London Marathon raised record £61.5m this year

This was the eleventh year in a row that the race has broken the world record for the most money raised by an annual single-day fundraising event

A record £61.5m was raised for charity at this year’s London Marathon, it has been announced.

Organisers said the new high, which was £2.1m higher than the total raised in 2016, meant the event had broken the world record for the most money raised by an annual single-day fundraising event for the eleventh successive year.

The total raised through the race is calculated by taking figures from charities that have places at the event, fundraising platforms and information from the runners themselves in a bid to reach a comprehensive figure.

A record high of 39,487 people finished this year’s race, which took place on 23 April.

Virgin Money Giving said after the race that it would add 10 per cent to all donations made on its website on 23 and 24 April after people experienced problems with its website during the event.

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The Teenage Cancer Trust was named in April as the charity partner for next year’s London Marathon, with a fundraising target of £1.5m.

The mental health initiative Heads Together, which is backed by charities including Mind, YoungMinds and Calm – The Campaign Against Living Miserably, was the official partner of this year’s race.

Next year’s marathon will take place on 22 April. A record high of 386,050 people applied for a place through the public ballot.

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Macmillan Cancer Support’s income rises by £17m to reach record high

The charity’s accounts for 2016 also show that income from legacies increased by 20 per cent

Macmillan Cancer Support’s income rose by approximately £17m to reach a record high of £247m in 2016, its latest accounts show.

The charity’s accounts, which were released last week and cover the year to 31 December 2016, showed income grew by 7 per cent to hit £247m, compared with £230m the previous year.

The charity’s spending also increased by more than £5m from £240.5m to £245.6m in 2016.

Income from legacies also rose by more than £13m, up 20 per cent from £63.9m in 2015 to £76.8m in 2016.

The accounts say that it expects that £35m of the legacy income accrued will be received within the next year.

Overall income from donations, excluding legacies, also increased from £151.1m to £156.5m, according to the accounts.

This meant that the charity had a surplus for the year of £6.2m, and cited a “very strong income performance in the latter part of the year” as a key reason for its record income.

MacMillan’s total funds also rose from £58.1m to £64.3m in the latest accounts.

The charity’s chief executive, Lynda Thomas, saw her income rise from within the £160,001 to £170,000 wage bracket to between £170,001 and £180,000, the accounts show.

Total earnings for Macmillan’s executive team, including pensions, benefits and termination payments, were almost £1.3m compared with £929,000 the previous year. 

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BBC Children in Need 2016 raised a record £60m

The 2016 BBC Children in Need appeal raised a record £60m, the charity announced today.

The sum beats the previous record of £56.9m, which was raised by the 2015 appeal.

BBC Children in Need has enjoyed almost non-stop growth this century. The 2000 appeal generated £20m; by 2010 the amount had climbed to £37m. Since then the sum has gone up every year except two, despite austerity.

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The 2016 appeal, in which £46.6m was raised on the night, also a record, included the introduction of a £20 text-to-donate code, as well as new content provided through VR viewers.

The charity currently supports more than 2,400 projects.

Simon Antrobus, chief executive of BBC Children in Need, said: “The impact this incredible amount of money will have on some of the most disadvantaged children and young people is hard to put into words.”

Highlights of the 2016 campaign included fundraising efforts spearheaded by Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2, The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge on BBC One and a concert in honour of Sir Terry Wogan, the former long-term presenter of the appeal who died in early 2016.

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EDRC Press Release (3/30/17) – EDRC Announces Winners of 2017 Every Body’s Beautiful Writing Contest with a Record Breaking Number of Participants!

EDRC Announces Winners of 2017 Every Body’s Beautiful Writing Contest with a Record Breaking Number of Participants!

Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC) is pleased to announce the student winners of its eighth annual Every Body’s Beautiful Writing Contest. The contest gives middle and high school students the opportunity to address self-love, self-acceptance, and the media’s effect on body image. A local high school videography class will make videos of the first-place winning entries. Through this, we are involving more young people in the topic and the creative process, as well as bringing the message into a medium more likely to be widely used and shared by today’s youth.

This year we received over 200 student entries from 35 different middle and high schools. Our esteemed participants shared what beauty means to them and how the media affects their body image. Judges included Peter Tavernise, Cisco Foundation; Munira Nasser Webb, Cisco; Allison Bennett, Peachjar; Matthew Wilson, Bay Area News Group; Louise Persson, AAUW Strong Girl’s Conference; and Laurie Kelm, FASS Services.

First, second and third place winners for each category will receive cash prizes of $300, $200, and $100, respectively in the next month. Special thanks to this year’s sponsors; Palo Alto Medical Foundation and the Santa Clara County Library District.
3rd Place: Anonymous, Grade 8, Venture Academy

“Each time that she looks at herself today,

she vows to find something nice to say.

She won’t break herself down any longer

or make the cruel dragon any stronger.

She’s waited too long for a prince to swoop in,

not realizing that true love comes from within.

Now, she’ll rewrite the fairytales on her shelf

so the princess can finally save herself.”
– Excerpt from our first place High School Winner, Sean-Yuei Tseng

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