Day: 31 December 2023

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

Stuart Mitchell

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

Stuart Mitchell

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

Stuart Mitchell

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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