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The Chamber is the largest business representation organisation in the East Midlands. With a growing membership of more than 4,300 businesses, it represents the interests of businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
L-R: Mabel Duncombe (CHICKS), Dawn Edwards (Chamber President), Joanne Burrows (TwentyTwenty)
Charities selected to receive Chamber’s 2020 Charitable Fund
At the Chamber’s Christmas Lunch in December, the 2019 recipients of the East Midlands Charitable Fund received a year’s worth of donations; while three new recipients were chosen for 2020 by Chamber President Dawn Edwards. The East Midlands Charitable Fund has been
running since 2015 and is administrated by Chamber member the Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation. This enables the Chamber to provide a platform to support charitable causes in membership, while also managing all the money safely and within charitable law. Every year, the current Chamber President
chooses charities from across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire – this year at random. The charitable year then runs from November to November, with the final total presented at the Chamber’s Annual Christmas Lunch, where generous attendees also donate to the chosen charities of the following year. The
fund is then split between the organisations. At the Christmas Lunch, the 2019 charitable
fund recipients, CHICKS and TwentyTwenty, received the money raised throughout the charity year; receiving a joint share of £2,429. Dawn announced the beneficiaries for 2020 as
the Chesterfield Canal Trust, The Mighty Creatives and Young Enterprise East Midlands. The donations raised at the lunch, along with others throughout the year, will be presented to these organisations at the Christmas Lunch 2020. Derbyshire-based Chesterfield Canal Trust
aims to promote the full restoration and appropriate development of the Chesterfield Canal, and to campaign for the construction of the Rother Valley Link. The charity is currently campaigning for the full restoration of the canal by 2027, and the donations from the Charitable Fund will greatly help its cause. The Mighty Creatives aim to transform the
lives of young people through arts, culture and creativity.
The Leicester-based organisation targets its
resources to those living in poverty, the most excluded, vulnerable and disadvantaged in society, to help people harness their creativity in order to flourish. The final charity chosen, Young Enterprise
East Midlands, works in partnership with local schools, businesses and volunteers to inspire young people to succeed through enterprise. It aims to ensure young people are equipped
with the life skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed in the working world. Dawn said: “I am delighted that the Chamber is
able to support three richly-deserving charities in their work to enhance our communities and the people within them. “The East Midlands Charitable Fund helps the Chamber, and its members, to assist organisations across our great counties. “I look forward to hearing all about the
fundraising that takes place throughout the year.”
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