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Brighton Marathon Fundraiser at HM Revenue & Customs, Worthing

Our volunteers & supporters never cease to surprise us.  Not content with training during in all weathers, through injury and slotting in with a heavy work schedule, they are fast becoming fundraising gurus extraordinaire! Take Philippa Challis and Alan Scott for example.  They asked if they could hold a Glee type bake sale to raise money for their Brighton Marathon targets. Here’s an update from the lovely Philippa, explaining the team effort behind the fundraiser. (PS If you haven’t eaten yet, this is going to make you REALLY hungry….) This was certainly one amazing effort. We needed clearance from senior management to run

CITIES Update : News from Born Free Foundation

Just minutes before they entered the debating chamber, delegates from the African Elephant Coalition, representing the majority of African elephant range States, were inspired by the huge vote of support from 500,000 people around the world, organized by Born Free


Cool Running Ramblings : 23 March 2010

Only a month to go Lummy cripes!  When did that happen?  Only four weeks left to get the last training runs in, try out my new Body Shop Foundation running top (ahem, any sign Adelle?) and co-ordinate my race day outfit


Pop on your party hats and celebrate our 20th birthday year!

We LOVE 1990 It takes us right back here in the Foundation to a time when heroes were in a half shell, when poor Kevin got left home alone and the Simpsons turned the whole world yellow. And us?  We were pulling


Update from Borneo Orangutan Survival

In November last year, we awarded a grant of £5,000 to the Borneo Organgutan Survival for their work. Here’s an update of exactly where that funding went and what it meant to the organisation and the wildlife that benefitted from it. borneo-orangutan-survival


And the winner is…..

I’m delighted to let you know that Alina Florea, Marketing & PR Manager from The Body Shop Romania was on hand to pick up an award given to The Body Shop Foundation recently. Viitor Plus, gave us an award to The


Cool Running Ramblings : 8 March

Will he won’t he? Hello fellow foundation fans!  I wasn’t able to write a blog last week because life, as it has a tendancy to do sometimes, got in the way so I have two weeks of running to catch up