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Southend-on-Sea YMCA
(UK, 1102837) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,043.00
(UK, 1102837) Southend YMCA enables vulnerable young people to rebuild their confidence, increase their employability and restore their self esteem. We provide supported housing, education and use music, art, sport and catering projects to effectively help over 1,000 young people a year in the Southeast of Essex.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust
(UK, SC005503) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,000.00The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a globally-acclaimed centre of excellence for the performing arts. The only institution of its kind in Europe, RCS offers a specialist and world-class education in dance, drama, music, production and screen, all within one creative and collaborative place. We are incredibly proud of our students and their achievements as artists, performers and positive contributors both to the arts and to society here in Scotland and across the world. We are committed to working with students of the greatest potential, regardless of their financial circumstances. This commitment is supported through the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust which manages funds donated by individuals, trusts, foundations and bequests to offer scholarships which enable students to nurture their skills and talents in the performing arts – regardless of background or personal circumstances. Our goal is to enable students of exceptional potential in the performance arts to be part of RCS. We want to make the education opportunities we offer as inclusive, diverse and wide-reaching as possible. We offer scholarships to students in all disciplines, from the Junior Conservatoire to research degree level. We value every donation we receive and all funds will go directly to support and enable our students to fulfil their ambitions and make the most of their potential. By supporting us, you are helping the next generation of creative talent flourish.
Guide Dogs
(UK, 209617) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,984.00
(UK, 209617) The ability to get around is vital in order to live a full life yet thousands of blind and partially sighted people never leave home alone. Guide Dogs empowers visually impaired people to do that and relies totally on the support of the public to fund the guide dog service. We breed and train guide dogs which provide life changing mobility and there are currently 4,500 working guide dog partnerships in the UK. The full lifetime cost of a guide dog from birth to retirement is £48,500. We will not rest until blind and partially sighted people can enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else. To contact us: Phone: 0118 983 5555 Email: [email protected] Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/guidedogsuk Twitter: @GuideDogs
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
(UK, 223660) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,904.00Birmingham Repertory Theatre is one of the UK’s leading theatres producing exciting work for audiences across the region. But we don’t just create theatre - our stages, staff and productions provide endless opportunities to open doors and minds. Learning and participation is central to The REP, our innovative work with schools and communities driven by our commitment to lifelong learning is bringing actors and audiences together, transforming lives and encouraging us all to learn about theatre and through theatre.
Friends of Baphumelele
(UK, 1148140) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,830.00Friends of Baphumelele Ltd was set up as a UK registered Charity in July 2012 to relieve the needs of adults and children who are poor, sick, disabled, old or living in poor conditions in South Africa. The Charity provides annual and longer-term grants to well-established locally-managed projects with good track records of impact, accountability, leadership and effective community action. Any project selected is carefully assessed and monitored to ensure that funds are spent wisely and as intended.
Polka Theatre
(UK, 256979) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,829.95Polka was the first, and continues to be one of the very few theatre venues dedicated to creating and showcasing inspirational productions and creative learning programmes for 90,000+ children every year. From now until June 2014, all donations will be doubled by Arts Council England. Thank you.
Music for All
(UK, 1055371) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,819.20Music for All is the charity of the UK musical instrument industry. The mission is "Making More Musicians" this is achieved through: 1) Promoting the substantial and wide-ranging benefits of music making 2) Bringing "Learn to Play" experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds 3) Being committed to addressing the needs of community and diversity, especially those who do not have access to music making 4) Developing partnerships with like-minded organisations For more information, go to www.musicforall.org.uk
(UK, 1133188) Impact Arts (Projects) Limited
(UK, SC032430) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,769.38Impact Arts is a national community arts organisation. The main aim of Impact Arts is to use the arts as a catalyst for positive lasting change in peoples lives.
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
(UK, 1064646) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,763.89Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre offers the expert assessment and tuition that anyone with Dyslexia deserves, regardless of their ability to pay, and relies on the generosity of donors to make this possible.
PROJECT ABILITY
(UK, SC005226) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,760.66Project Ability is a visual arts organisation supporting people with disabilities and mental health issues to express themselves and achieve their creative potential; a centre for excellence with an international presence in the disabled art community.
Practical Action
(UK, 247257) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,757.54Practical Action helps people use technology in the fight against poverty. It works in partnership with communities to develop practical answers to their problems, based on local knowledge and skills and putting people's needs first.
Willmott Dixon Foundation
(UK, 326530) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,706.00The Foundation, established by Willmott Dixon Group, is part of a community investment programme, giving money and staff time to charities and local community projects. It also backs causes supported by our employees in their own time and makes a contribution to their fundraising.
Robert Eaton Memorial Fund
(UK, 1092631) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,654.94The Robert Eaton Memorial Fund wishes to help Children from the ages of 5 and 16 to play football or other sports in the name of Robert Eaton.
