# Businesswomen's charity seeks charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/10/23/businesswomen039s-charity-seeks-charity-year/
- Published: 2005-10-23T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Sweet Charity, set up by a group of women working in business, the media and the
arts, is inviting applications from small, low profile charities to be their beneficiary
charity for 2006.
Announcing their initiative on Smartchange.org, Sweet Charity 
explained that, since 1999, it has raised over £130,000 for its selected charities.
These have included Children with AIDS Charity, Refuge, The Theodora Trust Clown
Doctors, Cancerkin, and Winston’s Wish.

Sweet Charity has two aims: to create a relaxed environment where women can meet
and network, and to raise money for a different, small, low profile charity each
year.

Applications are invited from charities which meet the following criteria:

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

 * Annual income of less than £1m per year
 * Supporting an issue that is specifically relevant to women
 * To support new or additional work rather than to fund core costs
 * A desire to work in partnership with Sweet Charity to leverage the maximum benefit
   from its efforts

Sweet Charity make it clear that this is a genuine partnership, rather than simply
a matter of making a donation at the end of the year. Evidence of experience of 
such partnerships would probably help an application’s chances of success.

Applications should be made by 27 October 2005.

 * **[Next Perfect Pitch to focus on Gift Aid](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/10/24/next-perfect-pitch-focus-gift-aid/)**(
   24 October 2005)
 * **[New Diana fund CEO to meet charity leaders](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/10/24/new-diana-fund-ceo-meet-charity-leaders/)**(
   24 October 2005)
 * **[Early Learning Centre Gift Card to benefit NSPCC](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/10/27/early-learning-centre-gift-card-benefit-nspcc/)**(
   27 October 2005)