Igloo Books chooses Children with Cancer UK as charity of the year
Howard Lake | 9 April 2013 | News
Children’s and adult publishing company Igloo Books has chosen Children with Cancer UK as its charity of the year for 2013 and aims to raise £100,000 for the charity.
Igloo Books' 80 employees will undertake a number of challenges to support the charity, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
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Staff will take part in various events, including a summer fete, a charity barn dance, a 100km walk, the Three Peaks challenge, and a Seven Triathlons in Seven Days challenge.
Last year Igloo Books raised £50,000 for the Prince’s Trust, its charity of the year for 2012. It also donated 2,000 books to children under ten for World Book Day last month.
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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.