Month: April 2020

NHS Covid-19 appeal reaches over £15million in first 5 days

Stuart Mitchell

The NHS charities National COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL launched on Monday 23 March by NHS Charities Together reached over £15million within its first 5 days.  The appeal supports hospital staff and volunteers at the frontline caring for Covid-19 patients.  Thank you to XTX Markets for launched the appeal with an amazing £10million donation. ‘XTX Markets commented: “COVID-19 has put the NHS under immense pressure and ‘NHS Charities Together’, as the umbrella organisation for all NHS charities and specifically their Covid-19 campaign, are playing a crucial role in getting funds to where…

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NatWest and RBS matching customer donations to provide £5m to National Emergencies Trust

Stuart Mitchell

NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have announced a donation-matching programme of up to £5m for the National Emergencies Trust (NET) Coronavirus appeal, aimed at leveraging a further £5m of support from the public. The move will mean that from Friday 3rd April, donations to the NET made by Reward Account customers via their Reward account balance, will be topped up on a matched basis up to £5m until the end of June. Reward account customers accrue a balance of Rewards which are earned by holding two or more direct…

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HERproject Announces Five-Year Strategic Partnership With BESTSELLER

Stuart Mitchell

HERproject announces a new five-year strategic partnership with BESTSELLER, an international, family-owned fashion company with brands including JACK & JONES, VERO MODA, ONLY, and Name It. The aim of the strategic partnership is to accelerate BESTSELLER’s 2025 Fashion FWD goal of supporting 100,000 women in garment factories to achieve workplace empowerment and improved life skills and to enable HERproject’s goal to support 1.6 million women workers by 2022. Fashion FWD is BESTSELLER’s strategy to speed up the transition to a sustainable fashion future. BESTSELLER has partnered with HERproject since 2010 to empower women workers…

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The Big Issue will be sold in shops in response to Covid-19 crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue has big news. For the first time in the magazine’s 29-year history, you will soon be able to buy a copy with your shopping at the supermarket. Two weeks ago they announced that they were temporarily stopping vendors from selling on the streets as the Covid-19 outbreak meant it was no longer safe for them to continue. The Big Issue Statesthey still have a duty to support the hard-working people who sell the magazine every week to make a living. With that in mind, and with many…

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CHAS Launches the UK’s First Virtual Children’s Hospice

Stuart Mitchell

CHAS launches the UK’s first virtual children’s hospice to support children with life-shortening conditions and their families during the coronavirus crisis, and beyond. CHAS have set up this innovative new service to help families who are self-isolating or unable to visit a hospice. The virtual hospice will offer families nursing, medical and pharmacy advice by phone and video; bereavement support; money and benefits advice; and practical advice around coronavirus. The service will also offer a storytelling service for children at home; letter writing for children and parents; activity packs and…

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