# From swimwear to gin: 7 products raising funds for good causes

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/01/13/from-swimwear-to-gin-7-products-raising-funds-for-good-causes/
- Published: 2020-01-13T09:00:01+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**From MARU’s partnership with SEA LIFE Trust and Fujifilm’s with WaterAid, to Brindle
Bewery’s Cuckoo Solace Gin raising funds for Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, here are
7 products supporting good causes.**

 

[⌊MARU Swimwear ⌉⌊MARU Swimwear ⌉[

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#### MARU & SEA LIFE Trust

British performance swimwear brand [MARU](https://www.maruswim.com/) has announced
the extension of its partnership with the [SEA LIFE Trust](https://www.sealifetrust.org)
and the associated launch of its brand new SS20 Ecotech swimwear range, which includes
a selection of sustainable swimsuits made from eco-friendly fabric using recycled
plastic bottles found in our oceans. The range is inspired by animals that the SEA
LIFE Trust directly helps and supports, including baby seal pups, rescued and released
from its Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek. 100% of profits from the range will go
to the SEA LIFE Trust to help fund the many projects and campaigns it runs globally
to help reduce ocean plastic.

 

> The Countryfile Calendar 2020 is available to order until 31 January 2020. Find
> out how to buy your Countryfile Calendar with our guide to last year's competition:
> [https://t.co/mnEK3WWBPQ](https://t.co/mnEK3WWBPQ) [pic.twitter.com/ReBo0O8POZ](https://t.co/ReBo0O8POZ)
> — Countryfile Magazine (@CountryfileMag) [January 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/CountryfileMag/status/1213913091827806209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### Countryfile & BBC Children In Need

This year’s [Countryfile calendar](https://www.hcscalendar.co.uk/) is still available
until the end of the month and priced at £9.50 with a minimum of £4.50 from each
one going to [BBC Children in Need](https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk). Last year
the calendars raised raised more than £2.4 million for the charity.

 

[⌊Cat in a Flat⌉⌊Cat in a Flat⌉[

#### Cat in a Flat & Born Free

[Cat in a Flat](https://uk.catinaflat.com) teamed up with Axel Scheffler, the illustrator
of The Gruffalo, to produce a beautiful [cat-themed calendar](https://cat-in-a-flat-ltd.myshopify.com)
for 2020 – with all the profits going to support endangered wild cats in the care
of [Born Free](https://www.bornfree.org.uk). The calendar features 12 full colour
images created by Axel Scheffler and friends. Each image was drawn specifically 
for the calendar. 100% of the profits from the sale of the calendar, which can be
bought exclusively through Catinaflat.com, will go to Born Free to help the charity
care for and protect endangered cats in the wild. The calendar is priced £12.99.

 

> Our goal is to plant 10,000 trees in 2020 – so far we're up to 1200 🌳🌳. Thanks
> to our partnership with [@B1G1](https://twitter.com/B1G1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 
> we will get there! Read more here: [https://t.co/T6VZPUv6bN](https://t.co/T6VZPUv6bN)
> [#fitness](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fitness?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#nutrition](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nutrition?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#fitnessjourney](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fitnessjourney?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#quoteoftheday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/quoteoftheday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#sustainability](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sustainability?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#fitfam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fitfam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#lifestyle](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lifestyle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#gym](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gym?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#fit](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/5Ekzcljnuo](https://t.co/5Ekzcljnuo)
> — Vieve Protein Water (@drinkvieve) [January 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/drinkvieve/status/1214924772955566080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### Vieve & The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust

UK-based start-up sport nutrition company [Vieve](https://drink-vieve.co.uk) plans
to plant one tree for every pack sold of its protein water, hoping to plant 10,000
trees in 2020 in areas of Kenya affected by man-made devastation. Vieve has partnered
with [The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust](http://www.themangotree.org) and [B1G1](https://www.b1g1.com/businessforgood/),
to support the launch of its new Orange and Mango flavour. Vieve will also plant
mango trees to provide a sustainable source of income for Kenyan families and farmers,
and is running a series of campaigns on its social media channels where a new tree
will be planted for every 10 new online followers.

