charity of the year

Fundraising company The Fundraising Initiatives Group has announced its first charity partnership.

Manchester-based audio branding firm PH Media Group has launched its own charitable foundation to enhance its fundraising activities for a number of good causes.

Hotel management specialist Jupiter Hotels has chosen Breast Cancer Care as its charity of the year in 2013.

Halfords Autocentres has chosen automotive industry charity BEN as its long-term charity partner.

Professional services firm Deloitte LLP has chosen Alzheimer’s Society, Mind and Prostate Cancer UK as its charity partners for the next three yea

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.