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Virgin Money chooses Mind and SAMH as new charity partners to improve support for people experiencing financial worry

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Money has chosen mental health charities Mind and SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) as new corporate charity partners. Given the intrinsic link between money and mental health, Virgin Money will work alongside Mind and SAMH to support anyone affected by mental health problems and money worries and direct them to the vital services the charities provide – regardless of whether they are a Virgin Money customer or not. The charitable partnership, which was voted for by Virgin Money colleagues and will run for two years, will also raise…

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Virgin Money launches UK’s first dedicated fund to help farmers move to net zero

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Money has launched a new £200m fund to support farmers in their transition to net zero, by offering lower cost loans that can be used to invest in changes which reduce on-farm emissions. The Agri E Fund is the first fund offered in the UK dedicated to supporting farmers with the investment and carbon audits required to help them achieve their net zero target. Loans are available with 0% arrangement fees when a farmer completes a carbon audit and is borrowing over £50k to invest in emission reducing initiatives,…

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Virgin Money covers its not-for-profit fundraising platform’s 2% ‘platform fee’ until the end of lockdown

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Money UK PLC has announced it will cover the platform fee for its wholly-owned not for profit fundraising business, Virgin Money Giving (VMG), for the remainder of government lockdown. VMG will waive its platform fee on all donations and fundraising activity, including the ‘2.6 Challenge to save the UK’s charities’, from 18th April. This fee, set at 2%, covers the running costs of VMG to enable it to provide charities, fundraisers and donors with a safe and secure digital fundraising service without making any profits. By temporarily covering the…

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Virgin Money and Mencap team up to bring people together through sport

Stuart Mitchell

Mencap, the learning disability charity, and Virgin Money are commencing their charity of the year partnership with a series of sport and inclusion events during Learning Disability Week (17-26 June 2019) which bring people with and without a learning disability together through sport. The year-long partnership includes Mencap being charity of the year for the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon, the largest and most high-profile marathon in the world.  The fundraised income from the partnership will directly fund a programme in schools across the UK that bring young people with…

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Dementia charities join forces for 2019 London Marathon campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Hackney-born actor Ray Winstone is challenging runners inspired by last weekend’s Virgin Money London Marathon to secure their place in next year’s event to help raise over £3.5m for groundbreaking dementia research. The call comes as Virgin Money, the race sponsors, named dementia charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK as Charity of the Year for 2019. The two charities will join forces for a year-long campaign, called Dementia Revolution, as Charity of the Year for Virgin Money and the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon. The campaign aims to overthrow…

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