 

> We're delighted to be helping launch 'Double Helpings with Gilbert & George' for
> [@TheCanvasCafeE1](https://twitter.com/TheCanvasCafeE1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). The
> artists have created bespoke artwork for two extraordinary plates, with profits
> helping to feed the homeless community. Pre-order, go on, it's Christmas [https://t.co/Rq6S78sELH](https://t.co/Rq6S78sELH)
> [pic.twitter.com/TLu17LJowN](https://t.co/TLu17LJowN)
> — Wieden+Kennedy London (@WKLondon) [December 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/WKLondon/status/1207601429604716547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### Gilbert & George, & the Double Helpings project

Artists Gilbert & George have created bespoke artwork for two plates, the sales 
of which are supporting a charity project in London’s Tower Hamlets. The designs,‘
ON THE BENCH’ and ‘ROSY’, are composite images made up of pictures from the artists’
most recent show ‘THE PARADISICAL PICTURES’ at Spruth Magers in Los Angeles. Each
12” dinner plate costs £125, and supports charity art project ‘[Double Helpings’,](https://doublehelpings.bigcartel.com/)
launched by [Wieden + Kennedy,](http://wklondon.com/) [The Canvas Café](https://www.thecanvascafe.org/vegan-cafe),
and the artists. The Canvas Cafe, run by founder Ruth Rogers, is a social enterprise
that provides free meals to the homeless and supports grassroots community projects.
Buying a plate provides around 14 platefuls of food for some of the most vulnerable
people in Tower Hamlets.

 

[⌊WaterAid_ Ernest Randriarimalala⌉⌊WaterAid_ Ernest Randriarimalala⌉[

#### Fujifilm & WaterAid

[WaterAid](https://www.wateraid.org/uk/) and longstanding partner [Fujifilm](https://www.fujifilm.com)
have teamed up to bring to life the stories of two communities in Madagascar and
highlight the impact of water and sanitation on their lives with an exhibition and
a book, with every penny going to the charity. Photographer and Fujifilm X-Photographer
Saraya Cortaville joined WaterAid Voices from the Field Officer Ernest Randriarimalala
to capture images on Fujifilm’s X-T3 digital camera from the communities with children
also given instax instant photography cameras to tell their own stories. The photos
feature in a book and a photography exhibition, entitled ‘Madagascar in the frame’,
running for a month from 6 January at the  FUJIFILM House of Photography in Covent
Garden, London. The coffee table book is available to purchase in-store for £25.00.

Image: WaterAid / Ernest Randriarimalala

 

> 😍 NEW . GIN . ALERT. 😍
> We are officially launching our brand new & delicious
> Cuckoo Solace Gin with an almighty announcement. We & every single one of you 
> that has supported our fundraising for @JoTrust has raised an absolutely bloody
> amazing £24,000 pounds! [#newginalert](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newginalert?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/sF0C7Aw7nu](https://t.co/sF0C7Aw7nu)
> — Cuckoo Gin (@CuckooGin) [October 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/CuckooGin/status/1180165944297099265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

#### Cuckoo Solace Gin & Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust

[Brindle Brewery](http://www.brindledistillery.co.uk)’s Cuckoo Solace Gin is supporting
[Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust](https://www.jostrust.org.uk). A percentage of proceeds
from sales is being donated with £24,000 also raised for the charity through a fundraiser
held in the build up to the gin’s launch last year. The charity is very close to
the team at Cuckoo’s hearts as Liz Long, wife of Master Distiller and Director, 
Mark Long and the daughter of fellow Directors, Gerard and Cath Singleton, was diagnosed
with a rare and aggressive form of the cancer last year, discovered from the results
of a routine cervical screening test.

 

Main image: WaterAid / Ernest Randriarimalala

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