director, James Whittaker, aims to complete the 36-mile Ocean Gateway Challenge and launch a £50bn regeneration of the Manchester Ship Canal corridor and Liverpool Estuary areas. The firm’s ambitious

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A charity that helps the parents of disabled children contact each other and access services has set up an office in the virtual world of Second Life.The charity, Contact a Family, is using government funding to create the digital office to support its work giving parents information and mutual support.Mark Robertson, Contact a Family's head of information, explains: "The first place anybody goes

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The UK government is to give a further £10 million in aid to Ethiopia, it was announced last night.The contribution, which is in addition to the £5 million announced last month, is in response to the worsening humanitarian situation. Drought and steep hikes in food prices are having a devastating impact on children and families in parts of Ethiopia. Around 126,000 children are in need of urgent

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The success of any school fundraiser is based on parental support; the more parents you get involved the more successful you will be. Here are a few points for you to consider getting and maintaining this crucial support. Put a lot of time and effort into communicating all relevant information to the parents in a timely manner. With the need for parents to work nowadays it is critical that

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MORE than 100 fundraisers will be tackling a 21-mile walk along the canal from Devizes to Bath in aid of The Forever Friends Appeal charity for the Royal United Hospital, Bath.The Vanessa Kyte Canal Walk, which takes place tomorrow, is in memory of Vanessa Kyte, one of the Appeal's fundraisers who lost her life to cancer in November 2007. Vanessa's family and friends have decided to follow in her

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A MAJOR fundraising event to help the victims of the recent earthquake in China is to be held in Edinburgh tomorrow. The Wings of Life concert will feature a mixture of Chinese and Western dance and music.The idea for the concert came from Chinese students studying at the University of Edinburgh.All funds raised will go towards helping victims of the quake in Sichuan Province, which is

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Royal soldier Prince Harry is to join servicemen from his regiment working in Africa for a charity he set up to help vulnerable children.The prince, a lieutenant in the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, will travel to the Kingdom of Lesotho later this summer with military colleagues to help build care facilities and repair infrastructure for projects supported by his organisation.Harry, 23,

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Oxford University is launching a campaign to raise £1.25 billion to enable it to compete with US Ivy League colleges.The 800-year-old institution has recruited a line-up of influential patrons to back the drive which it hopes will protect its unique one-on-one tutorial system, pay for hundreds of new fellowships and expand accommodation, library facilities. It has recruited a line-up

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Search engines are the most common way that potential donors will find your website. A non-profit website that appears near the top of search engine results will witness a dramatic increase in traffic compared with competing websites that appear further down in the results. Like every other charity, you want a high ranking on the search engines. Unfortunately, many charity websites appear poorly

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A special T-shirt designed by an 11-year old Weymouth girl is to be worn by more than 100 police officers and staff when they take part in a sponsored charity walk along the breathtaking Dorset coast next month.Raising money for Cancer Research UK, the Jurassic Plod will cover 50 miles and begins at West Bay near Bridport on Friday 6 June 2008 – finishing in the Purbeck quarrying village of Worth

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New Start chief executive salutes his ‘exemplary’ team of staff and volunteersA CHARITY has been recognised as “overall excellent employer” in the Highland Diversity awards. Inverness-based New Start offers practical help and advice to homeless people making the move into their own accommodation. The charity supplies reconditioned furniture and white goods to about 2,000 people a year, and offers

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Donordigital and Amnesty International USA teamed up to study the best landing page design principles to optimize online donations. The result was an in-depth eleven page report.The concept was born out of the e-commerce landing page optimization research done by Marketing Sherpa and Marketing Experiments. Donordigital and Amnesty wanted to test the concepts against nonprofit landing pages, so

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STAFF at Southampton Airport have raised £24,000 for 25 local charities after a host of fundraising activities. The donations came from the BAA Communities Trust charity at the annual Volunteer Awards held in London that reward staff who raise money for charity.Three Southampton staff won the top prize each receiving £5,000 for their chosen charities. Other entrants received awards between £200

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FUNDRAISERS in North Tyneside are being encouraged to raise money for Macmillan Cancer by taking part in 'Walk Wonders'.Macmillan has a number of organised walks, or those interested can arrange their own with friends and family.Walk Wonders is being backed by npower, which has developed a recipe for an energy boosting smoothie to help when doing the exercise.The drink contains Vitamin C, which

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Leading charity Cancer Research UK has won a Gold Medal at the 2008 Chelsea Flower Show for its garden. Designed by three-time Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winner Andy Sturgeon, the inspiration for this year's garden was the enormous amount of progress that Cancer Research UK is making in beating cancer. Jools Tait from Cancer Research UK said: "We're absolutely thrilled with the garden and

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Teams from across the UK took part in England’s toughest charity event, the Ford Ranger Great Lakeland Challenge, on Friday, May 16 and raised almost £80,000 for national charity Wooden Spoon.The event, which generated £78,358 for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK, saw teams tackle England’s ‘longest, steepest and highest’. First they canoed the 10.5 mile

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Action for Blind People is a dynamic national charity organisation (founded in 1857). We are one of the biggest charities in the UK guaranteeing blind and partially sighted people be given real and useful support in all sides of their lives. Last year more than 24,000 people were provided our assistance. We prepare visually impaired people for employment and help them in finding appropriate job.

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The UK is poised to help China deal with the devastation wrought by an earthquake that has killed around 10,000 people, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.Schools were among buildings toppled by the 7.9-magnitude quake, the country's worst for 30 years, with most of the casualties in the Sichuan province.Mr Miliband said: "The UK stands ready to assist." He added it was "a further and tragic

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About 3,000 girls and women took part in the opening Scottish event of this year's Cancer Research UK Race for Life fun runs The event in Inverness on Sunday was expected to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the charity. Organisers hoped to raise more than a target figure of £214,000 in sponsor money. The event involved walking or running 3.1m (5km) through the city, starting and

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