Tag: Fundraising
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Walk the Walk 2016 with The Tootsie Rollers
On Saturday I was invited back to Walk the Walk to capture The Tootsie Rollers performing their charity single and then starting the half marathon through the night all to raise funds to end breast cancer. As when I attended in 2014 the atmosphere was incredible with 15,000 people in the tent being treated to […]
Read More Walk the Walk 2016 with The Tootsie RollersMoving beyond giving
How are we going to create real change by 2030? How will weĀ eradicateĀ poverty, end gender inequality, stop climate change and achieve the other 14 Sustainable Development GoalsĀ when it’s expected to cost 5-10 trillion dollars a year to do so? These are the questions that Thomas Muirhead, Managing Director of Child.org, approaches in his TEDx Talk […]
Read More Moving beyond givingThe Rusty and Golden Radiator Awards are in
Each year the Norwegian based organisationĀ Studentsā and Academicsā International Assistance Fund (SAIH) highlight the very best and worst of charity aid videos to try and change the way the aid industry approaches development and how poverty is represented. They look for those that are misrepresenting the people they claim to help, stereotype and possibly hinder […]
Read More The Rusty and Golden Radiator Awards are inShine Night Walk 2015
I was invited back to volunteer as a photographer at Shine Night Walk 2015Ā and I was really happy to help with such a good cause. The atmosphere was incredible once again with thousands of walkers, all in good spirit, loads of volunteers on the route and London lit up in Cancer ResearchĀ colours. I also got […]
Read More Shine Night Walk 2015Want to help the children of Nepal? Don’t fuel the orphanage industry
We’ve all seen the terribleĀ images and storiesĀ coming out of Nepal over the past two weeks. You would have to have a heart of stone not to be moved and want to offer your help in any possible way. The British public has already donated millions of pounds and I’m sure this total will continue to […]
Read More Want to help the children of Nepal? Don’t fuel the orphanage industryGuest post – Charity PR: Stop the sensationalism!
Jen Wilkins is anĀ LSE alumni and former LSE SU RAG president. She now works for PR agency PHA Media specialising in campaigns and causes. She’s particularly interested in mental health and women’s rights and is a member of Amnesty’s Women’s Rights Action Network connecting activists with their My Body My Rights campaign. Thank you to […]
Read More Guest post – Charity PR: Stop the sensationalism!Win a childcare experience. Really?
I received an email today. At first glance I thought it was an April Fools. Been thinking about taking part in a GVI childcare programmeĀ recently? Well, today could be your lucky day! To raise funds for the GVI Charitable Trust, we’ve partnered up with PrizeAid and StudentUniverseĀ toĀ provide one lucky donor with a free 2-week place […]
Read More Win a childcare experience. Really?DC does the London Marathon
Entering the London Marathon is one of the easiest things imaginable. I’ve done it the last six years, thus proving how easy it is. You complete a short online form in springtime and then wait for the ‘unsuccessful’ notification to arrive in the post in October, basking in the knowledge that you are a gallant […]
Read More DC does the London MarathonShine Night Walk 2014
On September 27th I was lucky enough to be a volunteer photographer for the Cancer Research Shine Night Walk. Any mass participation event has a buzz about it but with thousands of people fundraising to end cancer, whilst remembering and honouring loved ones, it meant that there was a very special atmosphere in London. The […]
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