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Yesterday we had a Board of Trustees meeting for Tigers4Ever, reviewing the financial year 2023/24 and looking forward to 24/25’s fundraising targets and priority projects. What a great bunch of people, all giving their time, skills and expertise to do what they can to help raise funds to protect wild tigers and their habitats. If you’d like to learn more about our work, the link is in the comments. #trustee #volunteertrustee #charity #conservation #tigerconservation

📣 There is only four days 🔢 to go for anyone interested in bidding for support with their community or charity project via the The Channel Islands Co-operative Society COOP COMMUNITY FUND 🎁. The Fund has two rounds of applications each year, one in the autumn 🍂 and one in the spring 🌻. So if you want to plan 🎯 for an event, initiative or activity that will help your charity or community project later this year or early 2025 📅, you will need to apply BY MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 ⏲. The application process is online 💻, is simple requiring little time ⌚ to complete. The key is to grasp and understand how the Coop Community Fund works and the areas of community engagement it targets 🎯. All the details can be found on this link: https://bit.ly/3xly5Uv 🖱 The Coop Community Fund is your fund, delivering support and funding 🌱 to the Channel Islands third and voluntary sector. The COOP Community Fund website shows plenty of examples of the support it has provided since its inception in 2021 (like that to the 🌺 Floral Forest 🌺 project highlighted in the post below). It can only support those that make themselves known for needing support 🖐. Please share this post and draw your voluntary colleagues and charities attention to what support is available. Thanks. S. #CICoop #CoopCommunityFund #JerseyCharities #GuernseyCharities #ThirdSector #CreatingValueForOurMembersEveryday

Tip #2: Donate items 👍Bring unwanted items to second-hand stores like Goodwill or Savers in your area. 🏫Schools can benefit from craft supplies 😸 Animal shelters welcome used linens. 👕Donating clothing to charity not only helps those in need but also plays a crucial role in reducing textile waste. ⭐Keep only what sparks joy. You will feel good about helping others through your donations! Read the Moving Tips blog to learn more: https://bit.ly/3XvyZal #Donate #SecondHandStore #ShareTheLove

Swim Marathon update: 42km (26.2mi) in 37 days! I've also gone swimming at the lake the past 83 days. I'm planning to continue as long as I can stand the cooling lake water. WaterAid is an international non-governmental, non-profit organisation focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene. I believe every person has the right to accessible, clean water. With access to clean water, folks can live happier, healthier lives. Currently, 771 million people in the world—one in ten—do not have clean water close to home. WaterAid helps bring potable water to the folks who need it. So far, they have reached 28 million people. For every pound received, 74 pence goes directly to the source, delivering services and making change happen. And 26 pence goes toward fundraising and governance. Your donation makes a difference in people's lives. If you cannot donate, please share to increase visibility. Every dollar and pound counts. https://lnkd.in/eiT7eyTw

How many products do YOU use every morning to get ready? Our clients use all the same products, and we could really use your help providing these everyday essentials to help survivors living in shelter start their day fresh and strong! Consider donating today 💜 #shelterhouse #shelterhousemidland #shelterhousegladwin #supportsurvivors #wishlistwednesday

I'm in the final throws of finishing the new St Vincent's Resourcing website (watch out for my next post on this) which can get you in a very reflective mood, and part of the discussion internally recently was focussed on why, after all these years, we're still doing what we do. We'd been talking about an exercise we did a number of years ago when trying to learn more about our staff, everyone including leadership did a basic personality test and we shared the results. It did start out as a bit of fun, but it was really interesting, with some surprising results. One thing we did notice as a trend across the business was a particular category that stood out as most common - The Helper. As with all personality traits, being a helper is both a help and a hindrance, but we did have a bit of a collective realisation then that we were very much a business that likes to help. It was the reason (and still is) that I got out of bed in the morning, and was an ingrained part of our approach to how we worked with our candidates and clients. It was also at the centre of why we were so involved with charity work for so many years. We'd organised so many events in the aid of numerous charities close to our hearts but, for numerous reasons, not least our shift to a more remote working model, our efforts in this area have waned. We're doing what we can now to get that back on track, and, for the first time in a few years, we've got back involved! A few weeks ago we took to the Isle of Bute for a cycle in aid of 2 amazing charities (details below). This journey was ruff, but knowing it'll help provide care for dogs in need made it worth it. If you believe in wagging tails, slobbery kisses, and giving pups a new leash on life, throw us a bone by donating to our JustGiving page: https://lnkd.in/gXuuVxXj Every contribution, no matter how small, will help us raise the woof! Let's show these pups that humans can be a dog's best friend too. #CharityCycle #PawsomeCause #WhosARescuedWho

The North Texas Wildfires have destroyed over 500 structures according to Greg Abbotts office. Brian Condren, P.E. shared a link (see link in comments) to help those affected by the wildfires. If you or your business/organization have ever done work in the Broger area please consider joining Accumulated Interests in donating. PLEASE HELP by LIKE, COMMENTS, REPOST, and DONATING! #giveback #communityimpact #socialimpact #downstream #downstreamoilandgas #industrialprojects #givemore #charity #charitysupport

"Coaching for Good" is a fundamental principle in all of my business endeavors. This includes an ethical marketing approach and a People before Profit mentality. What are your core business principles? 🌟 #CoachingForGood #EthicalMarketing #PeopleBeforeProfit #BusinessValues #CorePrinciples #SustainableBusiness #PositiveImpact #PurposeDrivenBusiness

Instead of AI, I am going to prompt you to help 😁 You are a strategist for a small, but scaling environmental and community focused NGO. Your team is pro at taking action. Your team is respected Your ability to respond demonstrated Your brand is beautiful and only getting better But, you're in a turbulent market of giving. You're boot strapped, but with lots of opportunities to scale impact. Describe a strategy to attract the funding partners that are impact investors to come to the table for the next level. see below for the example...

#DidYouKnow since the start of 2023, Latvian residents have donated over €500,000 through reverse vending machines (RVMs) to various charitable causes? 🙌 Here are some highlights: 👉 36% of donations (€182,261) have supported Ukrainian children and refugees 👉 36% (€180,092) have gone to animal shelters, helping 2,410 animals in 6 shelters across Latvia 👉 16% (€82,309) have supported seniors in need, providing essential daily goods and medical services 👉 Additionally, the "Age is Not Lonely" project at Lidl stores has raised over €51,000 for seniors. This generosity highlights how deposit return systems (DRS) not only promote recycling and environmental cleanliness but also generate meaningful social-economic outcomes, including additional revenue streams for charities and other non-profit organisations. To learn more about the social and economic benefits of DRSs, check out Reloop's fact sheet here: https://lnkd.in/ejsheNFH #Charity #CommunitySupport #EnvironmentalImpact #DepositReturnSystem #Reloop #Latvia