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Margarine brand Flora, together with Tesco, is offering schools the chance to collect tokens and swap them for an Asus Memo pad tablet computer.

Dorset Community Foundation has persuaded local authorities, companies and charities across the county to make today the first 'Do It for Dorset Day', a day of fundraising events.

FreePostcodeLottery.com, the free daily prize draw site, is to match winnings with an equal donation to the winner's selected charity.

Ten small charities have won public fundraising collection opportunities as part of Small Charity Week (17 - 22 June).

Yesterday 280 Macmillan Cancer Support staff took to the streets of London with their collection buckets for the Macmillan London Takeover Day.

The FSI, organisers of this month's Small Charity Week, are offering small local charities the opportunity to demonstrate their impact via a BBC Big S

Britain's Personal Best, a new annual mass-participation fundraising event, is to run for the first time in the first weekend of October 2013.

Over 1,000 Sainsbury's stores are each inviting nominations of local charities to be their charity of the year. Nominations are open from 1 to 14 May 2013.

Small Charity Week once again offers small and local charities a range of free opportunities to win and raise funds, including competitions, quizzes, auctions and collections.

A biscuit wrapper recycling contest is offering £1,000 in prizes to be donated to schools, charities or voluntary groups.