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Bookfeeding
(UK, SC046248) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00
(UK, SC046248) Bookfeeding Project is a non-profit organization aimed at shipping second-hand books and re-usable educational material to communities in need.We refurbish educational facilities in cooperation with local NGOs and organizations as part of already existing projects, but we also build libraries as independent projects. The initiatives aim at being self-sustainable, environmentally friendly and at creating fruitful and long-lasting projects that can create revenue to maintain the educational facility in good conditions and support the costs related to it. If you have any unwanted books you can send them directly to one of our libraries, drop them off at one of our collection points, or even bring them with you when visiting one of our projects. We are on a mission to prompt a conscious involvement in volunteering experiences. We want people to realize first the challenges of their own society before embarking in a project abroad, and to be fully aware of the environment they are going to work in. Volunteers are welcome to contribute either in their home country or to join the projects in field. In this case, they are asked to bring in their unique human skills and ideas to the projects. We believe in small fundraise, and huge impact through a conscious contribution. This is possible, are you in? Charity No: SC046248 Find out more Website http://www.bookfeeding.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bookfeeding/ Twitter https://twitter.com/BookfeedingProj YouTube https://vimeo.com/162937366
Halsway Manor Society Limited
(UK, 247230) Browse events
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(UK, 247230) Halsway Manor - National Centre for the Folk Arts - is a folk arts centre that provides courses, events and activities for everyone interested in traditional folk music, dance and song, storytelling, folklore and arts and crafts. Located in the Quantock Hills - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - in West Somerset, Halsway Manor has a fascinating history that goes back over 600 years. The Manor has a warm friendly atmosphere, tranquil woods and gardens, great food, a bar, a range of overnight accommodation and camping in the grounds. The Kennedy Grant Library contains thousands of books and recordings of folklore, customs, traditional folk music, dance and song - an excellent resource for research and study. 'Our Future' Development Fund The Board of Trustees have launched plans to develop the facilities so that people of all ages and abilities can access Halsway Manor more easily and learn about the folk traditions found in England and further afield. The Manor HouseConserve and repair the historic features (Halsway Manor is Listed as Grade II* by English Heritage). Make more of the building accessible to visitors by moving service and support facilities (ie. kitchen and offices) out to the rear of the Manor and refurbishing those spaces for learning, including increased space for the library and a new dining room. Activity CentreA timber-framed building, in the grounds behind the manor, designed to have a low impact on the environment and the natural and built heritage. It will provide new spaces for arts and crafts activities (for example, musical instrument making) while being an exciting space for use by schools, young people, families and the local community to do a wide range of folk activities. Performance SpaceA new building adjoining the manor for dances, concerts and celebrations as well as providing a larger teaching space for dance and music. More overnight accommodation, improved accessBuilding some new accommodation to the rear of the Manor. Improving access to the gardens, woods and grounds. More parking and better camping facilities.
National Railway Museum
(UK, XN63797A) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The National Railway Museum is the largest railway museum in the world and the most visited English museum outside of London. As a National Museum entrance to the museum is free. We receive a grant from the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) which goes towards basic running costs e.g heating; lighting etc. However with your help we can: Be a world-class museum where people from all walks of life will choose to explore how railways help shape our world. Change how people think, talk and act about railways and transport and their impact on our lives. Inspire our visitors with our collections, enabling them to understand more about the development of the modern world and its relevance to the future, and motivate them to learn more. Please help us to become the most admired Museum in the world and thus be a source of pride to the public and our supporters. By donating now you are helping us secure the work of the NRM for future generations. Thank you to all our visitors who made a donation at one of our museums (MOSI, National Media Museum, National Railway Museum and the Science Museum). Last financial year alone, you very generously donated £1.6 million towards our work. This money is so important to all of our museums as not only does it help us replace the funding lost due to reductions in Grant in Aid, it means we can spend it where we need to the most: ensuring your visit is as memorable and enjoyable as possible. Receiving regular visitor donations means that this income now plays a crucial role in contributing to showcase the past and inspire the future about the science in all of our lives. We would love it if you would like to donate today.
