Charitable People news feed regarding Charaties and Third Sector Organisations in Milton Keynes http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:37:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Parks-Trust-Go-Wild-In-The-Woods.html Go Wild In The Woods Reveal your wild side and develop your woodland survival skills at The Parks Trust’s Woodland Wonders event. Join park rangers, on Sunday 16 November from 12.00-3.00pm, to explore the tree-mendous trees of Shenley Wood,... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:33:07 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/website-ranking.html The Charitable People website continues to become more and more popular for people looking to find out about charities, fundraising, charity events or charity news in Milton Keynes. The site is only a few months old, but already we’re number... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Open-Charity-Cycle-Ride.html Get Involved Raise Money For The Charity Of Your Choice 10am to 5pm Sunday 14th September 2008 MK YMCA are giving you the chance to raise money for your favorite charity. The Open Charity Cycle Ride will take place... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:58:33 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Waitrose-Milton-Keynes-Donation.html WAITROSE in Milton Keynes are to donate £1,000 a month to local good causes. Community projects in Milton Keynes are set to benefit from £12,000 of funding this year thanks to a new initiative, 'Community Matters', launched on July 23 in... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/charity-shop-online.html The Shopping Centre On Your PC Everyday more of us are shopping online for convenience and in the search for great bargains. The New Charitable People WebShop brings dozens of high street names direct to your PC and now you can help... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:14 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Grassroots-Grant-Programme-Milton-Keynes.html Are you a Small Local Community Group looking for funding for new or existing activities? Then ask us about Grassroots Grants!Milton Keynes Community Foundation has won a Government bid to distribute £270,487 directly to local charitable groups over the next... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:23:02 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Networking-Quiz.html Charity Quiz Networking Event 7.30pm Tursday 21st August 2008 - The Ramada Encore Hotel, Central Milton Keynes. Charitable People is calling on networking groups, business clubs, local companies and professional organisations to step up to the plate and prove that... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/extra-care-grant-new-housing-for-elderly.html A project could provide 300 homes for the elderly in Milton Keynes A SECOND retirement village has been given a £3.5million push towards the drawing board through a Department of Health grant. Backing for the £35million project to provide 300 homes... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/MK-SNAP-Wishing-Well.html The Centre MK has announced that MK SNAP will this year be the benificary for the Wishing Pool at the Christmas Show. Since it was first launched in 1985 almost £350,000 has been raised by the Wishing Well for donation... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:56:09 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Another-Charity-Box-Stolen-In-Newport-Pagnell.html A charity box was stolen from Pin Petch Thai restaurant, in Newport Pagnell high street, on Sunday evening. Two men entered the restuatant at 10pm, and one distracted a member of staff while the other stole the box. The first man... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Venice-Pizza-Ark-Charity.html A big thanks to the guys at Venice Pizza of Bradwell Abbey for taking time out to show youngsters from the Ark Charity exactly what it takes to make a great pizza. Whilst the gardens of their home were being... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:38:46 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Rok-Builders-Ark-Charity.html Rok - The Nation's Local Builder has a serious commitment towards its own Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and once again the company has demonstrated this by helping a local charity in Milton Keynes renovate the gardens of its property in... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/ITV-Fixers.html ITV Fixers is a major media campaign for young people (16 - 25) in the ITV Meridian, Thames Valley and West regions including Milton Keynes. You can choose to fix anything; as long as it’s something useful that helps... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:39:08 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/MK-SNAP-Auction.html An industrial auction organised by logistics space provider Gazeley and its partner Land Securities has raised a massive £40,000 for MK SNAP. The money will be used by the charity to extend the work preparation and life skills training the... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:19:58 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/stolen-donation-box-newport-pagnell.html A charity collection box containg around £150.00 was stolen on May 20th 2008 from a hair salon in Newport Pagnell. Police have released pictures of the culprit and are asking for help from anyone who may recognise him. Please click the... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:15 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Youth-Housing-Network-Website.html The new and improved Youth Housing Network Website is now up and running. It has a great new look complete with a whole host of youth information and guidance on housing, lifestyle and health in Milton Keynes. In addition... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:53:44 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/haircuts-ark-charity-milton-keynes.html Charitable People's new Look Good Feel Good Project got off to a great start at the Ark Charity in Wolverton, when a group of thirteen young people and support staff at Ark House were each given a fantastic new look... