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Capgemini launches first ‘Giving Group’ for UK charities on TheGivingMachine

Posted on July 7th, 2011 by Richard
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Employees raise ‘free’ money via TheGivingMachine

Capgemini is giving employees in the UK an opportunity to donate money to charities, such as Alzheimer’s Research UK, for free, in a first of a kind collaboration with fundraising shopping website, TheGivingMachine.

From 7 July 2011, over 8,000 employees will be given the chance to join the Capgemini Giving Group and every time they checkout at their regular online shops, they will be able to raise money for charity, without having to spend a penny extra.
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How June’s £140.98 donation payment makes a difference for Pathways4all

Posted on June 21st, 2011 by Gina
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Sue Welsh, part of the team at Pathways4All said…..

We have a very avid QVC shopper as one of our supporters, I imagine that this has helped swell our amount as we only have 14 supporters so far.  Pathways 4 All is a registered, parent led, charity based in North Tyneside where children with disabilities can come along and have fun.  We fundraise to develop and pay for equipment, family days and activities. This month’s donation payment moves us closer to our goal of our very own specialist play and recreational facility.

Good luck with your fundraising and we hope you reach your goal soon!

 

 

 

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June 2011 Donation Payments

Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Richard
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Thanks to Givers like you, we are able to send out just over £20,000 in donation payments to your beneficiaries this month. With around 350 cheques and around 180 BACS payments, this is keeping our team busy getting all of these payments out on your behalf.
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April 2011 Beneficiary Donation Payments

Posted on May 3rd, 2011 by Richard
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Here are the details for the distribution TheGivingMachine made at the end of April /early May 2011.  We were delighted to send out over 270 donation payments totalling over £8,300.

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March 2011 Donations

Posted on April 26th, 2011 by Richard
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Here are the details for the distribution TheGivingMachine made at the end of March / early April 2011.  We were delighted to send out over 290 donation payments totalling over £9,500.