Wass Village Hall
(UK, 1104547) Browse events
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(UK, 1104547) Wass village hall has served the community for 90 years and is now in need of replacement. It is heavily used for dances,panto's ,bridge, WI and all other meetings and folk arts events. It is due for demolition in March 2009. We have raised about half the funds needed from a population of only 110.It is a vital community building for our area.
Friends Of The Potteries Museum And Art Gallery, Stoke On Trent
(UK, 507834) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Friends of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery is a registered charity (507834) whose aims are to promote, support, assist and improve the Stoke on Trent Museums. Please help us raise much needed funds for the Staffordshire Hoard and the Spitfire Appeal by clicking: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Staffordshirehoard http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Spitfire Or you may prefer to to make single or monthly donation to our general fund that supports both the Staffordshire Hoard, The Spitfire Appeal and the the Stoke-on-Trent Museums, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and Gladstone Pottery Museum, please click the donate buttons opposite. Thank you for your kind donation The Museum Friends
Underwood Challenge 10km Run and 4km Fun Run
(UK, 1116266) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Underwood Run has been raising money for national and local charities for 26 years. The 27th annual run is raising money for Asthma UK, Underwood Primary School and local clubs and groups around our area.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide (UK, 313015) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The **** Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide is Britain's leading and most extensive archive on the Holocaust. Established in Amsterdam in 1933, the Library was originally founded as an information service to reveal the true nature of events in the Third Reich. Today, the Library holds an exceptional collection of over two million items including published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimonies, and it is this collection that lies at the heart of our work. The Library aims to serve scholars, researchers, the media and the public as a library of record, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds in understanding the Holocaust and its historical context. It provides a resource to oppose anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice and racism. We reach out to audiences across the UK encouraging students, the media, writers, policymakers, educators, legal professionals, refugees, survivors and their descendants to use our wealth of materials in their search for the truth. The Library is committed to exploring innovative ways to promote study and engagement with source materials, and to enable connections and explorations with modern day issues. As a living memorial to the evils of the past, the Library is dedicated to verifiable truth, democratic accountability, openness and tolerance of ethnic and religious differences. The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide is Britain's leading and most extensive archive on the Holocaust. The Library holds an exceptional collection of over two million items including published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimonies, and it is this collection that lies at the heart of our work. You are welcome to visit us and study our books, documents and photographs in the Wolfson Reading Room. We aim to serve as a library of record, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds in understanding the Holocaust and its historical context. The Library is committed to exploring innovative ways to promote study and engagement with source materials, and to enable connections and explorations with modern day issues. We have an active Learning and Outreach programme of free lectures, book launches, workshops and seminars run by leading academics and educators. We also run a temporary exhibition programme throughout the year and our current First World War exhibition ‘The Kaiser’s Jewish Soldiers: Loyalty, Identity, Betrayal’ showcases objects, documents and artefacts from our extensive collections. Story of the Library The Library is named after Dr Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who after the First World War began to fight against the surge of antisemitism in Germany. In 1933, Dr Wiener and his family fled to Amsterdam where he established the Jewish Central Information Office, which collected information with the purpose of revealing the true nature of events in the Third Reich. In 1939 the JCIO was transferred to London, and throughout the Second World War Allied Governments as well as the BBC made extensive use of its collection, which was increasingly referred to as ‘Dr Wiener's Library'. After the war, the Library provided critical evidence to the Nuremberg Trials and later to the Eichmann Trial, and became a key source of information for survivors attempting to trace their families. Today, the Library’s collection continues to grow with more items added every year, including materials on other genocides such as Rwanda and Darfur. The Wiener Library is open to the public five days a week free of charge. Read more about our work and our history at www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
The Music Centre
(UK, 1079536) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Since 1992 Islington Music Centre has brought music tuition of the highest quality within the reach of all children and young people aged 6 - 18 in the Islington area of North London. Over two thousand children and young people have benefited from its provision, developing talent and confidence that has enabled them to excel.
Rosewell Development Trust
(UK, SC042673) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Rosewell Development Trust promotes the social, environmental & economical sustainability of the village of Rosewell in Midlothian. We are fundraising towards building a community hub in the centre of the village with a cafe, arts space, business units and a farm shop, and to run community events & activities.
