10 small charities win fundraising licence competition

Howard Lake | 10 June 2013 | News

Ten small charities have won public fundraising collection opportunities as part of Small Charity Week (17 – 22 June).

Creating Better Futures, Mencap Liverpool, Spark Inside and COCO have won the licenses to collect in shopping centres and train stations in London, Newcastle, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow and Liverpool.

In addition MS-UK, Ydance, Karmic Angels, the Pirate Castle and Teens Unite Fighting Cancer have won both collecting licenses and street performers to attract the public to their fundraising pitch, ranging from dancers and balloon artists to belly-dancers.

All the winners will also receive a free JustTextGiving by Vodafone fundraising pack including a large personalised banner for each charity and balloons.

Pauline Broomhead, CEO of the FSI, the charity behind Small Charity Week, said that, without support from their local community, many small charities may be forced to close.

She added: "That is why we feel it is so important to offer small charities the opportunity to engage with their local community as part of Fundraising Day – not only do we hope they will raise some funds on the day itself, we also hope this may lead to some new longer term connections with members of the public”.

Fundraising Day of Small Charity Week will take place on 21 June.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.