The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has announced the support of thirteen corporate partnerships to boost its Help a Heart campaign this June.
This is the largest number of corporate partnerships ever to support the campaign, which this year aims to raise £1.5 million to fund lifesaving heart research.
Gala Bingo's members and staff across the UK raised £223,134.13 for Comic Relief this year by hosting a wide range of humorous events.
The managers of the three West Yorkshire clubs dressed up as chickens for a sponsored cycle, Cumbernauld's manager was auctioned off as a cleaner and Leicester's manager was "gunged" on stage in his club.
The Institute of Fundraising has returned £4m to the Office of the Third Sector after it failed to spend almost half the £8.3m set aside for promoting payroll giving to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
International charity FARM-Africa and St. Helen's Farm, the UK's largest supplier of goats' milk products, are partnering to help support the charity's work in improving the lives of poor Africa farmers and their families. A limited edition range of cartons bearing FARM-Africa's message will be on sale in Sainsbury's and Tesco throughout May and June, and St.
Retailer Argos has chosen Leukaemia Research and Barretstown as the company's next charity partners, taking over from its current partners Help the Hospices and the Irish Hospice Foundation. The new partnership will begin in July.
Staff from recruitment consultancy Pure Recruitment Group last week volunteered for a day with the company's charity of the year, Vitalise. Four staff spent the day at one of the national disability charity's centre at Netley Waterside House in Southampton which provides short breaks for disabled people and carers.
Linden Homes has donated £50,000 to Tadworth-based charity The Children's Trust towards the construction of a £7 million rehabilitation centre for children with acquired brain injuries.
