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Car Donation For Charity

Tuesday 21st March 2023

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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Saturday 18th March 2023

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Suicide Crisis – Featured Charity

Saturday 18th February 2023

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Earthquake Appeal Results!

Saturday 14th May 2016

The 25th April 2016 marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating Earthquake that hit Nepal where thousands were killed and millions of people across Nepal were left homeless, including more than 1,100 Gurkha veterans and widows. Giveacar teamed up with The Gurkha Welfare Trust in 2015 in order to rasie vital funds to be able to assist them to help the earthquake victims in remote areas across Nepal. Their aid includes providing medical care, distributing emergency supplies and constructing temporary shelters. Over the past year, Giveacar have been asking the public to donate their old or unwanted vehicles to the […]

ABF The Soldiers’ Charities time as a feature charity has now come to an end

Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Over the last 12 months, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity has been one of our feature charities. It has been a great success and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with them. We are very proud to say that we managed to raise a grand total of £3,593 from the donation of 48 cars. The ABF Soldiers’ Charity let us know exactly what this money can do for them, making a real difference to the amazing work they do. Based on the average grant amount of £902, the £3,953 that we managed to raise for The ABF Soldiers’ Charity ensures that at […]

Earth Day 2016

Monday 22nd February 2016

Today marks the day of Earth Day , which is a day to celebrate the planet and all the wonderful natural things that it’s made up of. Earth Day first began in 1970, making this year its 46th year anniversary. It began in order to encourage people to be more environmentally friendly. It’s supported across the world including a string of celebrities such as Emma Watson and Leonardo Di Caprio. Earth day is a chance for people to do various activities related to putting good back into the Earth. These activities can include planting trees, reducing the amount of energy […]

Feature Charity British Heart Foundation Final Beat

Sunday 31st January 2016

Over the last 12 months British Heart Foundation have been a feature charity with Giveacar. It has been a great success, the partnership helped raise awareness about the great work that they do at British Heart Foundation and the general work of Giveacar. Not only has the partnership been great for raising awareness, but there has been a real increase in car donations, which is fantastic. Since British Heart Foundation became a feature charity, an amazing £17,079.94 was raised through the donation of 250 cars! It’s always really rewarding to hear what the money raised through Giveacar has been able […]

Brixton Soup Kitchen Christmas Showcase & Party Fundraiser

Wednesday 16th December 2015

Get down to The Prince of Wales this Sunday to support Brixton Soup Kitchen’s Christmas Showcase & Party Fundraiser. Brixton Soup Kitchen are raising funds for their Hats, Scarves and Sleeping Bags outreach campaign this winter. They are hosting their Christmas Showcase and Party Fundraiser in The Prince of Wales, from 7pm – 1am. Event Information They will have some very special guests performing such as Rough Copy and Randy Valentine plus many more. Later on they will have various guest DJs to go into the night. Throughout the evening there will also be secret Miss Santa, Give-a-ways, Christmas Hamper […]

The Stroke Association – Our New Featured Charity!

Monday 2nd November 2015

Giveacar is excited to announce that our new feature charity is The Stroke Association. The Stroke Association has been a registered charity with us since the very beginning, so we felt that it was about time to raise awareness of the amazing work The Stroke Association do by making them one of our feature charities. Every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That’s one stroke every three and a half minutes. Most people affected are over 65, but anyone can have a stroke, including children and even babies. Due to improvements to stroke care over the years, […]

Free Tea & Coffee Morning

Wednesday 7th October 2015

On a cold and bright October Morning, Giveacar set up a little stall outside Asda, in Clapham Junction ready for their free coffee and tea morning to help promote their partnership with Brixton Soup Kitchen. Giveacar have teamed up with Brixton Soup Kitchen, a brilliant homeless charity who are registered with Giveacar, in order to try and raise enough money to buy them an outreach van. Both Giveacar and Brixton Soup Kitchen were handing out free tea and coffee in personalised take away cups to let the early commuters know about the project and encourage them to spread the word […]

Your Old Cars have provided Clean Water

Monday 14th September 2015

In 2015 The Chibozu Community Trust registered with us at Giveacar. The Chibozu Community Trust are a small charity who work to improve local education, healthcare, and the environment in Zambia, Africa. The charity was Founded by Milden and Catherine Choongo in 2009 and The Chibozu Community Trust’s activities are based around the rural village of Simooya in the Choma District of Zambia. The Chibozu Community Trust is a small charity that relies on donations in order for them to continue the great work that they do. Donations through Giveacar, by scrapping and auctioning cars from across the UK have […]

Children’s Hospice Week

Tuesday 12th May 2015

From the 11th – 17th May it is Children’s Hospice Week, and it’s a time to raise awareness, do some fundraising for children with life-limiting conditions and the services, like children’s hospices, that support them. Here at Giveacar we have nearly 20 charities dedicated to Children’s Hospices, so this week we are encouraging you to donate your old or unwanted cars in aid of Children’s Hospices across the UK. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of: What life is like for families caring for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, To improve the public’s understanding of the […]

World Ovarian Cancer Day

Friday 8th May 2015

Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day, a day dedicated to creating and raising awareness about ovarian cancer. Ovarian Cancer has the lowest survival rate of all gynaecological cancers and is the fifth most common cancer in women. It is diagnosed annually in nearly a quarter of a million women globally and is responsible for 4,200 deaths in the UK each year. Very few people are aware of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, and that is one of the reasons behind World Ovarian Cancer day. The most common signs and symptoms of Ovarian Cancer are: Persistent stomach pain Persistent […]

Free T-Shirts!

Thursday 11th August 2011

Our friends at Indigo Clothing, market leaders in the UK T-Shirt Printing industry, kindly offered us 5 free t-shirts recently. Earlier this year we were also donated a free laptop from KPMG. Another company also offered us a printer recently. This social enterprise is run on a shoestring, so these little things really help and are really appreciated!