Epilepsy Action has launched its annual Christmas raffle with a brand new car as the star prize.
The raffle coincides with the release of the charity's new Christmas Catalogue, which sells Christmas essentials such as cards and advent calendars, as well as Epilepsy Action merchandise.
AMA Charity Services have been selected to recruit new supporters from 'cold' records for the National Missing Persons Helpline. The outbound calling will start today, following a national PR campaign to coincide with the Christmas season.
The trend towards charities soliciting donations through gifts for specific items for the Third World is increasing in Ireland this Christmas with more emphasis on corporate involvement. Other local Irish charities are also trying to get in on the act.
According to research by IMRG for Royal Mail, 24 million Britons are expected to spend an average of £208 online in the run-up to Christmas, driving Christmas online sales up by 40% from £3.5 billion in 2004 to £5 billion this year.
Foresters, the international financial and charitable organisation, are supporting local Children's Hospices and the Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) this Christmas by launching their second annual national festive fundraising campaign.
Amnesty International UK is hoping to have a Christmas number one single to its credit with the release of a star-studded cover version of The Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone, You Shouldn't 've)?"
The single is a tribute to Amnesty supporter, the late John Peel.
