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Intersecond Ltd is a member of the Fundraising Standards Board

02 February 2012

We adhere to the best practice in fundraising and we are committed to the high standards.

October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month

(2011 10 04)

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is held every October to raise awareness of the disease and raise money for research. One of the major goals of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is to encourage women to self-check for early detection of breast cancer.

Book your collection online at www.collect4pink.co.uk

(2011 08 30)

You can now book your unwanted clothing collection online!

If you missed a clothing collection day or if you are clearing up your wardrobe and would like your unwanted clothing and footwear to be collected from your house or from your workplace, go online and book your collection at www.collect4pink.co.uk

Maybe you simply don’t like leaving your clothing collection bag outside, you would not have to! Our driver will ring your doorbell as he arrives at a day and time convenient to you.

Do Not Delay! project will receive £5 from each 10kg of clothing collected through www.collect4pink.co.uk

 

British Heart Foundation “Recycle for life” Donation bin is now at our premises in Tilbury. Got yours?

(2011 08 15)

We now support BHF through the recycling of books, bric-a-brac, CDs/DVDs and other items.

The “Recycle for life” Donation bin can generate as much as £20 or more per bag of good quality items for BHF and helps reduce the amount of recyclable products being thrown on landfills that could be used by others.

More information about British Heart Foundation: http://www.bhf.org.uk/

 

Attention charities, funds and associations! We now have availability for a new charitable project for fundraising through the door-to-door collections of unwanted clothing.

(2011 08 05)

If your charitable organisation is a well established, trusted and reputable body, if it needs some additional funds without any hassle and any investment, we can organise the door-to-door collections of unwanted clothing and footwear nationwide.

Compared with Europeans, British women are more likely to get cancer

(2011 10 04)

Alcohol and obesity blamed for higher cancer rates in British women compared with their European counterparts

British women are nearly a fifth more likely to develop cancer at some point during their lives than their European counterparts, with lifestyle factors such as obesity and alcohol consumption likely to be partly responsible, a cancer charity has said.

Join “A Whole Heap of Mercy”!

(2011 07 27)

Would you like to organise a fundraising event for Mercy Ships UK in your school, college, office, club, pub, church or just in your local community through the collection of bags of unwanted clothes and shoes? We are here to help!

Benefits of textiles reuse

(2011 07 19)

Textiles and clothing have been identified as having significant environmental impact across their lifecycle. In the UK we consume approximately 2,000,000 tonnes of clothing, and although about 500,000 tonnes are recycled or reused, we still dispose of about 1,000,000 tonnes.

Creative Fundraising Ideas for Breast Cancer Charities

(2011 10 04)

Breast cancer survivors, their families and charity supporters can all help raise money to fight breast cancer.

Institute of Fundraising published the House to House Clothing Collections Guidance

(2011 06 01)

The guidance outlines the three main ways in which legitimate charitable door to door clothing collections take place. It also provides the information on why people should support charitable door to door clothing collections.

Bogus collections in the REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

(2011 04 18)

It has come to our attention that there are collections operated for Do Not Delay! Breast Cancer Prevention Programme in DUBLIN, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

Security Foiling chooses Mercy Ships as charity of the year

(2011 04 07)

Independent experts in foil and hologram security, Security Foiling Ltd, has chosen Mercy Ships as its charity of choice for this year.

Debate: are people getting fed up with door-to-door clothing collections?

(2011 03 10)

An Association of Charity Shops report suggested a public backlash is imminent. Three experts offer their views

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Fundraising/article/939381/Debate-people-getting-fed-door-to-door-clothing-collections/

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