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:02:54 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Online-Shop-Milton-Keynes.html Shop At Tesco, John Lewis, IKEA and more And Help MK Charities Here's a great way to get some fantastic online bargains. Remember, anything you buy through our webshop will help towards our fundraising targets for charities in Milton Keynes. So go... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:52:02 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Kids-At-Heart-Cycling-Team.html Creative Peddlars Are Kids At Heart Milton Keynes based PR and marketing company Solution Factors and graphics agency Bobbyflash Design have joined forces to put their own spin on charity fundraising for 2008, with their Kids at Heart cycling team. The... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:40:07 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/low-cost-telephone-internet-and-energy.html Help Us Help More Charities In Milton Keynes There are dozens and dozens of charities in Milton Keynes that desperately require fundraising support and Charitable People is working hard to create more events and more intiatives to help them. To help us... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:18:53 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Poverty-Milton-Keynes.html Don't Think Milton Keynes Bucks The Trend When It Comes To Poverty Across the UK the number of children and old people living in poverty is on the rise. According to the latest Government statistics 2.9 million children (100,000 more than... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:58:10 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Antenatal-Classes.html Help For Wannabe Parents 10am and 4pm: 2nd August 2008, Art Room Children's Centre; 4th October 2008, Art Room Children's Centre Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is running a series of Antenatal Health Promotion Exhibitions across the city, to enable future... Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:39:53 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Charity-Golf-Day-Milton-Keynes.html Golf Day On Behalf Of MK ADHD Tuesday 2nd September 2008 - Wavendon Golf Club, Milton Keynes Join Charitable People for a great day of golf and help raise money for the MK ADHD Family Support Group. As they say... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:01:45 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/venice-pizza-milton-keyns.html Venice Pizza Give Charitable People A Slice Of The Action Local pizza delivery company Venice Pizza will be helping to promote Charitable People with its new delievry menu available at the end of June. The menu will include the... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:06:54 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/miltonkeynes-feature.html Getting To The Heart Of Milton Keynes The community website miltonkeynes.com has kindly provided Charitable People with an opportunity to spread its message to a wider audience in Milton Keynes. The first of what is hoped will be a series of regular... Fri, 30 May 2008 15:44:10 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Mark-Lancaster-MKADHD.html Mark Lancaster MP Encourages Support For Local Charity Writing in the Milton Keynes Citizen, North East Milton Keynes MP Mark Lancaster has brought attention to the needs of a small charity for which he has a particular soft spot. MK... Fri, 23 May 2008 11:59:43 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Inter-Action-Ways-Of-Seeing-Award.html Ways Of Seeing Receives Recognition Arts Business South East, the charity dedicated to creating sustainable partnerships between the business and arts worlds, has announced that Midsummer Place Inter-Action MK have been short listed for the Community Award at The... Tue, 20 May 2008 12:45:04 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Mercedes-Benz-Willen-Hospice.html Mercedes Gift A Class To Hospice Mercedes-Benz of Milton Keynes has provided an A-Class for Willen Hospice to use for essential day to day transportation work and to support the pro-active outreach work in the Milton Keynes community. The distinctive black car with... Sat, 03 May 2008 12:30:09 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/George-Wimpey-Keech-Cottage.html Home Builder Raises More Than £50,000 For Childrens Hospice Staff at George Wimpey South Midlands have presented Keech Cottage with the biggest single corporate donation the children's hospice has ever received. The company that has recently celebrated being named Innovative Housebuilder... Sat, 03 May 2008 11:44:35 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/RNID-Fundraising-Skydive.html Spring Into Action For RNID With A Fundraising Skydive RNID is calling on the adventurous people of Milton Keynes to put a spring in their step and sign up for a blooming good time skydiving as part of the charity’s thrill-filled... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:45:14 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Extra-Care-Business-Challenge-Winners.html Business Challenge Teams Raise over £13,000 For ExtraCare ExtraCare would like to say a very big “Thank You to everyone who took part in the 2008 Business Challenge. More than £13,000 has been raised to help fund health and leisure... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:49:35 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Andy-Bacon-The-Answer.html Proceeds Of Novel Go To MK Community Support Group Local author Andy Bacon has recently published The Answer - the first in an exciting sci-fi trilogy with the proceeds going to Milton Keynes based voluntary group BalancedMK. BalancedMK is a community support... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:40:28 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/City-Counselling-Centre.html Charitable People Hope To Help City Counselling Centre It was reported in MK News (9th April 2008) that Milton Keynes City Counselling Centre (Registered Charity No: 1104017) has had to quit their fundraising shop in Bendow Court, Shenley Church End due... