STV Children’s Appeal 2023 raises over £2.2m for children affected by poverty in Scotland

A grand total of £2,224,145 has been raised by the STV Children’s Appeal throughout 2023. The recent STV Children’s Appeal Show highlighted the efforts of fundraisers and told of the charities supporting families up and down the country who are affected by poverty. The programme was presented by host Lorraine Kelly, alongside STV’s Sean Batty, and broadcast from charity Refuweegee’s headquarters in Glasgow’s city centre. It closed with an emotional performance by North-Lanarkshire born singer-songwriter Tom Walker, who was “really proud to be involved” with the show this year. A…

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The National Lottery Community Fund turbocharges funding available to grassroots causes

The National Lottery Community Fund – the largest community funder in the UK – has today doubled the amount of funding available to grassroots projects, in the biggest change in National Lottery funding for a generation. The change to National Lottery Awards for All is part of The National Lottery Community Fund’s ambition to strengthen society and improve lives across the UK. With a new maximum award of £20,000, the funder is doubling the amount groups can apply for as well as doubling the time, to two years, that they…

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Sodexo Health & Care donates 100,000 meals to The Bread and Butter Thing

Over Christmas Sodexo Health & Care donated 100,000 frozen meals to support food redistribution charity, The Bread and Butter Thing, provide much-needed food to those in need of support this Christmas. Working with Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation and its supply partners Brakes and Lineage Logistics the frozen meals have been delivered to The Bread & Butter Thing so they can use them to provide nutritious hot meals to families across the UK over the Christmas and New Year period. The meals include a range of traditional favourites such as shepherd’s…

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The Co-operative Bank celebrates 20 years of its Customer Donation Fund by hitting £1.1 million milestone

Award-winning charity banking provider, The Co-operative Bank, is celebrating 20 years of its Customer Donation Fund by donating £100,000 in 2023 to a wide-range of local causes across the UK, from refugee support groups to climate co-operatives. This brings the total donations to £1.1 million since the fund was established 20 years ago. The Customer Donation Fund is a key part of The Co-operative Bank’s commitment to supporting local communities and charitable causes, providing grants to Community Directplus account customers for projects across the UK. Each account holder is able…

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Tesco donates over 33,000 kids’ toothbrushes to charity

Over 33,000 kids’ toothbrushes and 6,000 tubes of kids’ toothpaste will be donated to help combat hygiene poverty in the UK. Research by charity In Kind Direct found that 1 in 6 (17%) UK adults are living in hygiene poverty. Their research also found that 6% of adults say they, or someone in their household have gone without a toothbrush in the last six months because they could not afford it.  In response, Tesco has been working with four of its suppliers – Unilever, Kimberley Clark, Essity and Haleon –…

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