Tag: One World Charity Challenge
Ballakermeen team wins hotly contested One World Charity Challenge
A team from Ballakermeen High School representing the Koru Hospital Fund in Kenya were the victors in this year’s One World Charity Challenge, winning £2,500 for their chosen charity. But competition among rival schools was so strong, the remaining finalists were all awarded runner-up status in what was an impressive night of presentations held recently [...]
Overseas Aid Committee pledges support to One World Charity Challenge
The One World Centre is pleased to announce the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee has pledged £10,000 to this year’s One World Charity Challenge. The funding will be added to a grant of £11,500 from the H&S Davidson Trust giving a total of £21,500 to be distributed between the 28 charities being represented by [...]
UK YPI director impressed by One World Charity Challenge
Among the guests at this year’s One World Charity Challenge (OWCC) finals was Alex Reynolds, director of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) at the Institute for Philanthropy in London. Mr Reynolds attended the event at the invitation of Hugh Davidson, chairman of the H&S Davidson Trust, sponsor of the challenge that has been running [...]
QE II High School triumphs in OWCC finals
A student team from Queen Elizabeth II High School representing the charity Send a Cow has been awarded the Frances Davidson cup and £2,200 in the 2011 One World Charity Challenge final. An equal sum was awarded to a team from Isle of Man College, representing Grace Third World Fund. Send a Cow, a charity [...]
YPI director to attend One World Charity Challenge awards ceremony
Director of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) at the Institute for Philanthropy Alex Reynolds is to attend the finals ceremony of the One World Charity Challenge in March. Before joining the Institute in London in 2009, Mr Reynolds was education adviser at CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) where he designed and [...]