The Art Fund
(UK, 209174) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,611.00The Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art - supporting museums and galleries in acquiring works of art, and helping the public to enjoy them. For over 100 years we have been raisng funds to assist the aquisition of art in all forms and media, from Old Masters to the contemporary. We do this by mobilising art lovers across the country, whose contributions, large and small, provide our income. Today, more than 100,000 members that continue the philanthrophic spirit of our founders, believing that by coming together inidiviuals can achieve great things. Find our more at artfund.org
Radio Clyde Cash for Kids (inc. West Sound)
(UK, SC003334) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,592.00
(UK, SC003334) Cash for Kids raises money to support children facing physical, emotional and financial challenges, especially at Christmas. During the 2011 appeal, we raised £1.7M helping almost 100,000 underprivileged and disadvantaged children across Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Charity Reg. No SC003334
Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra
(UK, SCO33435) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,589.33The Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra aims to encourage the performance and development of fiddle music by young people throughout Ayrshire. Our talented young players perform regularly throughout Ayrshire, Scotland and abroad giving highly entertaining concerts.
Northumbria Sport Foundation
(UK, 1111675) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,588.08ENGAGES Northumbria Univeristy students, staff, alumni & partners in fundraising INVESTS the funds into sport activities & initiatives IMPACTS upon the potential of students & the community
Children First International
(UK, 1057811) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,586.73Children First International (CFI) is a small independent organisation that supports groups and individuals in developing countries by providing funds and other material items that help them help themselves. The charitys motto is Opening new horizons and it promotes the ethos that: if everyone cared enough and everyone shared enough, everyone would have enough. CFI believes that small is beautiful and one of the co-founders visits projects personally, at his own expense, to both support the project(s) and meet the people who are being encouraged to help themselves. There are no employees and no deductions for administration charges; thus funds raised go to the person or group being supported. Projects being financially supported include initiatives in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and the UK (Reading). CFI liaises with Rotary International and Lions Clubs International organisations to ensure that funds are managed and monitored appropriately when CFI personnel are not available on site.
The Scout Association
(UK, 306101) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,575.03Donations will go directly to UK Scouting to support, grow and increase the impact of Scouting to benefit young people and their communities. We provide services and materials to enable Scouting to be delivered locally. If you're fundraising your local group or Jamboree, please DO NOT use this page.
National Trust
(UK, 205846) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,566.99We're a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and open spaces - for ever, for everyone. We look after historic houses, gardens, mills, coastline, forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, nature reserves, villages and pubs.
Scene & Heard
(UK, 1077836) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,559.90Scene & Heard is a unique mentoring charity that partners the children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals, to give the children an experience of quality one-on-one adult attention and to improve their self-esteem through the writing and performing of their own plays.
Lord Williams's Association
(UK, 274213) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,550.00Supporting Lord Williams's School in educating our children Through fundraising to provide extras to which the school budget does not stretch. For example, in 2007 we raised enough money to buy photovoltaic panels for the new Science facility and this year we are supporting the Phoenix Appeal to rebuild a better Performing Arts facility after the fire of 2007.
Fund For Action Through Education
(UK, 1125401) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,520.00It's FATE's 3rd Birthday! Help us to celebrate! Fund for Action Through Education (FATE) helps underprivileged children in developing countries by providing them access to a good education. By supporting FATE, you can change a child’s life, giving them the opportunity to realise their dreams and break the cycle of poverty. We have a fantastic group of sponsors who each sponsor a particular child, or group of children. In return, they receive regular school reports and letters from the children...and our neverending gratitude! In addition to this, we raise money for other essential school items, such as school uniforms and text books, which is where this site comes in - please support us! £5 will buy a school child a shiny new pair of school shoes. £6 will buy a vital mosquito net to help protect a child from malaria. £10 will buy a set of text books, allowing a child to study at their own pace. £15 will buy a rechargeable light so that homework can continue when it gets dark. £20 will buy a school bag stuffed with essential school stationery. £35 will buy a smart school uniform. £50 will pay a childs school bus fare for a year. Whatever you can afford, you can be assured that we will put it to the best use possible, enabling a child to excel at school and improve their life! 100% of the money we raise goes directly to the children that we support with any administration costs (which we keep to an absolute minimum) being paid for with the gift aid that we claim.
African Village School Fund (AVSF)
(UK, 1140971) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,515.90WORKING IN THE AREA KNOWN AS EKUDZENI, SWAZILAND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO ORPHAN'S AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN THROUGH PROJECTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,- PRE SCHOOL AND PRIMARY EDUCATION, FEEDING, LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS, PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, USING SPORT AS A TOOL FOR CHANGE/HIV AWARENESS. AVSF supports orphans/ vulnerable children inSwaziland We've built a primary school, pre-school , Home of Hope, commenced 2 feeding & sustainable agricultural/livestock programs &clean water supplies. We have 250 children in school & 17 in pre-school. 100 children are fed daily. We're now using sport as part of an holistic, integrated approach to HIV awareness/ behaviour change. We need funds to build football changing facilities - we have land donated, &, football boots / kit from UK clubs. This grass roots project directly touches & changes the lives of our children. 1:4 are HIV positive but our children have ALL tested negative. This project can ensure they remain well & enable them to identify & shun risky behaviour, gain life skills & increase future employment chances giving a new outlook, encouragement & focus on life. Football has changed the direction of many youngsters giving them the foundations & tools to go into the world & contribute to their community & beyond. Charity No: 1140971 Find out more Website http://www.africanvillageschool.org.uk Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LynnandRobertNestor Twitter https://twitter.com/AVSchoolFund YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=prqtpjaxD4Y