Charity of the month – Colony Park Football Club
10th May 2022
Colony Park Football Club - With almost 500 players aged from 6-19 years old in 18 teams supported by a dedicated team of 90 volunteer coaches, we are one of the largest youth football clubs in north-east Scotland. Our silverware includes multiple league and cup trophies. As a community club with registered charity status, our [...]
Charity of the month – Phoenix Enterprises
6th April 2022
Phoenix Enterprises is an independent social enterprise whose commercial activities support training and employment opportunities for people in the Swindon area with mental health issues. Founded in 2002, it is both a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee governed by a small non-executive Board of Directors. Our mission is to work with adults [...]
Charity of the month – Assist Neighbourhood Care
1st March 2022
Assist Neighbourhood Care is a community and voluntary organisation based in Withington, South Manchester. Our priorities are to reduce social isolation in the community, provide volunteering opportunities and enable people to continue living independently. We provide a range of support services and activities for older people designed to help them continue to live independent, active [...]
Charity of the month – Airdrie Foodbank
1st February 2022
Airdrie Foodbank is run by Calderbank Parish Church and its volunteers, in association with the Trussell Trust. We don't think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That's why we provide three days' nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part [...]
Charity of the month – Lomond Mountain Rescue Team
4th January 2022
Lomond is one of the busiest Mountain Rescue Teams in Scotland. Assisting walkers and climbers for fifty years, since its foundation in 1967. Covering an area of over 1000 square miles in one of the most popular mountain areas of Scotland. The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park sees two million visitors a year, 60,000 [...]
British Sign Language (BSL) Courses
11th December 2021
Strictly’s Rose Led to Spike in BSL Course Sign Ups The day after Rose Ayling-Ellis' appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, the British Sign Language (BSL) Courses website reportedly saw a 2,844% increase in signups for their pay what you can training programmes. Seeing a well-known actress, who is deaf, using sign language on prime-time television made [...]
How to Get Paid on Time
7th December 2021
Freelancers: How to get paid on time Ask any freelancer their biggest bugbear at work and I would hazard a guess that it’s something to do with not getting paid on time. A brief scroll through social media will show you a world in which freelance workers, in all industries, are becoming increasingly frustrated. Late [...]
Charity of the month – Doorstep Homeless Families Project
1st December 2021
Founded in 1982 as the Adelaide Road Homeless Families Project to help 28 local families, Doorstep was renamed in 1989 when it moved to its present location in the basement of one of Camden’s largest hostels for homeless families. The name Doorstep was chosen to reflect the project’s accessibility to families living in temporary accommodation [...]
Charity Event & Fundraising Ideas
23rd November 2021
Quick and Creative Fundraising Ideas that Inspire Giving Joining over 3900 other #GivingTuesday partners in Great Britain, Nochex for Charities want to draw attention to the fact that this year’s theme is about bouncing back. Without a doubt the last few years have been challenging for many people, and now is the time to give back. It may be supporting a [...]
Sci-Fi Puzzle
8th November 2021
It’s been a busy month for Nochex, our partners, and our customers, as online payment requirements gain traction in the run-up to Christmas. We know developers and retailers will be working even harder and putting in more hours than ever before. As a result, we wanted to give everyone a chance to take a break [...]