charity of the year

David Lloyd Leisure has chosen Together for Short Lives, the charity for UK children's hospices, as its charity of the year.

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.

Tesco staff and customers have raised £11.85 million in one year for Cancer Research UK, its charity of the year, beating the £10 million target set in March 2012.

Moto in the Community, the charitable arm of Moto Hospitality Ltd, has raised £200,000 for Help for Heroes, its charity of the year.

SPAR stores around the UK have raised £567,000 for ChildLine over the past year, beating the group's fundraising target of £500,000.

Two hundred graduates who joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2012 are aiming to raise £1 million for Alzheimer’s Society, the Group's charity of the year.

Supermarket Morrisons has now raised £5 million for Save the Children since 2011.

Employees at network communications company KCOM Group have raised £60,000 in the past year for its charity partner, children's medical research charity

Children’s and adult publishing company Igloo Books has chosen Children with Cancer UK as its charity of the year for 2013 and aims to raise £100,000 for the charity.

Secure IT solutions provider Prolinx Ltd is to extend its three-year partnership with the RAF Benevolent Fund.