October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2 Comments October 6, 2009 / Posted in Breast Cancer AwarenessBreast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK and in 2006 more than 45,500 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, that’s around 125 women a day for more stats visit Cancer Research UK.
October is Breast Cancer awareness month where breast cancer charities and well known companies are getting together to get information out there about the illness and the people it affects.
Ann Summers
Buy one of their Pink Products during October and they will donate 10% to Breast Cancer Campaign plus you will be entered into the prize draw to win £200 of Ann Summers vouchers!
Dorothy Perkins
Sign up to the Dorothy Perkins newsletter and they will donate to breast cancer care
Debenhams
You can buy the official Breast Cancer Campaign Wear It Pink t-shirt from Debenhams and £4 from each sale will go to the charity. 10% from the sale of special accessories and gifts will also be donated.
H Samuel
Buy one of the new special pink products form H Samuel and 10% from very sale will go to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The range includes a limited edition pink Guess watch and a Me to You Fairy Dust bear- see the entire range on our previous post here.
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H Samuel Limited Edition Jewellery to Support Breakthrough Breastcancer
Leave the first response September 26, 2009 / Posted in ShoppingH Samuel are doing their bit to support Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity by donating 10% from EVERY sale of their special new pink products. They have eight brand new products in the range including a Silver Heart Necklace, Me to You Fairy Dust bear, Heart and Key charm and an exclusive pink Guess Ladies’ 25 year anniversary watch
Breakthrough Breast Cancer relies on voluntary donations to tackle the disease through research, campaigning and education and needs to raise at least £19 million a year to support this vital work across the UK. As well as raising much needed revenue, the support of large companies such as H Samuel is invaluable to charities as it also introduces the charity to their customers, who may have been previously unaware of their existence.
Charities are struggling to raise funds in the current economic climate, so if you were already going to buy yourself or a loved one a gift from H Samuel, choose one from the Pink range instead. It will look just as beautiful, won’t cost you any extra and you will be helping to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
If you would like to make a donation to Breakthrough Breast Cancer click here
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Oxjam, Oxfams Music Festival Kicks off in October
Leave the first response September 25, 2009 / Posted in OxfamOxfam aim to raise money, end poverty and make good music this October with their month long music festival, Oxjam. This is no ordinary music festival where you pay through the nose for tickets for the pleasure of camping in a muddy field, trekking miles to see your favourite artist, then find your view blocked by a giant flag being waved manically by a stockbroker called Steve.
Oxjam is completely different, it is made up of hundreds of events taking place during October, organised by ordinary people, in local pubs, clubs and front rooms. There are events happening all over the country catering for all musical tastes, if it’s good music you’re after, you will most definitely find it at an Oxjam gig.
There are 24 main takeover events happening around the UK including the Oxjam Cardiff Takeover on Sunday 11th October, spread across four of Cardiff’s finest live music venues – Clwb Ifor Bach, Toucan, Dempseys, Y Fuwch Goch featuring the best of the Welsh musical scene.
The Oxjam Music Festival have posted a good luck message on You Tube to everyone taking part in this year’s festival. Quality tune, however look for the middle guy giving himself an injury at the end!
For more information on what gigs are taking place in your area, or if you want to get involved and set up your own Oxjam event, click here to visit the website and get more information.
Pudsey Tshirts, Children in Need 2009 Bears and Badges
1 Comment September 24, 2009 / Posted in ShoppingChildren in Need will be taking place this year on Friday 20th November this year and the BBC Shop has already got a load of great Pudsey goodies up for sale! There are some fantastic new items available, including the funky new ‘I’m with the Bear’ range.
This year you can show your support with every cup of tea you have with a Children in Need 2009 Mug, whilst wearing one of the new I’m With The Bear t-shirts, topped off with spotty Pudsey Ears and a 2009 Pudsey Plush bear tucked under your arm.
If you want to take part in this year’s event then visit Pudsey where you can download sponsorship forms, posters and stickers. You’ll also find some ideas on how to raise money for Children in Need in the downloadable toolkits which include Pudsey jam recipes! Yum!
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Coldplay Donate £1 million to Children’s Charity Kids Company
Leave the first response September 23, 2009 / Posted in NewsWe’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 founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996 in order to provide practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people. The band have visited the charity a few times to see the work they are doing in the local communities and plan to return to give music lessons to the children who attend their centres.
Just to remind us of how great Coldplay are, below is the official video for the new single, Strawberry Swing.
It’s a shame this news has not been reported across more of the media, perhaps if news channels widened their focus from misbehaving celebs to more positive role models like Coldplay, more people would be encouraged to get involved with charitable work.
