Corporate

VisionDirect.co.uk, the online suppliers of replacement contact lenses, is to raise funds for sight-loss and eye disease charity Fight for Sight.

The Santander Foundation has awarded a grant of £9,600 to The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) to enable them to provide free training to small charities across the UK.

Staff and customers at out-of-town fashion store chain Outfit have raised £250,000 for Alzheimer's Society, the company's charity of the year since July 2011.

Lloyds Banking Group is offering free money management workshops to 1,500 families across the UK through its Money for Life Programme.

The European Union is to fund the first pan-European CSR awards scheme in 2013 to highlight best practice across the continent.

Whisky manufacturer Arthur Bell & Sons is raising funds for Help for Heroes by supporting a series of events that are designed to become "the world's largest pub quiz".

Supermarket Waitrose is donating £1 million at Christmas, in addition to the £600,000 it would normally give to good causes over November and December.

A Christmas advertising campaign by Barclaycard and mobile music app Shazam will raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.