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Category Archives: Charity
Waste to accessories with a charity twist
Thousands of tents are left behind by revelers after the UK’s many music festivals each year, creating a mess for festival organizers and an unsustainable burden for landfills. Inspired by the environmental implications, WiTHiNTENT salvages the fabric from those leftover … Continue reading
Posted in 3R's, Charity, waste
Tagged consumers, hoodies and ponchos, music festivals, upcycling, waste with charity twist, WiTHiNTENT, www.springwise.com
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Apls to Eye 2010 Expedition Complete
On Saturday 31st july 2010 just after midday www.sport4charity.net Alps to Eye expedition came to its end. A crowd of around 200 family and friends stood on the South Bank to see their very own heroes come ashore. The trip was … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, social responsibility
Tagged alps to eye 2010, Charity, http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.sport4charity.net, www.thegreenmarine.com
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Alps to Eye Expedition 2010 almost complete…
3 ex-Royal Marine Commandos kayak 7 countries, over one thousand miles, the Channel and the Thames to help our heroes. The journey has been an immense physical and mental challenge. On June 27th 2010, the lads trekked 40 miles carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged adventure, alsp to eye 2010, help for heroes, http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/, kayak, Rhine, Royal Marines Commando, Thames, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.formtalent.com, www.sport4charity.net, www.thegreenmarine.com
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Like ducks to water – Alps to Eye 2010 www.sport4charity.net
It’s been an epic tale of adventures and now Phil, Rob and Sean have made it across English Channel they’re on schedule to be at the London Eye around 11-12 on Saturday. All in aid of www.helpforheroes.org.uk follow the boys … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged alps to eye expo 2010, children, http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.sport4charity.net, www.thegreenmarine.com
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They’re coming to London www.sport4charity.net
Sport4charity www.sport4charity.net amazing Alps to Eye 1000 mile paddle in aid of Help for Heroes www.helpforheroes.org.uk is now entering the final phase of execution…all that is left now for the infamous three amigo’s (Phil, Rob and Sean) is a quick … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged alps to eye expo, English Channel, http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/, river thames, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.sport4charity.net, www.thegreenmarine.com
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The Green Marine and Sport4Charity
The Green Marine is very proud to be supporting the incredible 1000 miles of paddling ‘Alps to Eye’ expedition in aid of helpforheroes http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/. To help celebrate and provide Phil, Rob and Sean with some much needed sun protection, The … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged alps to eye expo, Charity, http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/, http://www.luckyseven.tv/, http://www.sport4charity.net/, The Green Marine, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Flash backs, horn blowers, coffee break and the calm after the storm www.sport4charity.net
3 Men, 1 River and 1000 miles of paddling all in aid of ‘help for heroes’ read all about their latest adventures and show your support at www.sport4charity.net
Posted in Charity, The Green Marine
Tagged help4heroes, The Green Marine, www.sport4charity.net
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$64.2 billion dollars in Wall Street bonuses
…and a $100m to all of Haiti, mmmmmmm!!!
Posted in Charity, future, human rights, leadership, lifestyle, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged haiti, wall street, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Waste not, want not.
Try not to dump useful furniture – what you might think of waste is someone else’s resource. Put a smile on a face and take it to your local charity shop and donate it for free.
Posted in Charity, The Green Marine, lifestyle, recycling, reuse
Tagged charity donation, recycle, reduce, repair, reuse, waste not want not, waste or resource, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.thegreenmarine.com
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Around the world in less than 194 days and 17 hours by bicycle
If you need inspiration today look no further! Last year, Mark Beaumont cycled 18,297 miles around the world in just 194 days and 17 hours – an incredible record that many thought was unbreakable. Now, James Bowthorpe, a 32-year-old Londoner, … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, The guardian newspaper, cycling
Tagged cycling for charity, fundraising, James Bowthorpe, Mark Beaumont, parkinsons disease, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Creative agencies embrace charity work
Creative agencies seem to have embraced corporate generosity with open arms, if a few recent initiatives are anything to go by. Much the way Bushfire Housing and SmallCanBeBig were donated by the Sputnik Agency and the Boathouse Group, respectively, so … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, communications
Tagged creative agencies, guerrilla campaign, salvation army, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Give a day, get a night
Hotel group Sage Hospitality has come up with a novel idea to promote both their hotels and volunteerism: it’s offering half-price rooms for those who have completed a day of charity work. A limited number of free nights are also … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Volunteering
Tagged Charity, give a day and get a night, Volunteering, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Spent tents and festival fun
Instead of dumping an unwanted tent after going to a festival, consider donating it to a project like the Give Me Shelter scheme (www.globalhand.org), so homeless people in other parts of the world can put it to good use.
Posted in Charity, top tips
Tagged Charity, donating, give me shelter scheme, unwanted tents, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.globalhand.org
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Recycle used stamps
Received any postcards lately? Help charities fundraise by sending them your used stamps. Tear the stamps off and take them into your local Oxfam shop or send them to RNIB Stamp Recycling, PO Box 185, Benfleet SS7 9BH.
Posted in Charity
Tagged Friends of the Earth, fundraise, Oxfam, recycle stamps, RNIB, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Improve the international outlook
Vision Aid Overseas collect old glasses from Vision Express opticians and sends them to developing countries www.vao.org.uk/spectacles
Posted in Charity, campaigning, recycling, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged Charity, helping less fortunate, Vision aid overseas, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.vao.org.uk/spectacles
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Who was it that said “Charity begins at home”?
Yeah just who was it that said Charity begins at home? Well at the time of writing and in the very face of a recession the very generous British public have donated, laughed and joked their way to a record … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Red Nose Day 2009, social responsibility
Tagged Charity, humanity, Red Nose Day 2009, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Go on have some fun – Red Nose Day 2009
It is finally here so don’t forget to do something funny for money today for more information visit http://www.rednoseday.com/ Here’s a little starter… Two pieces of string meet one day in the park and while one goes on the slide … Continue reading
Red Nose Day 2009 Do Something Funny For Money
If you didn’t already know it Fri 13th Mar 2009 is Red Nose Day. This year, to be part of Red Nose Day 2009, you just need to Do Something Funny for Money. It’ll all be going off in schools, … Continue reading
ONE is a Campaign and Advocacy Organisation backed by more than 2 million
ONE is a campaign and advocacy organisation backed by more than 2 million people from around the world and every walk of life who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Cofounded by … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, campaigning
Tagged advocacy, anti poverty campaigners, Bobby Shriver, Bono, http://www.one.org/international/, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.thegreenmarine.com
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Aiming to help the thousands of Australian families left homeless by the recent devastating fires in Victoria and New South Wales, Bushfire Housing is a site that was created specifically to match people in need with others in the area … Continue reading
Raise money for your charity using Mission Fish
Especially during tough economic times charities are one of the hardest hit groups, but fear not there are always solutions to a problem, nothing is impossible. MissionFish was set up in 2005, and began working on eBay for Charity that … Continue reading
Unwanted Christmas gifts that keep giving
If like me you have a few unwanted gifts from Christmas and you can’t exchange them, don’t throw them away or store them at the back of the cupboard – why not donate them to your local charity shop. Put … Continue reading
WaterAid
Here in the Western World we are fortunate enough to have access to a plentiful supply of safe potable water, we take it for granted! And whilst we may have water restrictions at certain times of the year there is … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, WaterAid, safe water, sanitation
Tagged Charity, hygiene education, safe water, sanitation, The Green Marine, WaterAid, www.csrplus.co.uk
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