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UK Charities Awarded £3 Million In Donations From Zurich Community Trust To Focus On Cost-Of-Living Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

Zurich Community Trust (ZCT) has donated more than £2 million to regional organisations around the UK in cities including Belfast, Birmingham, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester.  These charities have been selected by Zurich’s UK employees, with a focus on poverty, isolation, mental health, dementia, domestic abuse and homelessness. The partnerships will last for two years.  In addition, £900,000 has been awarded to three national partners over two years including Magic Breakfast which will feed more than 3,000 children and young people from disadvantaged areas of the UK. ZCT is…

Barnardo’s to help tackle children’s health equity through launch of new Collaborative

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) are partnering with three Integrated Care Systems (ICS) throughout England to boost childhood health by addressing health inequalities, informing best practice and influencing local Government and NHS decision makers on how to provide effective care in their communities.   The organisations are launching a three-year Collaborative with ICSs in Birmingham and Solihull, Cheshire and Merseyside, and South Yorkshire to tackle the health challenges facing the children and young people in each area.  Barnardo’s, the UCL Institute of Health Equity and each…

Purina donates 1 million pet food pouches to help families in need

Stuart Mitchell

Purina Petcare, Europe’s leading pet care company, is donating 1 million pet food pouches from its Felix and Gourmet ranges to Community Shop, a social enterprise supermarket, which sells food to its members at heavily discounted prices.  It comes at a time when support for pet owners is more important than ever and will help to feed much-loved pets in families who are on the cusp of food poverty, while making sure that perfectly good products don’t go to waste. Purina has donated to Community Shop in the past, most…

Unilever, Tesco and In Kind Direct extend charity partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever, Tesco and In Kind Direct have launched the second phase of their ongoing partnership to help families struggling with hygiene poverty in the UK. Research conducted last year by In Kind Direct found that almost half of low-income households have had to go without hygiene products because they can no longer afford them. Responding to the growing need to support charities and households across the UK, the partnership brings together the in-store activation expertise of Unilever and reach of their household brands, Tesco’s scale, store footprint and online reach,…

DWF Foundation marks seventh anniversary by reaching £1m donations milestone

Stuart Mitchell

The DWF Foundation has surpassed £1m in donations having just celebrated seven years of giving. The Foundation is an independent charity that was launched by DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services.  Since December 2015, the Foundation has been the focus of charitable giving for DWF and reflects the Group’s values. It has the sole aim of providing funds, resources and mentoring to help individuals, groups and communities to achieve their full potential and focuses on supporting charities in locations where DWF operates. The DWF Foundation currently supports…