Christmas

The Yorkshire Building Society is aiming to raise £100,000 for the British Heart Foundation in the company's annual national fundraising appeal which runs in November and December.

A group of radio fans are once again establishing a radio station to broadcast in the run-up to Christmas to raise funds for homelessness charity, the Simon Community.

An online poll of 35 charities by the Institute of Fundraising and the Charities Aid Foundation has found that 29% of charities said that their 2008 Christmas appeals raised more than their appeal in 2007.

'Spooks' and 'Cold Feet' actress Hermione Norris is asking people to recycle Christmas cards to help the Woodland Trust plant thousands of trees.

‘Black santas’ in Belfast and Dublin have gone on the street to collect money for charity during the Christmas period.

A consumer survey by software provider Advanced Solutions International (ASI) has found that, despite the recession, "an increasing number of people are still thinking about making online donations to

IT services provider appiChar is offering up to £400 of chocolates and wine to the person or people who spot the charity posters that they sponsor on the London Underground.