Business can help charities in more ways than just raising funds December 19, 2019 After a Christmas election where all the main parties claimed that they would boost social spending, the season of giving this year has become unusually politically charged. Yet with an estimated 14m people living in poverty in Britain, regardless of which party is currently in power, there will remain a significant role for private philanthropy [...]
Celebrities take to the trading floor to raise money for charity September 11, 2019 Prince Harry became a city boy for a morning yesterday. Along with movie stars, music artists and sports personalities, the Duke of Sussex turned his hand to trading stocks in aid of charity. Traders watched on as the Prince hit the phones to seal deals with clients, helping to raise money as part of brokerage [...]
Patek Philippe MD seeks to raise £50,000 for Parkinson’s support group with 24-hour tennis match April 8, 2019 The MD of Patek Philippe will be keeping one eye on the time next month when his tennis club takes part in a 24-hour non-stop charity match. Read more: Is Tsitsipas's Australian Open a sign of a changing of the guard? The Reigate Lawn Tennis Club will host the spectacle on 18 May with the aim [...]
Finance leaders raise £300,000 for children’s charity Barnardo’s March 22, 2019 More than 200 City finance leaders raised almost £300,000 for children's charity Barnardo's to combat issues like sexual exploitation earlier this week. Read more: Record year for charity lottery fundraising Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said the money will fund the charity's “specialist frontline services, which help children recover from their experiences, and build bright, positive futures”. Barnardo's [...]
Record year for charity lottery fundraising December 20, 2018 Christmas is traditionally a time of charity giving, but happily the latest official figures on charity funding from lotteries, show a year on year growth on funding for good causes. The figures were published by the Gambling Commission at the end of November, and cover the year to March 2018. They show that it was [...]
Imperium Investments supports St George’s Hospital charity children’s appeal December 18, 2018 | Sponsored On Thursday 29 November an event was held at the Palace of Westminster in aid of St George's Hospital Charity Children's Appeal. The event was hosted by Colonel Bob Stewart MP and supported by Imperium Investments, represented by their director Dmitry Leus. The fundraising gathering was attended by both supporters of the charity and medical [...]
Why everybody should be doing the conservation work workout November 30, 2018 If we compress human evolution into 24 hours, then for around 23 hours and 58 minutes – over 99 per cent of our existence – we lived, worked and thrived in the great outdoors. In this mostly challenging environment, despite the lack of medicines, technology, communications and our relative weakness to many predators, we became the world’s [...]
Changing lives for good November 13, 2018 When ActionAid decided to launch a five-year strategy that focused on the rights of women and girls, funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery proved vital. It allowed us to scale up our work tackling the violence women and girls face every day worldwide. ActionAid has a long history and reputation for its grassroots [...]
Lottery players support music-making projects nationwide October 31, 2018 Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, a national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young people, explains complementary fundraising. At Youth Music we believe that everyone should have the chance to make music regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through. We’re currently reaching 89,000 children and young [...]
Making meaningful connections through cancer October 25, 2018 Each year in the UK, 359,960 cancer diagnoses are made. That’s 359,960 people of all ages and backgrounds told they have cancer. The impact of a cancer diagnosis affects not only the person themselves, it affects all areas of their lives, including their families, children and relationships. It’s vital that raising awareness of cancer and [...]