Insurer Ecclesiastical returns with £1 million giveaway to charities

» FOR the third year running, Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is giving away £1 million to charities with the return of its Movement for Good awards.

People in Gloucestershire can now nominate a cause close to their hearts for a potential £1,000 award to help make a difference. Five hundred charities will each receive £1,000 during the first phase of the campaign.

A second phase of giving will happen later this summer.

Since the initiative began in 2019, nearly 7,000 Gloucestershire residents have nominated causes they care about, leading to the Movement for Good awards gifting £34,000 to charities across the county. Dean Farm Trust, Cirencester Opportunity Group Limited and Teckels Animal Sanctuaries were among the beneficiaries, following overwhelming public support.

The nomination process is open until June 13.

Winners will be drawn at random and the more times a charity is nominated the more chance it has of being selected.

You can vote for your favourite charity online at movementforgood. com

Mark Hews, group chief executive of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, said: “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, the fourth largest corporate donor in the UK, 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.”

» Winning Gloucestershire charities from 2020:

» Youth@heart – youthatheart.co.uk

» Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters’ Network – breastfeedingsupporters.org.uk

» Vale Wildlife Hospital – valewildlife.org. uk

» Wellchild – wellchild.org.uk

» New Start Cat Rescue – newstartcatrescue.org.uk

» Teckels Animal Sanctuaries – www. teckelsanimalsanctuaries.co.uk

» Together in Matson – timatson.co.uk

» Read Easy UK – readeasy.org.uk

» Winston’s Wish (A Grief Support Programme for Children) – winstonswish.org.uk

» Dean Farm Trust – deanfarmtrust.org. uk

» Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter – gawa.org.uk

» Cirencester Opportunity Group Limited – opportunity-group.co.uk

» Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre – glosrasac.org

» Westonbirt Arboretum – fowa.org.uk