Entries for the R750 000 Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award (DBUAA), which is open to Cape Town-based projects that benefit communities and local residents by improving their surrounding urban environments, close at 4pm on Friday 24 February 2012.
9 Feb 2012 13:43The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is gearing up for its 9th annual Shavathon, which takes place from 1 - 4 March 2012. Last year, the initiative raised R7.1 million with the help of volunteers at 250 shopping centres and 220 workplaces.
6 Feb 2012 23:26
CSI Golaganyang, a two-day conference to be held at the Madiba Halls in Potchefstroom on 14-15 March 2012, will have as its focus 'Unite in Social Change'. An estimated 100 grant makers and approximately 300 non-profit institutions are expected to attend.
1 Feb 2012 12:35To raise funds in support of the Newborns Groote Schuur Trust, 1800 Degrees at Cape Royale is offering a five-course wine-paired menu, auction, lucky draws, goodie bags and live entertainment, with TV and radio personality, Liezel van der Westhuizen, as MC on Valentine's Day.
31 Jan 2012 12:36
In an effort to improve the quality of life in the world, Unilever announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday 27 January 2012 the launch of the Unilever Foundation, which through the provision of hygiene, sanitation, access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition and enhancing self-esteem will deliver sustainable change worldwide.
30 Jan 2012 10:46
BiC has committed to donating at least one million pens to disadvantaged learners in March 2012, via its 'Choose BiC and Change a Future' campaign, which has over 20 different products carrying a campaign sticker. Each time one of these packs is sold, the company donates a pen to a disadvantaged child. The READ Educational Trust will distribute the pens to more than 200 000 schools.
24 Jan 2012 10:04Tuffy is partnering with the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PFSA), which aims to combat short-term hunger in schoolchildren and in doing so promote their learning and potential. The organisation was established in 1958 and over the past 53 years has provided 1.3-billion meals to children in need.
17 Jan 2012 09:58R2 from each sale of Kauai's new Upbeet Berry Smoothie, which promotes healthy skin from the inside out, will go to Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), as part of both organisations' bid to make more South Africans be good to their skin this summer.
5 Dec 2011 11:15
The fifth international Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, worth R750 000, has opened for entries from projects based in the Cape Town metropolitan area that meet the criterion of benefiting urban communities and local residents by improving their urban environments. Entries close at 4pm on 24 February 2012 and the award will be presented on 19 April, in Cape Town.
2 Dec 2011 11:42A large Christmas cracker, measuring 1.5 by 6 metres, has been positioned at the Wheel of Excellence at the V&A Waterfront to encourage visitors to bring along toys, which they can donate by placing them through a shoebox-sized slot in the cracker. All the toys collected will be donated to the Tehillah Community Centre in Elsies River.
2 Dec 2011 10:46
A national fundraising initiative, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, has made Christmas giving easier this year by substituting expensive trinkets with creative, meaningful and original gifts that keep on giving.
17 Nov 2011 15:23
Ciro partnered with Protea Hotels to supply a range of coffee products to prepare espresso-based hot and cold beverages served to guests who attended a series of 'High Coffee' events countrywide, in support of the PinkDrive in October 2011.
16 Nov 2011 10:09Along a bustling stretch of Soweto's Chris Hani Road, you can't miss the rectangular wooden structure with four perfectly mowed soccer pitches. This is the Nike Football Training Centre. The state-of-the-art facility is a honing ground for aspiring young South African soccer players.
10 Nov 2011 14:49The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is calling on all South Africans to join them in their BPA Baby Bottle Exchange & Recycling Project. The new law just passed by the government stops the importation, distribution and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles containing BPA with immediate effect, but this still leaves millions of BPA baby bottles in circulation used by mothers unaware of the health risks.
10 Nov 2011 10:13
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