Charity
Office furniture and supplies giveaway to charitable and community organisations
Surplus to Purpose, a Leeds based charity would like to share with third sector organisations that they have office furniture and stationary supplies available to you, free of charge or a donation if you are able.
Everything offered on a first come, first served basis. You can view the stock or arrange a collection by appointment only.
For more details, contact Surplus 2 Purpose directly:
Surplus 2 Purpose:
w : https://surplus2purpose.com/
f : https://www.facebook.com/Surplus2Purpose/
Focus 4 Hope Charity Fashion Show November 19 at St John the Divine
Focus 4 Hope are hosting a fashion show with clothes that have been donated to them at St John the Divine at Rastrick.
To book please visit: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/32257
Exclusive £1,000 giveaway for the third sector
To help ease the hardship the third sector is facing, easyfundraising is giving away £500 to one organisation and £100 to five organisations.
To be in with the chance of winning, register with easyfundraising by 23:59 on 31 October 2022. If your organisation is signed up already, you can still enter by raising three donations between 1st and 31st October.
easyfundraising is committed to helping our sector flourish, especially as we go through challenging times. Their approach to fundraising is simple; they turn everyday online purchases into free, unrestricted funding you can use to support yourselves and the wider community.
They and over 7,000 brands want to give back to local groups and communities, so when someone shops at one of the brands, easyfundraising shares a percentage of what they’ve spent with your organisation for free. For example, if a volunteer did their food shop at Sainsbury’s, their first home delivery shop would generate £6 for your organisation. After that, every weekly shop would generate £2. So in a year, your organisation would receive £108 – for free.
There are huge benefits of joining easyfundraising;
- It provides a continuous, free, and unrestricted funding source for all third-sector organisations.
- An easy and inclusive way for people to give without it coming directly out of their pockets.
- It requires little time and effort to manage so you can carry on with what’s really important.
We don’t want our organisations to miss out. Be sure to enter the giveaway by 23:59 on 31 October 2022 and start making use of this fantastic fundraising option. Particularly as we head into the busiest shopping period of the year – it’s a great way to top up your funds.
Sign up and enter the competition here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community
Join the Healthy Minds Volunteer Team!
Charities in the voluntary sector are facing more and more challenging times, and we need our incredible volunteers now more than ever.We have THREE different volunteering opportunities at Healthy Minds, one of them could be right up your street!💭 Befriending Volunteer for our Like Minds Peer Support Project, supporting a peer to improve their mental health.💭 Walk Leaders for our Walks for Wellbeing programme💭 Volunteers for our Time Out project for children and young people, helping to deliver mental health education workshops in schools.Interested? Please pop Cath an email or call/text:cath@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk07960 972685
Become a Volunteer for Healthy Minds!
Brighouse Charity Gala June 25th
The Annual Brighouse Charity Gala will take place on Saturday 25th June from 12pm.
It will start with the float parade which will conclude at Wellholme park.
There will be family friendly entertainment, stalls, food and music. Many charities will have their stalls to provide information on what services they provide.
Live performances from local artists have been confirmed through Creative Music promising this to be a sizzling event!
The event is organised and run by local charities and volunteers.
If you would like to become involved, please visit the event’s page.
Charity Golf Day Raises £12,000 for Community CPR Fund
Neil Davidson hosted a charity golf day at West End Golf Club in Halifax and raised £12,000 for his Community CPR Fund. Over 30 teams took part in the event which had a shotgun start in the morning and in the afternoon, and the overall winner won a Four Ball at Royal Lytham St Anne’s Golf Course.
Neil Davidson started campaigning and raising money to pay for training following his own cardiac arrest 5 years ago and his son Oliver who was visiting from Australia carried out CPR on him for 21 minutes at 3.00 am in the morning until the Paramedics arrived and used a defibrillator on him.
Since then, Neil has encouraged people to be CPR trained and be confident in using a defibrillator if the situation arises.
Neil Davidson explained, “The Golf Day wasn’t just about raising money for the Community CPR Fund, it was an opportunity to raise awareness and that’s why we had CPR training on the 15th hole. This was a bit of an unusual activity for a Golf Day, but 95% of people who have a cardiac arrest on a golf course don’t survive, so it was a very interactive and informative day.”
“I was particularly grateful to receive lots of local business support for sponsorship, and would like to extend my thanks to PiB Insurance who were the headline sponsor.”
Steve Duncan, CEO of The Community Foundation for Calderdale where the Community CPR Fund is held added, “One of the causes we support is to improve health and lifespan for people in Calderdale, and we are pleased that Neil has raised money that will now be spent on CPR training.”
easyfundraising Spin to Win is back for Easter
Fundraising website easyfundraising is giving your voluntary organisation, charity, or CIC the chance to win up to £50 every day between 4 – 17 April 2022 – just by spinning the wheel!
