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The National Trust, in association with MBNA Europe Ltd. has launched the new National Trust MasterCard, which aims to raise more than £2 million in five years for its continuing conservation work.

The Trust will receive £15 from the first transaction made after the opening of a new account, 30 pence for every £100 spent and £2 annually for every card which remains active.

Dollond & Aitchison has reached its three-year target of raising £100,000 for Fight for Sight through the sale of pin badges and the hosting of fundraising events.

Several branches of Dollond and Aitchison are still due to hold Fight for Sight fundraising events next week. These will be held in Nailsea, Truro and Southampton.

Children's character Maisy the mouse is supporting World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2004 with a Maisy pin badge promotion.

There are four badges to collect, all of which will be available throughout
November in 880 Moss Pharmacy stores. The badges will retail for a suggested
donation of £1, the proceeds of which will go to Diabetes UK.

BOC Group's Balloon Gas team's new 'off-the-shelf' fundraising balloon packs are designed to take the hard work out of organising charity balloon releases.

The new packs are being promoted to charities and schools, and are suitable for organisations wishing to raise both money and the profile of their event.

Macmillan Cancer Relief has joined forces with The Big Badge Company and Express Newspaper Group to launch Rupert the Bear character badges to raise funds.

Age Concern, has recruited the children's classic character , The Snowman, created by Raymond Briggs, as the face of its winter 2004 pin badge campaign to Fight the Freeze.

Pin badges of children's favourites Sooty, Sweep and Soo will be raising funds for Help the Aged. There will be four badges to collect, all made by The Big Badge Company: there will be two Sooty pin badges plus Sweep and Soo, which will retail for £1 with 74p of each sale going directly to Help the Aged.

Incentives company 1st Incentives and UK Fundraising are looking for the most creative fundraising idea for 2004.

The winning entrant in the competition will receive a night at a top West End show and a night for two in a four star London hotel.

Runners up will receive a free bottle of Champagne and a Highly Commended Certificate.

Pin badges featuring the Looney Tunes characters will soon be available in Tesco stores across the country and branches of high-street bank Barclays as part of a fundraising drive for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID).

Macmillan Cancer Relief might have missed the bus themselves earlier this week in claiming to have launched the first charity branded bus. NSPCC say they beat them to it by three years.