William Hill Bingo Go Pink For Breast Cancer Care
Leave the first response October 21, 2009 / Posted in Breast Cancer AwarenessLeading gaming company William Hill has teamed up with leading breast cancer charity Breast Cancer Care, to support their ‘Pink Fridays’ fundraising campaign as part of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every day from the 18th to the 24th October, William Hill Bingo will be running a series of ‘pink ticket’ games. These will be every hour on the half hour in the community room, with 10% of all ticket sales on these games* donated to Breast Cancer Care.
And to encourage the Bingo community to turn pink, there will be an exclusive promotion where players can submit photos of themselves with their favourite pink item.
William Hill Bingo will select 5 submissions to win £20 worth of bingo bonus and the winning pictures will be posted on the site.
Hill’s spokeswoman Jennie Prest said, “With William Hill Bingo’s special pink ticket games, every time a customer clicks to play they will be helping to support Breast Cancer Care. We’re sure our fun-loving Bingo community will embrace our ‘Pink Fridays’ promotion, raising vital funds to ensure Breast Cancer Care can continue to support the growing number of people diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.”
William Hill Bingo Go Pink For Breast Cancer Care
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European Disaster Volunteers Launch Asia-Pacific Appeal
Leave the first response October 20, 2009 / Posted in AppealsEuropean Disaster Volunteers (EDV) is a new, volunteer driven, UK registered charity that aids disaster affected communities worldwide by helping them achieve sustainable recovery. EDV is acting on its new charitable status by launching a campaign to fund long-term recovery in the Asia-Pacific region which has been recently affected by major natural disasters. The group is appealing for donations and plans to start working overseas early next year.
Executive director Andrew Chaggar, a survivor of the 2004 Asian tsunami, explained that rather than responding immediately, EDV will deploy once the dust has begun to settle. This lets the group identify areas which have not received sufficient aid and provide long term support to the communities that need it most.
“We go in as organisations which focus on more immediate need are starting to scale back their operations,” said Chaggar. “Our focus will be on reconstruction, education, and other projects that leave affected communities better able to cope with future challenges.”
Because EDV focuses on long term recovery and starts work after the chaotic and unsafe initial aftermath, the group is able to welcome anyone over the age of 18 to volunteer, regardless of specific skills and experience.
There is no form of participation fee when volunteering with EDV, but volunteers are expected to pay their own travel and living expenses, but as Media and Marketing director Emma Taylor points out, living costs in the affected regions are much lower than in the UK, so you don’t have to be rich or raise a huge sum of money to volunteer.
To donate directly to EDV’s Asia-Pacific Recovery Fund please go to http://www.edvolunteers.org/donate. All donations received between now and January 2010 will go directly to this fund. EDV aim to begin working abroad in early 2010. So please give generously.
For a PDF of EDV’s full appeal visit http://www.edvolunteers.org/sites/default/files/EDV_AP_Appeal_EU.pdf
To register to volunteer or learn more about EDV you can visit the “about EDV” and “volunteer” sections of EDV’s website.
You can also email media@euorpeandisastervolunteers.org with any questions.
Avon Breast Cancer TLC Campaign
Leave the first response October 19, 2009 / Posted in Breast Cancer Awareness
Did you know 1 in 9 women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life? Help Kiss Goodbye to Breast Cancer by passing on the message good breast care with a kiss!
Avon have got together with Breakthrough Breast Cancer for the Avon Breast Cancer Campaign to encourage every woman to take care of their breasts and inform them of what could be the early signs of the disease. Avon’s message is for all ladies to be breast aware and show your breasts some TLC: Touch, Look, Check. Or get a friend to do it for you!
Click here to visit the Avon website for more details.
The Avon You Tube clip below contains statistics that are not based on UK figures, but gets across the message of the importance of checking your breast health, so we thought we would include it on this post. 
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Stars Sing for Pudsey to Launch Children in Need 2009
Leave the first response October 16, 2009 / Posted in Children in NeedChildren in Need is coming soon and there are loads of events planned to help Pudsey raise money for the charity. This year, to get things started, a whole heap of stars are getting together on Thursday, November 12 for the Children In Need Rocks concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The gig is being organised by Take That star and all around good egg Gary Barlow, with a load of top musical acts which includes; Take That; Lily Allen; Dizzee Rascal; Dame Shirley Bassey; Leona Lewis; Paolo Nutini; Mika; Snow Patrol; Cheryl Cole; Katherine Jenkins and Muse.
Tickets for the concert are priced from £50 You need to register your details and if you are chosen in the ballot you will be able to buy a maximum of 2 tickets. click here to visit the Children in Need website. Tickets will be allocated through a ballot that will remain open from 7.00am, Friday 16 October until noon on Tuesday 20 October.
Remember to visit the Children in Need section of the BBC Shop to buy your Pudsey goodies!
Elemis Pledge £10,000 to Breast Cancer Care with Essential Beauty Secrets Collection
Leave the first response October 13, 2009 / Posted in Breast Cancer AwarenessElemis have pledged to raise £10,000 for Breast Cancer Care to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month with their limited edition pink Essential Beauty Secrets anti-ageing collection for face, neck and bust, to help keep your skin looking younger.
The set contains a Papaya Enzyme Peel, Pro Collagen Marine Cream, Oxygenating Night Cream, Lifting Treatments Neck and Bust in a limited edition pink boob tube and a luxury pink Elemis wash bag. This limited edition also comes with a special price, you save 61%!
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