Toucan Employment: How this London-based charity is harnessing the support of its local community

First opening its doors in 1989, Camberwell-based charity Toucan Employment is the UK’s longest-running supported employment charity for people with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism. The Toucan team actively support people into sustainable employment with a raft of essential workplace programmes, a mission that’s become more important than ever with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Last month Read More …

Hogwatch Dumbarton: Fundraising to provide care for hundreds of hedgehogs across Scotland

Hedgehogs are sadly struggling now more than ever as their natural food sources and habitats are diminished. Organisations like Hogwatch Dumbarton Hedgehog Rescue in Scotland are vital for their survival. We spoke to Dawn Sharke who runs the rescue to learn more about the charity and their fundraising. Increasing demand for the hedgehog rescue Demand at Read More …

Heart 2 Heart Norfolk: Helping a mum fundraise for hundreds of 24/7 public access defibs to save lives like her daughter’s

Jayne Biggs, from Norfolk, and her husband Tony performed life-saving CPR on their daughter Violet after she suddenly went into cardiac arrest one evening in February 2013. Violet was just 7 years old at the time. Paramedics got to their house within seven minutes. They shocked Violet once with a defibrillator and performed CPR for Read More …

How King David Primary PTA parents are backing their fundraising mission

Liverpool-based King David primary school in Childwall currently counts over 425 pupils among its ranks, with longstanding ties in the local community. Tracing their roots back to 1841, the PTA has regularly run annual fundraisers to make sure every child can make the most of every opportunity, regardless of the financial cost. But in recent Read More …

The Rachel Harry Fund: Helping a ‘miracle mum’ maintain her special bond with her daughter

Rachel Harry, now 43, from Wrexham had a heart attack during the birth of her daughter Freya in July 2012 after an undetected blood clot. This led to a devastating hypoxic brain injury. She pulled through but after a week in a coma doctors said she would never walk, talk, eat or sit up independently Read More …

Let’s Beat Lupus: Helping to fund groundbreaking research, improve diagnosis and treatment for those affected by Lupus

Lupus is an autoimmune disease affecting around 1 in 1,000 people across the UK. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs. The profile of the illness has been raised recently through the work of Kelle Bryan, star of Loose Women and former member of the girl group Eternal. Kelle Read More …

From funding a camera to a vital contributor: How a Norfolk grassroots football club has raised £2,500 for free

Grassroots sports clubs play a vital role in their communities and nowhere more so than in the small town of Costessey in Norfolk, home to Costessey Sports Club. For more than 70 years, the club has given residents of a range of ages and more recently, genders, the opportunity to play competitive sport. Like most Read More …

Actress Tamzin Outhwaite is helping women ‘rediscover their power’ through free wellbeing retreats, with our support

Actress Tamzin Outhwaite says she is in her ‘rebirth era’ and has ‘never been happier’ as she swaps the stage and screen to focus on her free residential retreats for women in urgent need of respite. Tamzin, who became a household name thanks to her role in EastEnders and shows including New Tricks and Hotel Read More …

No ordinary foodbank: How Hospitality & Hope are helping local residents lead a more independent life

In the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, thousands of families across the UK experiencing food insecurity. For the past quarter of a century, Hospitality & Hope has been there to support residents in their local area to not only get access to the necessities they need, but have developed a series of other services to Read More …