Archive - 2011 - News Items

Polaroid Eyewear will donate £1 to Sightsavers for every pair of its new 2012 Best Under the Sun Collection sunglasses sold during 2012 as part of a worldwide partnership with the UK charity.

Epilepsy Action says that it is the first UK epilepsy charity to launch its member magazine on Amazon’s Kindle eReader.

Yunait, the website that aggregates daily deal offers, is handing over its first email newsletter of 2012 to charities.

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has published safer giving advice aimed at assisting the public in making informed choices about charitable donations and giving this Christmas.

The Women's Fund for Ireland has opened for its third round of applications.

The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have now raised £2 million for Help the Hospices, their charity partner for the past four years.

Charities and community groups in Dorset have less than two weeks to apply for funding of up to £7,500 from Dorset County Communities Fund.

From next month supporters will be able to donate their unwanted clothes to any UK charity and have the items collected from their home.

Karnival, the University of Nottingham Students' Union's charitable organisation, has raised over £1.3 million for local and national charities during 2011.

DIY retailer Wickes has beaten its fundraising target of £2 million for its first national charity partner Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.