Last November we ran a really popular ‘Spin to Win’ competition where our causes could win between 10p and £50 each day just by spinning the wheel. Our good causes enjoyed it so much that we have brought it back for Easter! 🐰 🐰
When anyone connected to your organisation Spins the Wheel, they could win you anything from 10p – £50 every day.
To take part, your organisation needs to register with easyfundraising first – as well as being able to play Spin to Win, your organisation can also access free funding from thousands of online retailers, through the easyfundraising platform.
Make sure your organisation is registered with easyfundraising so you can take part: http://efraising.org/FRigOUgnXA
easyfundraising Donations Advent Calendar
Open the door to £250 donations this Christmas
It’s officially Christmas, and helping you to jingle all the way to the big day, are easyfundraising who are giving third sector organisations daily opportunities to win free donations.
Open the doors in their big Advent giveaway and open doors to Christmas magic – daily donation prizes of £250 and a huge £10,000 donation giveaway on 25 December.
Give your organisation the gift of free donations this year, more info here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community/?utm_medium=partner&utm_source=bc+com+partnerships&utm_campaign=december21+comms&utm_content=newsletter&origin=par
About the scheme:
Each day through December easyfundraising give away a £250 donation to a good cause and then on Christmas Day they give away a huge £10k donation! This has run for a number of years and it is really well received. All people have to do to enter is click the daily door to open it and they could win £250 for their chosen good cause.
Halifax Long March 2020: Midnight walk on Easter Night for your charity of choice
Are you planning on having an egg hunt this Easter? How about a mystery route Midnight March on a trail past famous Calderdale landmarks?
Throughout time, Easter celebrations, however interpreted, represent Hope and New Beginnings . Especially for all these reasons, Easter is also a great time for surprises!
The Halifax Long March is a Midnight walk unlike any other. Starting at 12.00am midnight, aiming to finish at 10am the next day, this 26 miles night hike is a themed route that will take you past famous landmarks of Calderdale. The route will not be revealed until the start of the event!
Challenge yourself achieving an incredible milestone or walk for a cause you believe in. There is over 40 amazing charities to choose from. You can even propose your own reason for doing this!
Marshals needed
If you don’t fancy the walk but would still like to get involved, marshals are needed along the way to support and help those walking with practical and emotional support.
There are 3 rest centres along the route offering free refreshments. The route will be monitored by First Aid qualified marshals and covered by GPS for peace of mind.
Come join us for a challenge and a good cause – or just to take a break from all the chocolate eggs!
More information here:
Send some Love to local animals in need this valentines
The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield & District branch are asking supporters to pick a different kind of Valentine this year. The local branch which is entirely self funded, is calling on the public to choose an animal at their centre to send a ‘Valentails’ card to and put a little love in their lives! If the branch receives enough cards, they plan to build a Valen-Tower at the RSPCA Animal centre on Wade Street, Halifax
Fay Gibbons, Events Coordinator, hopes that with the support of public, the branch can have a bit of fun this February whilst raising awareness and raise vital funds, so that they can continue to help the many abandoned, abused and neglected animals in need in the Calderdale and Huddersfield area
Fay said,
“ This February we wanted to have a little fun and also show the animals that they will find love, so we really hope the public will support us in our Valentails appeal. The animals we rescue and rehabilitate here at the centre have often had unimaginable starts in life and all they need is a little bit of love, so it would be lovely to build our Valentower as high as possible and show them that their fur-ever family isn’t far away.”
“We’re calling on individuals, schools and businesses to send your chosen animal a Valentails card. We hope this will help raise awareness for the branch, and the local community will help us create something beautiful for local animals in need.”
To support the branch’s Valentails appeals all you need to do is visit their website: www.rspca-halifaxandhuddersfield.org.uk and select your chosen animal from the ‘Animals For Adoption’ list. You can then post your card to: RSPCA Halifax & Huddersfield, Wade Street, Halifax, HX1 1SN.
If you don’t have time to post a card but still want to show your support you can donate online via the website, Text RSPC40 £2 to 70070 or visit www.justgiving.com/rspcahalifax.
The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield and District Branch are a completely self-funding branch of the National RSPCA, responsible for raising money locally to support our animal welfare work. Our main aim is to rehabilitate unwanted, abandoned and abused animals and find them loving, permanent homes. We rely on public donations and the generosity of our local community to keep the doors of our animal centre open.
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