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Big Picture Charity Films
(UK, 1148438) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,270.48
(UK, 1148438) Big Picture Charity Films are a UK Registered Charity working exclusively within the charity and voluntary sector. Through producing short promotional films, viral campaigns and documentaries, we aim to raise awareness of those who suffer with poverty, disability, illness or various forms of social deprivation. By highlighting these people and those who do such fantastic works supporting them, we are trying to educate others and thereby engender support and empathy. We are a charity with Christian values that relies entirely on funding and donations to operate. We offer our service, without cost, to causes we feel can benefit from our service.
Thomas's Fund
(UK, 1123075) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,265.97
Thomas's Fund provides Music Therapy in Northants for children (0-19) with life limiting illnesses or a disability, which, due to medical reasons, means they are too ill to attend school for extended periods. The Fund is dedicated to Thomas Smith who died, aged 10, from a life limiting condition.
Jubilee Debt Campaign
(UK, 1055675) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,113.00Jubilee Debt Campaign UK is part of a global movement demanding freedom from the slavery of unjust debt for impoverished countries. We campaign for a financial system where debt is not a tool of control for the rich, and people do not have to pay the price for reckless lending. Break the chains!
Design Museum
(UK, 800630) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,076.36The Design Museum is the leading museum devoted to contemporary architecture and design in the UK. Through its engaging exhibitions, learning programme and events, the museum aims to inspire everyone to understand the value of design and the vital contribution it makes to society and the economy.
University of Nottingham - Children's Brain Tumour Research
(UK, exempt) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,938.02The University of Nottingham set up the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre in 1997 in response to the fact childhood tumours do not receive major research funds. The Centre has now begun a research programme to find out more about these fatal tumours so that far less damaging treatments can be developed.
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.
MS Research Treatment and Education (MS Research)
(UK, 1043280) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,804.99Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common cause of disability in young people. Once diagnosed it will affect the rest of a persons life. The charity MS Research is “Looking forward to seeing the back of MS!” We aim to fund high quality research and to seek better ways of treating MS.
Heart n Soul
(UK, 1023467) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,724.74Heart n Soul is an award-winning creative arts company. We believe in the talents and power of people with learning disabilities. We provide creative spaces for disabled and non-disabled artists and participants to come together and develop and share their ideas.
Manchester Aid to Kosovo
(UK, 1087178) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,693.80http://www.makonline.org Manchester Aid to Kosovo provides opportunities, resources and partnerships. * Construction of the Manchester Peace Park, Kosovo * Art and Music * Education - including MaK's Summer Club * Sport * Ambulance appeal * Promoting justice and equality
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
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.
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
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
(UK, 242977) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,495.52The Theatre Royal is an historic Georgian playhouse (1819) recently restored, owned by Greene King Brewery and leased to the National Trust. It is operated by a charitable trust who are responsible for the management and artistic programming of this 352 seat, horseshoe-shaped Regency playhouse.
Studio 3 Arts
(UK, 1054793) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,473.60Studio 3 Arts uses art to make people’s lives better. Our mission is to use creative media to build communities and achieve the following objectives: • Improve individual lives • Offer new experiences • Encourage existing interest in the arts • Make art available to everyone • Develop new and emerging artists • Reduce social exclusion We will achieve this by developing highest quality, best practice arts projects in the following areas: • Art in the public realm • Performing arts • Digital arts • Training, accreditation and consultation Our work is delivered through four strategic, overarching strands: • Big Deal: arts for children and young people aged 0-19 • Intergen East: arts that bring different generations together • Visible Art: art in public places and spaces • Art for Improvement: arts-based training, strategy development, and consultation Projects are funded and supported by: • Central government bodies • Local authority departments • Trusts and foundations • Corporate Social Responsibility