Sang-ngak-cho-dzong
(UK, 1019886) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Sang ngak cho dzong is the charity that supports the Aro Buddhist tradition in the UK. The Aro Buddhist tradition wishes to establish a permanent centre in Britain to make this form of Buddhism more accessible to people. We intend to raise £500,000 to establish a centre capable of hosting events. People endeavour to improve the world in different ways: through improvements in diet, physical and mental health, housing, and education. Our approach encourages joyful interpersonal relationships. Happy marital relationships ensure that children grow up in an atmosphere free of mutual psychological damage. Although we are a Buddhist charity, our teachings are open to anyone. At heart, the logic of our tradition is simple: world peace begins in the family. If children have positive role models in terms of their parents’ relationship, they are more likely to grow up as kind balanced individuals. This provides a self-perpetuating positive influence upon the world. The centre will bear the Tibetan name ‘Drala Jong’, which means ‘Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence’. Of this name Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Dechen write: ‘Drala Jong innately exists in human beings. ‘Drala’ is the appreciative faculty which exponentially enlivens people the more they engage with the world. Appreciation is the key to enjoyment and to the delighting in the enjoyment of others. When we learn to appreciate phenomena our sense fields ‘Jong’ begin to sparkle and a sense of generosity is born which connects us with others. Although Vajrayana Buddhism is by no means unknown in the West -the sense in which enjoyment and compassion are mutually interdependent remains unexpressed. We would like Drala Jong to be a place where human beings could discover the pleasure of existence - the pleasure that animates the sense fields and revitalises the Arts - and the art of living.’
The Moringa Tree
(UK, 1143063) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Moringa Tree Run festivals around the globe, celebrating arts and culture and benefiting local communities. Find out more about us @ www.themoringatree.org.uk.
Leicester Masaya Link Group
(UK, 1088684) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Leicester Masaya Link Group is a non-governmental organisation which manages the town-twinning link between Leicester and Masaya in Nicaragua (Central America). established in 1987, the LMLG aims to - help to reduce poverty in Masaya through partnerships for sustainable development. - raise public awareness of global issues in both Leicester and Masaya. In Leicester, the LMLG raises public awareness of the link and related global issues across all sectors of the community. We use our experience of development and knowledge of Nicaragua to provide a rich source of materials and programmes for schools, youth and community groups. Learning from our Nicaraguan partners is integral to our educational work, helping us to promote social inclusion, active citizenship and education for sustainable development. We have a well-stocked resource centre based in Southfields Library and throughout the year we hold a number of public events that showcase our project work and celebrate the culture and diversity of our respective cities. The LMLG develops and maintains an exchange of contacts that foster friendship, mutual understanding and enrich the lives of people in both cities.
Holborn Community Development Project
(UK, 1110439) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00HCDP works with children and adults of all ages in south Camden providing community development and support through arts, education and other activities to those who may not otherwise have access for reasons of financial or social exclusion.
Society of Scottish Artists
(UK, SC009586) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) was established in 1891 to ‘represent the more adventurous spirit in Scottish Art’. Its aims and objectives have evolved since those beginnings to include the representation of art from other countries and a more open arena for contemporary art activity across Scotland. SSA is an artist-led membership organisation governed by an elected President and elected Council consisting of around twelve members of the Society. Specialist professionals are co-opted onto Council to assist on particular projects. SSA continues its tradition of holding an Annual Contemporary Open Exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy Gallery (RSA) in Edinburgh. Installation, video, computer and performance art alongside a strong core of works in traditional media result in challenging and invigorating shows. In an art-world where the divide between "new genres" and "traditional media" has rarely been wider, the SSA plays a unique and vital role in bridging the gap. Each year the SSA selects a number of graduating students from the Scottish art college degree shows to exhibit in the Annual Exhibition. SSA recognised the benefits of an integral education programme in its formative years and this groundbreaking policy has continued and strengthened to the present day, involving school groups, artist talks, workshops and gallery tours. Please visit our website to find out more, or email us at [email protected]
Staines Preparatory School Trust
(UK, 296691) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Staines Prep is a fantastic non-selective, independent, co-educational school. Its aim is for every pupil to achieve their potential within a secure, happy and stimulating environment that allows them to grow in confidence and flourish as individuals. The School has a reputation for high standards of education and pastoral care and for producing pupils who are thoughtful, courteous and considerate of the needs of others. An exciting £3m project to build new state-of-the-art teaching and performance facilities is currently in progress and includes a new Multi-Functional Hall, Art Design and Technology and Science suites, Music Room, five extra classrooms plus new changing rooms and toilet facilities. The initiative is consistent with the School's ethos and long-term strategy to enhance its curriculum and provide the widest range of opportunities to its pupils. Its Fundraising Appeal target of £350k is to fully fit out the new areas with high quality, specialist equipment, including acoustic screens, tiered seating, lighting and sports equipment to enable the pupils and the local community to use the facilities as soon as possible. All donations, large or small, would be really appreciated. Everyone at Staines Prep is very excited and we look forward to sharing our new facilities with you in Spring 2013.
