Why everybody should be doing the conservation work workout November 30, 2018 If we compress human evolution into 24 hours, then for around 23 hours and 58 minutes – over 99 per cent of our existence – we lived, worked and thrived in the great outdoors. In this mostly challenging environment, despite the lack of medicines, technology, communications and our relative weakness to many predators, we became the world’s [...]
Changing lives for good November 13, 2018 When ActionAid decided to launch a five-year strategy that focused on the rights of women and girls, funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery proved vital. It allowed us to scale up our work tackling the violence women and girls face every day worldwide. ActionAid has a long history and reputation for its grassroots [...]
Lottery players support music-making projects nationwide October 31, 2018 Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, a national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young people, explains complementary fundraising. At Youth Music we believe that everyone should have the chance to make music regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through. We’re currently reaching 89,000 children and young [...]
Making meaningful connections through cancer October 25, 2018 Each year in the UK, 359,960 cancer diagnoses are made. That’s 359,960 people of all ages and backgrounds told they have cancer. The impact of a cancer diagnosis affects not only the person themselves, it affects all areas of their lives, including their families, children and relationships. It’s vital that raising awareness of cancer and [...]
Helping young cancer patients thrive, not just survive October 18, 2018 The UK’s leading cancer support charity for children, young people and their families, CLIC Sargent is launching an exciting new grant scheme in collaboration with Societe Generale. At CLIC Sargent we’re all about helping young people to thrive, not just survive when they receive a cancer diagnosis. When we partnered with Societe Generale earlier this [...]
The power of partnerships October 12, 2018 Maggie’s is a charity that prides itself on how we treat the people who come through our doors after a cancer diagnosis as individuals with different needs, which we listen to and support. In the same way we tailor our programme of support to each person we also work with businesses to ensure we can [...]
Dame Kelly Holmes calls on government to change lottery limits October 2, 2018 Olympic legend Dame Kelly Holmes has urged ministers to overhaul outdated fundraising rules which are denying charities millions of pounds. The double gold medallist – whose Dame Kelly Holmes Trust charity has provided mentoring from sports stars to more than 240,000 young people – called on the Government to press ahead with proposed changes to [...]
Charity lottery reform will help communities nationwide September 24, 2018 Charity lotteries raised an amazing £255 million last year, over £21 million a month, benefitting charities and communities across the country, from hospices and air ambulances, to museums, sports teams and community halls. One such community to benefit is Handbridge in Chester, where a brand new community centre opened this summer to replace the [...]
From hair to canine care September 20, 2018 Many of us think about trading in our jobs for our dream career but few have the courage to actually go ahead and do it but that’s just what Nikki Roberts, 23, did when she swapped hair styling for helping dogs find a home. For seven years, Nikki transformed the hair of hundreds of salon [...]
From hair to canine care September 20, 2018 Many of us think about trading in our jobs for our dream career but few have the courage to actually go ahead and do it but that’s just what Nikki Roberts, 23, did when she swapped hair styling for helping dogs find a home. For seven years, Nikki transformed the hair of hundreds of salon [...]