Beneficiary Payment
St. Joseph’s Primary School London £136.44
Mattishall Primary School £104.10
Heatherton House School PTA £103.36
Hawthorn Primary School £97.42
St James CE Primary West Malvern £91.96
Northgate Primary School £83.74
Christadelphian Bible Mission £77.77
Llangrove CE Primary School PTFA £70.21
William Penn School £70.06
Westville House School £66.53
Lakeside Primary School £66.24
Kingsdown & Ringwould CEP School £64.68
St John’s School £60.53
Finchley Chamber Choir £59.50
Aylesbury High School £59.02
72nd Watford South Scout Group £58.35
Altrincham Preparatory School for Boys £58.16
St Thomas’ Infant School £58.06
Weydon School Farnham £54.96
South Farnham School Farnham £54.48
Nanyuki Children’s Home Charitable Trust £54.34
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Bishop’s Stortford £54.19
Redlands Primary School £54.19
The Cathedral School £53.97
Grove Road Primary School £52.38
Isca College of Media Arts £52.31
1st Bishops Stortford Scout Group £51.94
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School £51.44
Cavehill Ps £50.96
St. Leonards Langho Scout group £50.60
Egglescliffe CofE Primary School £49.89
Friends of Brookwood School £49.06
Mandeville Primary School Sawbridgeworth £47.63
Bourne Westfield Primary School £47.33
Forest School PTA £47.18
Didsbury Cricket Club £47.00
West Bridgford Junior School £46.27
Ruislip Gardens Primary £46.06
Campus Children’s Holidays £45.54
St Vincent’s Infant School £45.35
Tickton C E Primary School £44.99
Kings Cliffe Endowed School £44.72
St Peter’s Primary School £44.39
Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College £44.33
Thorn Grove Primary School £41.27
St Mary and St Joseph’s RC Primary £41.24
West Tytherley Primary School £41.15
Foxton School £41.05
St Asaph – Esgob Morgan Junior School £41.01
Farr Edge 2000 £40.77
Weston District Baptist Church £40.75
Ysgol Gwenffrwd PTA £40.20
St.Mary’s C of E primary school Burnham-On-Crouch £39.41
Life Church Lincoln £39.34
Great Moor Schools Great Moor £39.07
Sacred Heart RC Primary School Atherton £38.93
Camerton Primary School £38.72
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School £38.69
Farleigh Hospice Chelmsford £38.36
St Joseph’s Convent School Wanstead Wanstead £38.27
The Bishop’s Stortford High School Bishop’s Stortford £38.09
Oaklands School £37.97
The James Oglethorpe Primary School Parents Association (JOPSPA) Upminster £37.60
Immaculate Conception Catholic Primary School £37.33
Miller Academy Primary School £37.30
Stoke Holy Cross Primary School £36.78
Friends of Egglescliffe Music £36.72
St. Patrick’s Primary School Newry £36.68
St Matthews C of E Primary £36.38
St John The Baptist Primary Titchfield £36.36
Project Manvi £36.16
Fairfield High School £36.00
Bishop’s Stortford YMCA Bishop’s Stortford £35.99
Aylesbury Grammar School £35.94
Lydiard Millicent CE Primary School £35.62
Holy Trinity International School £35.49
Hazelwood School £35.45
St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School £35.44
Oulton Primary School (Parents of) £35.21
Hallmoor School £35.20
East Barnet School £35.10
Aldingbourne Primary School PTA £35.05
St. Mary’s and St. Peters Church of England School £34.98
Errington Primary School £34.69
Allerton Church of England Primary £34.62
Brigidine School Windsor £34.56
KIDS FOR KIDS £34.50
Mary Dean’s Cof E Primary School PTA £34.01
Cedars Upper School £33.93
Menphys Centre £33.93
Pennard Primary School £33.77
Diggle County Primary School £33.44
Park Street CofE Primary School £33.42
CAISTOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL £33.39
Balgowan School PTA £33.20
Culter School £33.15
Toddington St George Lower School Toddington £33.05
Stratton-on-the-Fosse Village Hall Trust £32.95
Birchwood High School Bishop’s Stortford £32.89
The Hertfordshire and Essex High School Bishop’s Stortford £32.77
Grafton Coronation Hall £32.65
St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School £32.52
Rodmarton Primary School £32.44
Blythe Bridge High School & Sixth Form £32.44
Wimbledon Civic Theatre Trust £32.34
Christchurch CE Primary and Nursery Barnet £32.28
Ann Cam C of E Primary School £32.15
Carr Head Primary School £32.08
Tiptree Heath Primary School PTA £32.01
Bishopsteignton Pre School £31.99
Little Munden Primary School Dane End £31.97
Buxworth School (Friends of) £31.87
Navigation Primary School PTA £31.85
Victoria Primary School £31.85
Mosborough Primary School £31.82
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School £31.59
Howe Green House School £31.54
St Bernard’s Preparatory School £31.52
Children’s Heart Federation £31.36
Sedgefield Primary School £31.28
Karen Clarke Theatre School £31.17
Wharncliffe Side School pta £31.07
Welling School £31.04
The Gerrards Cross Church of England School PTA £31.04
Bridlewood Primary School £30.92
St Peter’s Junior School Marlborough £30.86
Melbourn Primary School Melbourn Royston £30.85
Hemyock Primary School £30.76
Christ Church Chalford £30.74
RYTON  COMMUNITY JUNIOR SCHOOL £30.67
Scoill Vallajeelt £30.63
Thomas Coram Middle School £30.51
Stratford Preparatory School £30.49
Highampton Community Primary School Beaworthy £30.46
Shawbury Squirrels £30.38
Horsington Primary School £30.36
Friends of Akeley Wood School £30.06
Giving Africa £29.97
Greenwood Primary School £29.95
3rd Riverhead and Dunton Green Scout Group £29.91
High Wych CE Primary School £29.89
Johnston Community Primary School £29.87
Falla Park Community Primary School £29.87
Dorothy Stringer High School £29.83
Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form Centre £29.81
Llandogo Primary School £29.75
