PennyAppeal News

At Penny Appeal, we are always delighted to find out the varied ways in which our supporters raise money for our appeals and we are often amazed by their imagination and ingenuity.

Penny Appeal is delighted and proud to announce the opening of its first orphanage.

Over the course of 2012, we are asking people to support our Clean Water Appeal by Running for Water! Anyone can support our the appeal; just sign-up for you local fun-run, 10k or Marathon, set-up a JustGiving page and join our fund-raising team!

It's the time of year when most of us resolve to lose weight, quit smoking, or get back into the gym, but one Swansea man has made a resolution that he hopes will make a difference to thousands of people around the world.

UK-based charity Penny Appeal is delighted to name Furqan Naeem as its Campaigns Director. This is a new position within the charity, and underscores Penny Appeal's ambitious plans for the coming year.

Today Penny Appeal re-launches the Real Change section of the website to provide supporters with detailed information on the ways in which the charity is helping the children and communities that it supports.

Everest Base Camp trekker, Ishtiaq Hussain, is inviting supporters and friends to the Deaf Eid Festival at Walsall Deaf Centre on 19th November 2011. Ishtiaq has organised this fundraising event to help him reach his target of £3,500 ahead of his extreme trek in December in aid of Penny Appeal's Rebuilding Pakistan Appeal.

A deaf trekker is hoping to drum up cash for charity by taking on the world's highest mountain. Istiaq Hussian, 37, is limbering up for a climb to Mount Everest's Base Camp in aid of Penny Appeal's Rebuilding Pakistan Appeal.

Britain's Got Talent entrant, Don the Whistler, and his wife Thelma, have kindly donated £1,600 to Penny Appeal's Rebuilding Pakistan Appeal. This generous donation will build a house for victims of the Pakistan floods and will be dedicated in memory of John and Brenda, Thelma's brother and sister-in-law.

A Bradford-based film-maker has decided to take on the ultimate challenge in the name of charity. Twenty-eight-year-old Atif Mahmood from Lidget Green, Bradford will be one of 12 people hiking to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. This extreme expedition is being organised by the charity Penny Appeal and is in aid of victims of the 2010 Pakistan Floods.

The Mind Body & Spirit Charity Fair, which took place at Bradford Playhouse on Saturday 17th September, has raised a total of £1007.15 for Penny Appeal.

Thanks to the generosity of Penny Appeal’s supporters, the charity has raised a total of over £65,000 in its Ramadhan fundraising drive.