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£252 million of National Lottery funding helps communities build healthier, happier lives

Stuart Mitchell

Recently it has been announced that almost £252 million of vital National Lottery funding has been awarded to over 5,000 charities and community groups in England over the last four months*. In this bumper round of funding, grants awarded range from £2,800 to over £30 million and will collectively drive forward The National Lottery Community Fund’s four key missions, which are to support communities to come together, be environmentally sustainable, help children and young people thrive and enable people to live healthier lives. The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest…

Sodexo and FareShare partnership reaches £1.5m funding milestone

Stuart Mitchell

With a shared commitment to fighting food insecurity and food waste Sodexo and FareShare, the UK’s leading food redistribution charity, have been working together since 2005 and this year is celebrating a milestone with the total financial support donated from the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to FareShare reaching an amazing £1.5 million. Over the duration of its partnership the financial support from Sodexo has helped cover the logistics costs which form a huge part of the charity’s operation, enabling it to increase the volume of surplus food being redistributed across…

FareShare backs plan to end need for food banks in Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

The Scottish Government recently committed to a new action plan to end the need for food banks. Cash First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland outlines targeted steps including providing funding to organisations that help tackle food insecurity in Scotland including FareShare. Jon Molyneux, Scottish Affairs Lead at FareShare said: “FareShare welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to ending the need for food banks. This new plan will help to ensure that local and national organisations all over Scotland work together to both respond to and help prevent…

Big Issue merges its frontline sales and support teams under new Community Interest Company, to help more people during cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Issue Group has announced that it has merged its Company frontline sales operation with its Big Issue Foundation charity frontline services, into one new Community Interest Company (CIC), the Big Issue Changing Lives Community Interest Company.    Having experienced a 10% increase in vendors in 2022 and a 20% increase in vendors needing urgent support, the two organisations will bring their frontline operations together to extend the reach of Big Issue’s services to help more people, more effectively. To continue to provide the vendor services that are so critical…

Charities Win Big at Global Good Awards 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Charities and third sector organisations recently announced as winners in the virtual awards ceremony for the 2023 Global Good Awards (GGA), sponsored by Barley Communications. The awards recognise organisations and leaders who are achieving practical, real-world impact for people and planet that is both scalable and replicable – and who have inspiring stories to tell. Environmental change charity Hubbub won their third GGA Gold award for Campaign of the Year for their Eat Your Pumpkin campaign, while Kent Wildlife Trust & Wildwood Trust won Gold in the Game Changing Innovation category for their Wilder…