ST PETER’S C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL COGGESHALL £29.62
St Cuthbert’s C of E Infants School £29.59
Malawi Education Link £29.28
elephant family London £29.26
Pixies Hill Primary School £29.14
Horsted Infant School £29.12
Wold Newton Foundation School £28.93
Cancer Research UK £28.92
Moretonhampstead Primary School £28.73
Ballykeel Primary School £28.65
St Francis CE Primary school £28.64
Netherfield CofE Primary £28.61
Dallas Road Community Primary School £28.57
Blue Coat CofE Junior School (Durham) £28.49
Orchard Nursery School £28.42
The Mountfitchet Mathematics & Computing College PTA Stansted Mountfitchet £28.32
Francis House Preparatory School Tring £28.25
Fledglings £28.12
Ataxia UK London £28.00
Dean Valley Community Primary School £27.78
Book Aid International £27.70
Transplant Games & Recreational Fund £27.30
The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust £27.28
Queen Boudica Primary School £27.23
East Claydon School £27.23
Stokesley Community Primary School £27.06
Maes Ebbw School PSFA £27.05
Ysgol Brynhyfryd £26.98
Bridekirk Dovenby School (Friends of) £26.89
Ashridge Nursery £26.88
St Michael’s East Wickham C of E VA Primary School £26.70
Little Dewchurch C of E Primary School £26.65
Gibside School £26.62
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School £26.60
Hempstead Junior School £26.55
Medstead Primary School £26.43
Woodlands Primary School £26.40
All Saints’ Church Preston-on-Tees £26.36
St Luke’s RC Primary School £26.30
YSGOL GYNRADD GYMRAEG CWM GARW £26.28
St Martins CE Primary School £26.24
Aire View Infant School £26.22
Pier Avenue Baptist Church £26.15
Presdales £26.14
Crawley Ridge Infant School £26.02
Dringhouses Primary School £25.95
Ysgol Y Parc Holyhead £25.94
Over St Johns CE Primary School £25.90
Scarborough College £25.86
Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Appeal (DEC) £25.85
Broadstone First School Association £25.81
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School £25.79
Ysgol Dolafon Llanwrtyd Wells £25.79
The Nelson Thomlinson School £25.78
Moss Hey Primary School £25.67
Courthouse Junior School £25.63
Ysgol Y Llan Whitford £25.52
Balderstone School £25.51
Enfield Clubhouse £25.42
Village Water Ltd £25.37
Centrepoint London £25.36
Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School £25.34
North Cestrian Grammar School £25.30
Bentfield Primary School Stansted £25.27
Frederick Gough School £25.25
Keep Hatch School £25.22
Roke Primary School £25.22
The Richard Whittington Primary School Bishop’s Stortford £25.21
Whittington Church of England (Aided ) Primary School £25.20
Court de Wyck Primary School £25.19
Silsoe V.C. Lower School Silsoe £25.15
St Fillan’s Primary £25.15
Little Hadham Primary School Little Hadham £25.09
St Laurence Catholic Primary School Cambridge £24.38
St Joseph’s School (Redhill) Association £24.27
Darlington Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society Newton Aycliffe £23.94
CLAPA £23.69
Queens Park Community (QPCS) School £22.76
Upottery Primary School £22.74
The Blue Coat School £22.74
The Hospice of St Francis £22.70
Ellingham & Ringwood RFC £22.67
Eastleigh Baptist Church £22.60
Abercorn Primary School £22.58
Northampton School For Girls £22.28
Princefield First School £21.78
Harlington Lower School £21.72
Swing Gate School Association £21.67
Holland Park Primary School PTA £21.65
Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd £21.54
Old Sodbury CofE Primary School £21.51
CAFOD London £21.21
Home-Start Sutton Coldfield £20.99
All Hallows Catholic College Macclesfield £20.83
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College £20.83
Macmillan Cancer Support £20.56
St Paul’s C of E Primary School £20.55
Cooper & Jordan CE Primary School £20.48
Bridge of Allan Primary School Bridge of Allan Stirling £20.43
Honeywell Schools £20.35
Althorpe and Keadby Primary School £19.94
St Austins £19.93
Chichester High School for Boys Friends of £19.90
Clutton C of E Primary School £19.79
Tranmere Park Primary School (PTA) £19.57
40:3 Trust (Forty Three Trust) £19.46
St John the Evangelist. Elkstone £19.44
Leven CE (VC) Primary School Leven £19.37
Hypermobility Syndrome Association £19.13
Daresbury Primary School £19.00
Chawson First School Association £18.88
Garfield Primary School Wimbledon £18.81
Sevenoaks Primary School £17.88
Friezland Primary School £17.87
The Raleigh School West Horsley £17.87
Morchard Bishop Pre-school £17.72
West Kirby United Reformed Church £17.68
Busy Bees PreSchool (Little Munden) £17.43
St Peter’s CEP School PTA £17.40
St Tanwg’s Church Harlech £17.40
Sundridge & Brasted CE Primary School £17.33
Ashby Fields Primary School £17.25
St Johns Church Preston Brighton £17.01
Hempnall Primary School £17.01
Junior League of London £16.98
Bydales Specialist Technology College £16.98
ysgol uwchradd caergybi £16.92
The Brier School £16.91
The OpenSpace Trust £16.60
Sheffield Mencap & Gateway Sheffield £16.53
Swavesey Primary school £16.53
Mickleover Primary School £16.50
Dogs Trust £16.43
Southill Primary School PTA £16.42
Bryn Deri Primary School £16.27
Berry Pomeroy Parochial CE Primary School £15.93
The Friends of Ty Gwyn Special School Penylan £15.89
Copmanthorpe Methodist Church £15.60
Beddington Infants School £15.59
HART Wildlife Rescue £15.54
St Michael & All Angels Church Middlewich £15.53
Castle Lower School Bedford £15.32
ACS Hillingdon International School £15.29
Friends of Pierrepont Gamston Primary School £15.26
St Andrews CoE (C) Infant School Farnham £15.19
Westoning Lower School £15.14
Kirklevington Primary School £15.05
TOTAL £9,505.74

