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Welcome to our Christmas newsletter! Hello! We hope that you are all looking forward to celebrating Christmas and the New Year. The Cause4 team geared up for Christmas early with its own Shackleton Challenge.
The Shackleton Challenge 2014 marks the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed trans-Antarctic Endurance mission and the Shackleton Foundation, a super charity supporting social entrepreneurs working with disadvantaged young people, is looking to raise funds by running the ‘My Antarctic’ campaign. On 13th December 2013 the Cause4 team walked to Greenwich in Christmas jumpers to raise money for the campaign. You can donate here to support our walk from the Shackleton statue at the Royal Geographical Society to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. In lieu of sending Christmas Cards we’re making a donation to the Shackleton Foundation to support a young leader – and we wish all our friends, clients and partners a Happy Christmas.
New Fellows in the South West The Arts Fundraising Programme is delighted to welcome four new Fellows to its programme. These entrepreneurial graduates will be based at arts organisations across the South West region at organisations including Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hall for Cornwall, Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival and Circomedia. We are excited to welcome Matthew Ashdown, Miriam Battyen, Georgina Brown and Robin Peters we look forward to seeing how they learn and progress throughout 2014!
Sir Tom on Philanthropy
Our new chairman, Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett has now got his feet under the desk and is excited to be working with a number of clients exploring how the power of philanthropy can be leveraged at its best. He writes ‘There is such an appetite for social change and charitable entrepreneurs to tackle need as the state continues to retreat. I sense an exciting new optimism spreading in philanthropy as more and more talented people come to be involved in giving of their time, their intellect and their money. But all too often excellence and innovation are not being disseminated. At Cause4 we want to make it easier for social entrepreneurs by pointing out the short cuts to excellence and the pitfalls that prevent it happening. 2014 promises to be a year of real progress in creating a new age in philanthropy and social change.’ In the New Year we are excited to be working with Sir Tom on a new series of collaborations where philanthropists can come together to learn from each other.
Sport in 2014 Cause4 is looking forward to working with some hugely exciting sports projects in 2014. This includes the Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It charity, which is working with a wide range of paralympic sports teams and disability sport more widely. We're also setting up new foundations for artists, sports people and entrepreneurs.
Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy - Fundraising Training Courses The Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy programme has announced a new set of fundraising training courses from January March 2014. These training courses are open to everyone in the arts sector and are led by expert trainers who will give valuable knowledge and skills that participants can apply to their work. For more information on the courses and how to book them go to artsfundraising.org.uk. To have a chance of winning a free place on a course in 2014 tweet @artsfundraising and #AFPTraining.
Cause4 News
Michelle Wright, Cause4 CEO, has been sharing her views on how leaders can bring out the best in their staff. Her thoughts, covering everything from curiosity to culture planning, can be read here. We’ve also had some inspiring speakers at our monthly ‘An Evening with’ events – see Elizabeth Rantzen’s fantastic event on how to apply to trusts here. We’re also delighted to have been featured in The Times following the great experience we’ve had as being part of the amazing Goldman Sachs 10,000 small businesses programme. Thank you Goldman Sachs for this opportunity. And finally we’re excited that our blog www.cause4opinion.co.uk has been nominated for the National Blog Awards – please vote for us here to be in the national shortlist. We’d really welcome your support.
Merry Christmas The Cause4 team would like to wish you all a fantastic Christmas holiday and a happy New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2014. For anyone still in need of a charitable Christmas present idea – check out Simeon’s blog here. To keep in touch with the Cause4 team over the coming months, you can find us on LinkedIn here.
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