Charity

A bursary fund with a focus on social mobility has been boosted to the tune of £18,000. The funds raised came from a successful art exhibition at Highfield and Brookham Schools in Liphook. It featured work from 29 artists and four galleries as well as eight Old Highfieldians who also …

More than 323,000 young people started their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) in 2022/23, the charity’s annual statistics reveal – with participants giving a huge 3.5 million hours of volunteering in communities all over the UK. The record-breaking numbers, published today, show that 537,759 young people are currently working towards …

Leading film education charity Into Film has partnered with ERA (the Educational Recording Agency) to offer a curated selection of TV recordings to educational institutions holding an ERA Licence through its streaming service for UK schools, Into Film+. Excerpts or whole recordings of up to a hundred documentaries, dramas and …

Thirteen education and skills charities have received a share of a £120,000 in Benefact Group’s annual festive 12 Days of Giving campaign. The charities were nominated by members of the public as part of the specialist financial services group’s annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign. Charities including Friends of …

BAE Systems is supporting Magic Breakfast to provide healthy school breakfasts to children across the UK who can arrive at school too hungry to learn. The company is donating £100,000 to support the charity’s work in combatting hunger, as part of its commitment to support local communities in which it …

Inspiring Learning, a leading provider of outdoor education and adventure experiences has announced a formal partnership with the Youth Sport Trust which will see its Kingswood brand become a Changemaker Business, and the Youth Sport Trust become Inspiring Learning’s new charity partner. The Youth Sport Trust is a UK leading …

The Millennium Point Trust has announced it has given over £3.25m in STEM support to organisations across the West Midlands over the last 12 months. Commercial activity that takes place in the Millennium Point building feeds back into the Millennium Point Charitable Trust. This enables the charity to donate to, …

Pupils at a Coventry primary school are hoping to provide comfort to local people suffering from Covid-19 after creating more than 30 handmade faith packages. Year 5 pupils at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, have created 32 prayer bags to provide comfort to people …

A new initiative designed to showcase the impactful and essential work of Teaching Assistants has been launched by one of the UK’s foremost educational charities. The campaign All I Do, created by the leader in vocational and technical learning NCFE, features real Teaching Assistants reading out public opinions about the …

Christian charity, acet UK, has been awarded £120,000 over the next 3 years by Benefact Trust to develop a new ‘Esteem’ project for primary school children – helping them build healthy self-esteem and increase their knowledge and confidence so they can understand their own worth, build positive friendships and know how …