Free2give.co.uk, the online shopping mall that raised funds for UK charities, has shut up shop.
The site's home page announces that "Free2give Limited and Free2give Holdings have closed down and are no longer operating an online shopping village on behalf of UK charities."
The Big Issue has become the latest affinity partner of Simply Energy, the independent telephone advice service for gas and electricity consumers.
Launched in 2002, Simply Energy already generates over 25% of its business from affinity partners such as Mind, the
mental health charity, and Epilepsy Action.
A Guildford charity has started selling a key ring that doubles as a £1 coin holder, ideal for shopping trolleys or lockers.
CHASE Children's Hospice Service in Guildford hope that their new keyring will prove useful to people who arrive at the supermarket or gym and can't find a £1 coin to put in the shopping trolley slot or to access the lockers.
Fifteen year old Fergus Ferrier has set up Cartridges4charity, a new UK-wide Web-based recycling scheme that recycles printer consumables and mobile phones in aid of three charities.
Clothing retailer Peacocks and children's charity NCH will launch their new initiative 'Make a Million Charity Challenge' on June 16.
The £1 a ticket holiday lottery will be running throughout Peacocks' 380
stores until July 12. Prizes include a family trip to Florida. The Challenge is one of the many activities the retailer will be
For the second year running retailer Topman will be selling T-shirts in June to raise funds for Everyman during male cancer awareness month.
June 2003 marks the sixth annual everyman male cancer awareness month. This year's T-shirts from Topman feature a tongue-in-cheek approach to this serious issue.
The Breast Cancer Campaign is encouraging people to wear pink to raise funds on 31 October 2003.
The British Heart Foundation is encouraging people to wear red in June 2003 to raise funds. If that's not quite your colour, then you could always wear pink a little later in the year for the Breast Cancer Campaign.
Some charities are earning easy income via their Web sites selling books and DVDs as an associate of Amazon.co.uk. With the advent of the kitchen and home section, the opportunities of generating income have expanded still further.
