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PIPS Hope and Support in Newry is encouraging people to nominate them to be in for a chance to win £1,000 as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards.
Ecclesiastical’s £1million giving programme, the Movement for Good awards, will help charities change lives for the better. Phase one will see 500 charities receive £1,000 while the other £500,000 will be given away later this summer. The winners will be announced between 1 June and 12 June.
It’s quick and easy to nominate your local suicide prevention charity online. Nominations are open until Sunday 24 May and you can vote for PIPS Hope and Support online at WWW.MOVEMENTFORGOOD.COM and scroll down to nominate PIPS inserting the charity no; 102127
Winners will be drawn at random and the more times PIPS Hope and Support is nominated the more chance it has of being selected.
PIPS Hope and Support relies heavily on fundraising and donations to deliver counselling services and educational programmes to individuals, groups and communities. If successful, the £1,000 prize will help the organisation to continue delivering these fundamental therapies to anyone in the community experiencing suicidal thoughts, high levels of anxiety, poor mental health and those bereaved by suicide.
PIPS Hope and Support is encouraging everyone to use their social media channels to ask people to vote for them to give the charity the best possible chance of winning.
Padraig Harte, PIPS Hope and Support’s Fundraising Coordinator is encouraging everyone to take 30 seconds out of their day to vote for PIPS Hope and Support and to urge their family and friends to do the same. “PIPS Hope and Support, as many people know relies heavily on fundraising and donations. Unfortunately, many of our fundraising events for the year have been postponed or cancelled putting a significant financial strain on the organisation and the services we may be able to deliver in the future. We would love for the community to get behind this initiative and cast their vote online for PIPS Hope and Support. This prize is an opportunity for PIPS Hope and Support to begin to recover donations lost due to the current pandemic’ We also take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported our charity to date.
Mark Hews, Group CEO of Ecclesiastical, says: “We’re delighted to announce the launch of Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards for the second year running. The coronavirus is having a major impact on charities and many are facing financial difficulties. Our Movement for Good awards will continue to help charities at a time when they need it most and we know that for many charities, £1,000 can make a real difference.
“We were thrilled to receive so many nominations from the public last year and this year we are encouraging even more people to nominate a good cause. Ecclesiastical is a unique financial services group. We are owned by a charity which means all available profits can be given to the good causes that are so important to our customers. As a company whose purpose is to contribute to the greater good of society, charitable giving is at the heart of our business.”e winners will be announced between 1 June and 12 June.
For more information visit www.movementforgood.com
