The October Club seeks 2022 charity partner
Melanie May | 3 February 2022 | News
Applications are open until 11 February for this year’s The October Club charity partner.
Since 1987, The October Club has raised over £13m for charities through its annual dinners. It holds an annual Ascot Race Day in July, where members of the charity of the year, the committee and guests can get to know each other, and to which the charity is encouraged to invite its key supporters and trustees. The main event – the dinner – then takes place in October. This sees guests introduced to The October Club’s charity of the year, why its work is important and how funds raised will be used and also includes a ‘money can’t buy’ auction.
Last year’s charity partner was The Cares Family, which benefitted from over £900,000 raised at the 2021 dinner. Previous years have seen James’ Place, SIA, WellChild, The MS Trust, The Brain Tumour Charity and The Honeypot Children’s Charity among those supported.
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The key criteria are:
1) The charity has to be small and growing with voluntary income of between £500,000 and £2.5m per annum.
2) The funding is for a transformational project based across several UK regions.
3) The funding must be used within 3 years.
More information and the application form can be accessed on The October Club site.
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.