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:50:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Mark-Lancaster-MKADHD.html Mark Lancaster MP Encourages Support For Local Charity Writing in the Milton Keynes Citizen, North East Milton Keynes MP Mark Lancaster has brought attention to the needs of a small charity for which he has a particular soft spot. MK... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Extra-Mile-Massif-Challenge.html £226 Per Mile On Three Day Charity Cycling Challenge Preston Ayres, Extra Mile trustee, announced that 184 people from in and around Milton Keynes and Bedford had raised a whopping £113,000 in last year’s 500-mile cycling relay challenge. Martin Banham-Hall, senior partner of major... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:01:43 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Social-Enterprise-Survey.html Social Enterprise - A Preferred Business Model A YouGov poll carried out by the Social Enterprise Coalition reveals that growing numbers are interested in working for this for a social enterprise; an organisation like Charitable People Limited that is enterprise oriented and... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:02:04 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Balloon-Race-No-Go.html Plans Shelved On Environmental Grounds The plan to re-launch (excuse the pun) the Great Milton Keynes Balloon Race has been scrapped by Charitable People. Our idea to recreate the famous spectacle that formed part of Milton Keynes' 80's promotional advert... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:50:44 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/InterAction-MK-Licence.html Inter Action MK First Charity Set To Sign Licence The community arts charity, Inter Action MK (registered charity number 270458) has become the first charity to agree a fundraising licence with Charitable People Limited. This will enable the Charity to benefit... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:44:13 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Event-Planning-Guide.html Check Out These Fundraising Event Tips If you are looking to arrange your own fundraising event we have put together a list of things you should think about. Here are some handy hints and tips to help you plan your event and... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:37:07 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Charity-Commission-Letter-Of-Non-Objection.html Charitable People Given The OK By The Charities Commission Following an application to the Charity Commission for a letter of non-objection that will allow us to form a company limited by guarantee using the word Charitable in its name,... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:50:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Cooking-Lessons.html How About A Cooking Lesson With One Of MK's Top Chefs? Charitable People is planning a series of fundraising events to raise money for a new training kitchen at the SCOPE Centre in Neath Hill, Milton Keynes. The kitchen will... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:19:47 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/City-Counselling-Centre.html Charitable People Hope To Help City Counselling Centre It was reported in MK News (9th April 2008) that Milton Keynes City Counselling Centre (Registered Charity No: 1104017) has had to quit their fundraising shop in Bendow Court, Shenley Church End due... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Ballon-Race.html The Great Milton Keynes Balloon Race June 2008. Wouldn't It Be Nice If All Cities Were Like Milton Keynes? In the 1980's a promotional film for Milton Keynes asked this question. Since that time Milton Keynes has grown significantly, but for many people... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:47:08 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Client-Testimonial.html Brilliant....charity pays BIG TIME On the 19th February we received some unexpected and positive feedback on behalf of two companies that have been quick to support the Charitable People Card fundraising project. Cox Security C R Freeview had... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:40:01 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/GuideStar.html GuideStar UK Is Where You Can Find Out About Any Charity GuideStar UK was set up in 2003 to provide, for the first time, a single, easily accessible source of detailed information about every charity and voluntary organisation in the UK.... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:15:32 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Charities-Targeted-For-Council-Cuts.html Liberal Democrats Target Charities Voluntary Organisations For Savings As the major party of Milton Keynes Council, the Liberal Democrats have identified charities and voluntary organisations as a target for cost savings over the next two years. The plan (outlined... Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:15:15 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Gift-Aid-Scheme-For-Local-Charities.html Gift Aid Means More Money For Charities When You Give If you want to make a cash donation direct to a particular charity, then Gift Aid is one of the easiest ways to make your donation tax efficient. The charity... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:11:06 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Institute-Of-Fundraising.html Charitable People Is Supported By The Institute Of Fundraising The Institute Of Fundraising is the professional body that represents fundraisers in the UK. Charitable People utilises the resources of the Institute to help ensure that everything we do meets with standards... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:27:15 +0100 http://www.charitablepeople.co.uk/Grants-for-local-charities.html Charities Can Apply For Grants From The Milton Keynes Community Foundation Do you work with a charity or voluntary organisation that benefits people in the Milton Keynes area? If so, why not apply for a grant from the Milton Keynes Community... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:27:15 +0100