Coldplay Donate £1 million to Children’s Charity Kids Company
We’re accustomed to bands making the headlines for all the wrong reasons, so it’s a nice change to see a group of musicians being praised for their philanthropic activities, even if the band is Coldplay
Joking aside, the band have donated £1 million pounds to the South London based Kids Company, a charity [...]
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National Vegetarian Week 18th- 24th May
This week is National Vegetarian Week in the UK. Running from Monday 18th to Sunday 24th May, the week is an annual event organised by the Vegetarian Society charity and being sponsored this year by Cauldron Foods, to highlight the benefits of following a meat free lifestyle.
To celebrate, there are events happening around the [...]
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Help I Can Raise £50000 at Rhymestars
I Can, the children’s communication charity, need your help to help them raise £50000. All you need to do is visit their Rhymestars site and cast your vote for the nation’s favourite nursery rhyme. They need to pick up 50,000 votes before the end of April to unlock a £50000 donation from OpenReach.
If you [...]
Justgiving Earns Charity Over £250million!
Charity fund raising site Just Giving has apparently helped £250million to be raised since it started life online in 2003 according to today’s Guardian. Described as the “easy and efficient way to donate and raise money for charity” fundraisers and charities can set up their own free web page and use it to get sponsors [...]
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Mystery Donation Helps Sport Relief to £20million!
BBC’s Sport Relief charity fundraising event was helped by a massive £5.5million mystery donation (The BBC). It was the largest telephone donation ever made in the 22 years of Comic Relief. That donation, plus money raised thanks to the likes of celebrity boxing, an Alan Shearer and Adrian Chiles bike ride, and a swim to [...]
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