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UK Charity Awards 2011 – Get involved

Posted on April 8th, 2011 by Richard
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The Charity Awards presentation evening will soon be here (9th June 2011) and they want everyone to take part … even if you’re not there.

Take your bow on the night!

It’s a really simple idea. Just take a 5 second clip on your phone or video camera of you “taking your bow” and upload it to their website. They will play them altogether on the big screen for a hopefully inspiring start to the evening. It can be just you, or why not have some fun by roping in your colleagues, trustees, benefactors and beneficiaries. And don’t worry about doing a professional job, they will do the hard work at their end.

To upload your clip, name your file after your charity and click here

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Win £10,000 worth of national newspaper advertising for your charity!

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by Richard
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Thanks to Civil Society, Charities have the chance to win £10,000 worth of News International newspaper advertising for free in a competition brought to you by Fundraising magazine and Rendham.

Finding new supporters through advertising can be challenging, hopefully rewarding, but rarely free. Until now!

Fundraising is teaming up with Rendham to offer your charity the chance to win £10,000 worth of advertising in a News International publication of your choice. So whether you’re after the readers of  The Times, The Sunday Times, News of the World or The Sun, £10,000 worth of advertising is surely something to get your fundraising creative juices flowing.

Civil Society recently reported that Rendham has begun brokering pay-by-results advertising deals for charities and other companies, whereby advertisers only pay News International according to the response they get from their ads.

Now’s your chance to see if it might work for your charity… for free!

ENTER NOW!

Submit your advertisement (149mm wide x 250mm long) along with a brief summary of what the advert is trying to achieve, including your target audience.

Send your entries via email to advertcompetition@civilsociety.co.uk or post to ‘Advert Competition, Civil Society Media, 15 Prescott Place, London, SW4 6BS’ by Friday, 4 March 2011.

Terms and conditions

For general terms and conditions, click here (see under 6. Competitions)

In addition:

  • The entrant must be a UK-registered charity
  • The winning charity will not incur any costs as a result of the prize

See the original article on Civil Society here

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TheGivingMachine’s Beneficiary Map of the UK and Northern Ireland

Posted on February 1st, 2011 by Richard
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We thought it would be fun to map where all participating schools and charities are across the UK.  We’ve also included a link so you can see which ones have loads of Givers and which ones could do with some more.  There are well over 3,000 schools and charities on this map and more join every day.

View TheGivingMachine Beneficiaries in a full screen map

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Thank You

Posted on December 25th, 2010 by Richard
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Give as you shop - at TheGivingMachine

TGM Logo2010 has been another outstanding year for TheGivingMachine. You are now part of a community of Givers that has again doubled in size in the last year or so.

On behalf of the schools and charities that you have personally supported during the year, thank you.

Your support is really appreciated.

If you are planning to hit the Boxing Day & January sales online, from the comfort of your own home, please remember to shop & give – together we’re making a real difference.

You can also visit us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter , and tell your friends too.

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UK is eighth most charitable nation

Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Richard
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UK is eighth most charitable nation, says Charities Aid Foundation report

By Sophie Hudson, Third Sector Online, 8 September 2010

World Giving Index says Australia, New Zealand and Ireland are the three best at giving money, volunteering and helping strangers

The UK is the eighth most charitable nation in the world, according to an assessment published today by the Charities Aid Foundation.

The World Giving Index surveyed 195,000 people in 153 countries on three activities: giving money, giving time and helping a stranger.

Australia, New Zealand and Ireland were found to be the three most charitable nations based on assessments of those three activities.

For giving money, the UK came third, with 73 per cent of the population having donated to charity in the previous month. For helping a stranger, which asked people whether they had helped someone they did not know in the previous month, the UK came 27th. For volunteering it came 29th.

Adults in the UK gave £9.9bn to charity last year, with medical research, hospitals and hospices, and children and young people being the most popular causes, according to a previous report by CAF, UK Giving 2009.

Almost half of the overall top 20 charitable nations in The World Giving Index were developing countries, such as Turkmenistan and Guyana.

Richard Harrison, research director at CAF, said: “While the UK had expected to do well, what’s really interesting is how well some countries that are less affluent have done.”

Turkmenistan topped the table for volunteering, with 61 per cent of the population having given time in the previous month. Malta came top for giving money, with 83 per cent of the population having done so in the previous month, and Liberia was top for helping a stranger, with 76 per cent having done so in the previous month.

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