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A Tesco store in Edinburgh donated £200 worth of kitchen equipment to a beloved dementia charity serving families for over 30 years. The donation comes as the Corstorphine Dementia Project prepares to move into new premises after their current building faces demolition.
A local supermarket in Edinburgh stepped up to help a beloved dementia charity continue serving vulnerable families. The donation came just as the 30-year-old organization prepares to move into a new permanent home.
The Emmie Smillie Charity Foundation just donated £1.2 million to a dozen UK charities supporting cancer patients and children's healthcare. Football legends including Sir Alex Ferguson and Alan Shearer helped raise the massive sum through charity events this past year.
A tiny Scottish island community center facing a lawsuit has received over 11,000 donations from supporters worldwide. The outpouring shows how people rally behind small charities doing big work.
A Christian funding charity just wrapped up its best year ever, processing $209 million in donations and distributing over 1 million grants to churches and charities. The surge means thousands of community programs got the funding they needed to keep helping people.
Rogers Communications just kicked off a $1 million donation to Alberta children's charities through the Rogers Charity Classic, a golf tournament that's raised over $164 million since it started. Last year alone, the event brought in a record $26.6 million to help thousands of kids access counseling, sports programs, and family support.
A six-person charity struggling with costly website updates found a solution that transformed their online presence. Fashion and Textile Children's Trust now reaches 40,000 annual visitors after switching platforms.
British businesses can now donate goods to charities without paying tax, removing a barrier that discouraged corporate giving. The change comes as charity donations have dropped by £1.4 billion in just one year.
Investment firm BGC Group donated 100% of its September 11th revenue to charity, raising $16 million in one day. Since 2005, the company has given away $250 million through its annual Charity Day honoring 658 colleagues lost on 9/11.
A flower rescue charity in England just received its biggest donation ever: 17,000 white roses that would have been thrown away. They're selling them for 25 pence each, turning waste into hundreds of pounds for mental health groups and cancer charities.
Ireland's largest community sports organization has donated over €1.8 million to charities across the island in less than two decades. The GAA just opened applications for four new charity partners to share €100,000 in 2027.
Three hand-painted Porsche 911s inspired by Toy Story characters just sold to an anonymous collector who's donating all $3 million to children's charities. Each custom car took 350 hours to create and will help Big Brothers Big Sisters, the American Red Cross, and Starlight Children's Foundation.
A new feature from rail booking app TrainPal lets travelers donate pennies to railway charities right at checkout. Since 2010, this micro-donation technology has raised £83 million across more than 1,250 charities.
A charity golf tournament in Alberta just shattered records by raising $26.6 million to help children across the province. Since its start, the Rogers Charity Classic has now raised over $164 million for youth programs.
Professional wrestler Daniel Garcia won a charity battle royal and directed the entire $100,000 prize to MusiCares, a music industry charity his late friend Andy Williams championed. The donation honors Williams, who spent two decades as a guitarist before his recent passing.
The Rangers Charity Foundation just handed £10,000 to two Scottish veterans charities that provide daily support, hot meals, and mental health services to former military members and their families. The donation marks the end of a season-long partnership that's part of over £271,000 the Foundation has given to armed forces causes.
A South African charity shop turned donated goods into over R2.1 million for animal welfare last year, funding 371 sterilizations and emergency care across the country. Since 2012, SAINTs has now contributed over R30 million to helping vulnerable animals.
A donor just gave to charity by simply chatting with an AI assistant, which handled everything from questions to payment setup. Anti-poverty charity Trussell received the UK's first fully AI-managed donation, marking a new era in digital giving.
An Ohio animal charity forced to pause all services last month just got a $30,000 donation to open a thrift store. The Italian Scholarship League is helping Animal Charity of Ohio create a sustainable funding source for years to come. ---
A yellow lab who helps catch child predators in Kentucky just received a protective vest worth $1,800, thanks to a nonprofit that's outfitted over 6,000 police dogs nationwide. K9 Charity specializes in sniffing out hidden electronics that could contain evidence of abuse.
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