Docklands Sinfonia
(UK, 1147781) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Docklands Sinfonia is a young and exciting new symphony orchestra which has become a major cultural force in London’s dynamic Docklands. Since its formation in January 2009 by musical director Spencer Down, the orchestra has enjoyed incredible success with performances at Buckingham Palace for the Queen, the Royal Albert Hall with Grammy-award winner Imogen Heap and the House of Lords. The orchestra has worked with high profile artists from renowned trumpeter Alison Balsom to cello virtuoso Leonard Elschenbroich as well as organisations including the English National Ballet, Royal Opera House and National Youth Theatre. Docklands Sinfonia has appeared on BBC1 and BBC Radio 3, as well as performing regular sell-out concerts with world-class soloists at St Anne's, Limehouse. The orchestra is particularly proud of its educational parternship with young musicians in the London Borough of Hackney. Over the coming year, we are looking to expand our educational projects in the area.
Stepping Out Theatre Company
(UK, 1117912) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00We are the country's leading mental health theatre company working with mental health service users and theatre professionals to create exciting, entertaining theatre productions and bring the joyous and healing power of theatre to our participants and audiences.
The Travel Foundation
(UK, 1065924) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Travel Foundation cares for the people and places we all love to visit. Protecting the natural environment, traditions and culture - the things that make holidays special. And improving the well-being of destination communities - ensuring local families benefit fully from tourism and are happy to give visitors a warm welcome. We are working closely with the UK travel industry to help companies take effective action on sustainable tourism - improving quality and keeping holidays special in to the future. And we are already changing lives for the better in destinations across the world ... In Kenya, tourism is offering children a brighter future....Nataana is now able to go to school, because visitors are taking a new sustainable excursion to Enkerari village in the Maasai Mara. Income from tourists is being used to provide education for the children, as well as basic sanitation and running water. It is making an amazing difference to their lives ... and giving visitors an experience of a lifetime! Sustainable excursions are offering fresh hope to 30 communities in Kenya and The Gambia, increasing earnings by up to 800%. In Cyprus, were keeping life in the traditional villages.....Maria is opening a café because of new self-drive routes taking visitors in to the heart of the island. This is giving rural people a way to make a living through tourism and a reason to stay in the mountains. And giving visitors a whole new experience of an old favourite! 90 local communities and 118 businesses are now benefiting from sustainable tourism in Cyprus. To find out much more, please visit www.makeholidaysgreener.org.uk or www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk and if you are working in travel, make sure you are up to speed by taking our on-line quiz at www.maketravelgreener.com - it takes just 30 minutes and will earn you points towards your professional development with ABTAs ATP.
