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Archive for the ‘Charity’ Category

Give your heart to charity this Valentine’s Day

Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Kate.
Client: Damart, Heart research UK Category: Charity

Support a worthy cause this Valentine’s Day with Damart’s ‘Love Your Heart’ vest campaign, raising money for Heart Research UK.

Damart staff race for Heart Research UK

Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Kate.
Client: Damart Category: Charity

Thirteen members of staff from Bingley-based home shopping fashion brand, Damart, have raised more than £5,000 for local charity Heart Research UK.

CP Foods takes to the streets with Centrepoint

Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Kate.
Client: CP Foods Category: Charity

Five colleagues from CP Foods’ Hartlebury office will be sleeping under the stars in London’s Exchange Square for Centrepoint, a charity which helps provide emergency accommodation, support, information and training to homeless young people and hosts an annual sleepout to help raise vital funds and awareness.

Hartlebury-based CP Foods create coins for Worcester homeless day centre

Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Kate.
Client: CP Foods Category: Charity, General

Hartlebury-based food producer CP Foods has further cemented its community partnership with homeless day centre Maggs, by producing branded trolley coins in a bid to raise much needed funds for the centre.

ipostparcels launches ‘Post for Life’ campaign for Cancer Research UK

Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Kate.
Client: Cancer Research UK, ipostparcels, UK Mail Category: Charity

UK Mail has teamed up with Cancer Research UK to try and tackle the shortage of stock the charity receives in the run up to Christmas through its recently launched ipostparcels service.

Bradford’s Homeless All Wrapped Up

Posted December 6th, 2011 by Kate.
Client: Damart Category: Charity, Fashion, Thermals

Photo caption: Support Worker Andrea Jackson, Donald Peel, Service Manager Charlotte Bastain, Mary Darcey, Steven Lofthouse, Damart's Marketing Manger John Bottomley

Known for their thermals and warm outerwear, Damart decided to give something back to the local community as temperatures continue to fall…

Maggs Day Centre puts down roots with local food producer CP Foods

Posted September 22nd, 2011 by Kate.
Client: CP Foods Category: Charity, Food and Drink

Hartlebury based, leading food producer CP Foods, has started working alongside Maggs Day Centre in Worcester as part of its growing CP Charity Partnership programme in the region.

Beverley Knight and Damart raise over £16k for vital research

Posted July 14th, 2011 by Kate.
Client: Damart Category: Charity, Fashion

Yorkshire-based home shopping fashion brand Damart is helping to fund a ground-breaking research project at Guy’s Hospital in London through sales of its limited edition Pink Vest.

International Football Freestyle Champion attempts to freestyle the Virgin London Marathon for Kick4Life

Posted February 8th, 2011 by Kate.
Client: John Farnworth Category: Charity, Fitness, Sport & Leisure, Virgin London Marathon, football, freestyle

John Farnworth is regarded as one of the world’s greatest football freestylers and this April he embarks on his toughest challenge yet by freestyling (also known as juggling) his football around the entire, gruelling 26.2 mile route of the Virgin London marathon in a bid to raise more than £50,000 for Kick4Life an award winning charity, which uses football to deliver a health education, HIV testing and life-skills program for orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho, southern Africa.