Year: 2024

Further, Faster from Home Truths Two now open for applications

Stuart Mitchell

Further, Faster is the flagship leadership learning programme of Home Truths 2, convened and facilitated by ACEVO and Voice4Change England and designed to challenge and support mainstream UK civil society to take serious practical action on anti-racism and race equity. Further, Faster will bring together a group of up to 50 civil society CEOs and senior executives committed to serious action on anti-racism and racial justice in their organisations and civil society as a whole. Applications to take part in Further, Faster – the first leadership learning programme of its…

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Peninsula Group announces £1m fundraising goal for Together for Short Lives

Stuart Mitchell

Together for Short Lives are pleased to announce the launch of a £1million charity partnership with Peninsula Group, to help support families like Lorna’s across the UK. “What our children’s hospice gave us as a family is memories that will last a lifetime, without them we would have been in a horrifically dark place”. Lorna and her family are one of the thousands across the UK supported by their local children’s hospice. After suffering complications at birth Lorna was told that her daughter, Essie, had a range of life-limiting conditions…

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goDonate and The Giving Block join forces to offer cryptocurrency donations and conversion service

Stuart Mitchell

goDonate, the digital fundraising platform, is announcing a partnership with The Giving Block, the leaders in crypto philanthropy, to enable charities to accept cryptocurrency donations from supporters. The partners’ integrated services will provide charities of all sizes with a straightforward way to offer cryptocurrency donations alongside more traditional fundraising methods. Cryptocurrency and donor potential With the crypto bull market ramping up, now is an opportune time to empower your charity to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC and other cryptocurrencies. Almost 600 million people use crypto worldwide, largely Millennials and Gen Z.…

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JD Wetherspoon raised £23million for charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

JD Wetherspoon has reached the incredible fundraising milestone of £23 million for their official charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer. For over two decades, the national pub chain has brought staff and customers from across the UK together to fundraise for the charity, who support young people with cancer (0-25) and their families. Since the partnership began in 2002, JD Wetherspoon have hosted various events and organised an array of fundraising challenges to build up to this £23million milestone. The pub chain hosts several annual events such as hiking challenges,…

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WRAP launches new drive to promote circular living in the USA and across the Americas

Stuart Mitchell

In a significant move to tackle the impact that businesses and people have on the environment through unsustainable production, consumption and waste, climate action NGO WRAP has opened a key office in Washinton DC. The new office, led by Executive Director Leah Karrer, will coordinate action on food waste, plastic pollution, and textile waste right across South, Central and North America – from the foot of Chile to the top of Canada.   Leah Karrer, Executive Director of WRAP in the Americas, said “I am thrilled to scale-up WRAP’s work…

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