Coventry Youth Orchestra Parents' Association
(UK, 502879) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The City of Coventry Youth Orchestra has steadily grown in reputation and stature over the years both nationally and internationally. To extend the musical experience of its members, the orchestra commissions new works and engages guest soloists as funds allow. Over the years the orchestra has been coached by players from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In addition to its concerts in Coventry, the orchestra also performs regularly in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, The Arts Centre, University of Warwick, and The Parish Church of All Saints, Royal Leamington Spa. Brian Chappell is in his 27th season as conductor/director and is assisted in the running of the orchestra by Barbara Donaldson. A team of players/teachers provide specialist input at rehearsals. The orchestra is managed by a committee of parents and former members who promote the orchestra, provide assistance at rehearsals and concerts and raise funds. The orchestra is a registered charity and is in partnership with the Performing Arts Service. PAS is a non-profit organisation, managed under Services for Schools as part of the Children, Learning and Young People’s Directorate of Coventry City Council. In 2012 the orchestra will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Kings Theatre Trust Limited
(UK, 1088254) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Kings Theatre works to be at the heart of our community in Portsmouth and enrich lives through the arts. Our aim is to provide the community with opportunities to experience and participate in high quality theatre and arts activities. We host Drama, Music, Dance and Comedy live shows. Our education work focuses on offering arts participation opportunities through tours, workshops and hands on experience. We firmly believe in training at work and working with young people. Passionate about offering young people opportunities to develop and gain experience in the performing arts, this work is cemented by regularly involving community groups, local schools and the Kings Youth Theatre. A recently opened Community Space will take our work in the community one step further by offering regular creative learning opportunities for everyone: weekly activities in arts, film, creative writing, dance, crafts, music and drama. We will focus on creating arts participation opportunities for individuals with limited resources. Designed by the great Edwardian theatre architect, Frank Matcham, and opened in 1907, the Kings is undergoing a continuing restoration programme that has already seen £2,000,000 spent on upgrading this historic grade 2 listed theatre. Fundraising Galas, bucket collections, grants and donations have all contributed to the efforts to raise the necessary funds for the work. Fancy fundraising for a thriving and exciting theatre? Then the Kings is waiting to hear from you!
Making Music
(UK, 249219) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00At Making Music, the UK’s number one organisation for voluntary music, we thrive on encouraging all kinds of music groups and individuals to be part of a vibrant multi-cultural music scene. We’re here to help everyone flourish in their music making. Our vision - of communities and individuals flourishing through music making - is all about encouraging engagement with music whether you are an individual, music group or commercial organisation. We are creating community music groups in areas of social deprivation; new open-access singing courses to boost membership for existing groups; wellbeing choirs for people with medical problems, the elderly, homeless people and others; orchestras and bands for beginners; youth ensembles; and more … Our membership income enables us to provide music groups around the UK with essential services. But with your help, Making Music can go further and create inspiring ways for people from different backgrounds, ages and incomes to come together and make music. Even a small donation can make a big difference. Thank you for considering this.
Omnibus-Clapham
(UK, 1143709) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00After much plastering, painting, drilling and decorating we now have a building that is ready for you, the local community and the rest of London to use and enjoy. We will present first class theatre, music, talks and exhibitions, as well as family and free events.
FreyaBeya
(UK, 1118186) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Freya was a beautiful little girl, born in 1999 with several life-limiting conditions. She was never expected to see her 1st birthday but she celebrated 5 birthdays, each one with a big noisy party in the garden. She communicated in her own special way, mostly by touch and she had the most infectious giggle. Her gorgeous rose-bud lips were adorable and they framed a fabulous smile. She was a joy to spend time with and everyone who met her could not stop themselves falling in love with her. Freya died on the 14th December 2004, at home surrounded by lights, music, and her family. She leaves behind a fantastic big brother Tom and has left a huge gap in our lives, one that we will never fill. Freya loved music and it became a huge part of our life, it provided valuable therapy for her and always soothed her if she was in pain. In Freya’s memory I have set up a charity called FreyaBeya which raises money to enable special needs school to buy in live music. The Arts are sadly very much forgotten within the narrow constraints of the National Curriculum! FreyaBeya gives total freedom to teachers to introduce children to ANY type of music, allowing it to be child-led rather than curriculum-led. THIS IS A HUGE PLUS!! The music ranges from Soundabout-type stuff (resonance boards right through to high-tech sound beams) through to any type of genre, depending on what motivates the child. Thank you for supporting FreyaBeya Sarah-Jayne - Freya’s Mama.
The Welsh Sinfonia
(UK, 1122525) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00Classical music is important in itself, and to the health and mental well-being of adults and children. As a small orchestra, we champion music which is part of the fabric of our culture and we demonstrate to audiences in schools and concert halls the thrill of live orchestral performances. .