Tag: Charity of the Year

Raeburn Construction & Raeburn Training select Hearts & Minds as their Charity of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Hearts & Minds is delighted to have been selected by leading Fife companies Raeburn Construction & Raeburn Training as their Charity of the Year for 2021. Over the next year the two companies, owned by Scott and Sarah Raeburn, are planning to undertake a number of live and virtual fundraising events involving the staff and their families to support the work of Hearts & Minds and the Clowndoctors & Elderflowers. Their first breath-taking challenge is going to be an adrenalin packed 40m bungee jump off a bridge in Killiecrankie, Perthshire!…

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BAFTA Kids Roadshow with Place2Be announced as London Book Fair Charity of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

The London Book Fair (LBF) (12-14 March) has selected the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Kids Roadshow with Place2Be, as this year’s Charity of the Year. BAFTA Kids Roadshow is a programme of events and initiatives offering families across the UK access to workshops and masterclasses with BAFTA-winning talent. In partnership with children’s mental health charity Place2Be, the BAFTA Kids Roadshow takes the world of film, games and television directly into schools that benefit from Place2Be’s mental health support work. The Roadshow includes a ‘Behind The Scenes’…

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Kwik Fit chooses Children with Cancer UK as its first charity of the year

Stuart Mitchell

Kwik Fit, the UK’s largest automotive servicing and repair company, today announces that it has selected Children with Cancer UK as its first ever Charity of the Year. The UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people was chosen following a vote open to more than 5,000 Kwik Fit employees across the UK. Kwik Fit staff could choose from a shortlist of three national charities, each of which had produced a bespoke appeal message for the company.  Children with Cancer UK received over half the votes cast by employees.…

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FareShare is the UK’s 2017 Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The food redistribution charity FareShare has been named Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards. The winners of the awards, which recognise the outstanding work carried out by charities, not-for-profit organisations and their partners, were announced at a black-tie dinner at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, hosted by the comedian Hal Cruttenden. The awards were supported by the headline sponsor Markel, the specialist insurance firm. FareShare sends good food that would otherwise be thrown away to charities and community groups, which turn it into meals for vulnerable…

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