Tag: charities

Big Issue Invest commits £1.5 million to support lottery business that supports hospices and charities across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The social arm of The Big Issue has invested £1.5 million in a lottery business that supports the hospice and wider charity sector across the UK. Big Issue Invest (BII), made the investment into St Helena Hospice in order for the hospice to grow its lottery services to allow them to generate more income to support not only their own hospice services but those of 13 other hospices and 7 charities across the UK. St Helena Hospice runs a successful in-house lottery business, which was opened up to other hospices…

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Charities not confident that funding levels will allow them to meet objectives, says Brewin Dolphin research

Stuart Mitchell

UK charities are not confident in their ability to generate the income needed to meet their charitable objectives, fearing political uncertainty and an economic downturn at a time when they are being asked to do more following a decade of austerity. That is the message from research by charity investment managers Brewin Dolphin and published today in a report Charity Investment: navigating uncertain times. The research was conducted throughout June and July 2019 and is based on the views of 110 charity trustees and senior managers of grant-making and service-providing…

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Call for Scottish charities to apply for national awards

Stuart Mitchell

SCVO is calling for charities and individuals across the country to apply for our annual charity awards. Now in its 13th year, the Scottish Charity Awards highlight the best, most innovative and effective charity organisations and individuals from the past year, and celebrate those who make a difference in our communities. There are eight award categories – Charity of the Year, Charity Champion, Demonstrating Digital, Pioneering Project, Terrific Trustee, Leading Light, Celebrating Communities and Cracking Campaign – with the winners to be decided by a panel of judges and announced…

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Charities partner with Gone for Good #CharityVan app

Stuart Mitchell

Charities including YMCA, Cat’s Protection, Cancer Research, and many others are hoping to transform the way people donate their items to their charity shops with a new partnership with Gone for Good. Gone for Good is a free app that connects charities with businesses and the public, so that unwanted items are donated to good causes instead of being thrown away. Since its creation two years ago, the app has channelled £1,000,000 worth of items to their partnering charities. Along with seven other charities, YMCA is joining the #CharityVan pilot…

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Xbox Adaptive Controller welcomed by UK charities and gamers with disabilities

Stuart Mitchell

A new Xbox and Windows 10 controller that lets people with disabilities plug in the assistive aids they already own to play games has been welcomed by charities in the UK. The Xbox Adaptive Controller allows those with limited mobility to use their own buttons, joysticks and switches to mimic a standard controller, so they can play any videogame. This allows them to choose which assistive aid will make the character jump, run or shoot, for example, without relying on pressing specific buttons on the controller that came with the…

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