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Annual Charity Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce the launch of this year’s PG Mutual Annual Charity Awards and are once again asking our members and the public to vote on the charities we wish to support in 2023. The four preferred charities chosen will each receive a £1000 donation.

Our staff have once again chosen charities that they feel continue to reflect PG Mutual’s commitment to supporting young people and families, as well as helping to fight hunger and food waste in the community.

You can help us by voting and selecting your chosen charity and clicking submit.

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Supershoes Empowering children fighting cancer in the UK

Supershoes empowers children and young people who are facing cancer and its gruelling treatments by enhancing physical and emotional wellbeing whilst raising awareness.

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    Why are Supershoes so special? Each pair of shoes is designed specifically for a particular child or young person with a diagnosis of cancer and hand-painted by a Super Artist to reflect the things they love most and enjoyed before cancer, like hobbies, sports and interests.

    They love it; the Artists paint it! The end product is a pair of Supershoes as unique as the child or young person that wears them. They are a constant reminder to that child of who they are, beyond their illness, challenges and treatment.

    They have reached over 5000 children with Supershoes, and they would love your support to reach more!

    (Visit website) Registered Charity No. 1163157
Supershoes

Schoolreaders Improving Literacy/Increasing life chances

The Schoolreaders goal is for all children, regardless of background, to leave primary school being able to read well so they can go on to access their secondary education fully and maximise their future life chances.

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    Schoolreaders recruits volunteers to listen to children read in primary schools, focusing on schools with the greatest need. Ninety-five percent of children supported by one of their volunteers improves their reading age.

    Now with over 1,500 volunteers registered, Schoolreaders are expanding into new counties including North and East Yorkshire, Lancashire and the West Midlands so more children can receive crucial reading support.

    (Visit website) Registered Charity Number England and Wales: 1159157
Schoolreaders

Caudwell Children dignity and understanding

Caudwell Children do whatever it takes to help change the future of disabled and autistic children by providing diagnosis, equipment, services and support to help them lead a full and active life. They have a range of services to help support the children and their families such as:

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    The Caudwell Children Autism Service provides assessment, intervention and support for child with ASD and their families.

    The Family Support Service helps families by providing practical and emotional support and signposting services.

    Provide equipment where, on average, a family with a disabled child needs five pieces of specialist equipment to provide the basic level of care.

    Caudwell Children are helping to create a world where all disabled children and their families have choice, opportunity, dignity and understanding as well as increasing awareness and understanding of the needs of disabled children across the UK.

    (Visit website) Registered Charity Numbers: RCN 1079770, SC043874
Caudwell Children

The Brain Tumour Charity

Currently at least 88,000 children and adults are estimated to be living with a brain tumour in the UK. Knowing the signs and symptoms of a brain tumour can lead to a faster diagnosis, which could reduce the impact of a brain tumour.

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    Brain tumours do not discriminate, and they do not respect boundaries. They can strike anyone, at any age. And they strike quickly. High grade brain tumours are different to other cancers. And this means that The Brain Tumour Charity must work differently too. They must move further, faster to find a cure.

    The Brain Tumour Charity’s consistent three-fold approach of funding great research, providing excellent support and being strong advocates for change, is helping to change the world around us.

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    Registered Charity no. 1150054 (England and Wales) SC045081 (Scotland)

The Brain Tumour Charity

Fareshare fighting hunger, tackling food waste

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of eighteen independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to around 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.

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    Nearly 7 million people are said to be going hungry in the UK, including 2 million children. That is an increase of 2 million since the pandemic. Research suggests almost half of all children are living in families who are unable to meet the cost of some basic necessities.

    The food they redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week they provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

    Also, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of good food is wasted by the UK food industry every year. At the same time, millions of people are struggling to afford to eat. Their work addresses these two issues by redistributing food industry surplus, which would otherwise go to waste, to the people who need it most.

    (Visit website) Registered Charity No. 1100051
Fareshare

Young Minds

Young Minds are leading the movement to make sure every young person gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.

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    It takes courage to ask for help. But for many young people who do, the support they need just isn’t there.

    In the UK today, an estimated five children in every classroom have a mental health problem. A quarter of 17-year-old girls have self-harmed in the last year while suicide remains the single biggest killer of boys and young men. But things can get better.

    Young Minds provide young people with tools to look after their mental health. They empower adults to be the best support they can be to the young people in their lives. And they give young people the space and confidence to get their voices heard and change the world we live in.

    Together, Young Minds can create a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health. Join their fight.

    (Visit website) Registered Charity No. 1016968 & SC039700
YoungMinds

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