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My, we’ve grown!

Its official.  Like a beautiful spring flower, we’ve blossomed and grown recently. We’re delighted to welcome two new members to the team; namely Jo Laker, our new Fundraising Manager and Barbara Howland, our new Grants Administrator. This gives us a more focused approach to fundraising and communications and gives us more potential for more events, more fundraising, developing social media and the opportunity to tell you more about what, how and why we do what we do. For more information on all the members of The Body Shop Foundation team, check out http://thebodyshopfoundation.org/what-we-do/meet-the-team/.

New website alert!

Crossroads Care South Central (CCSC) exists to provide home respite support to unpaid carers living in West Sussex and Hampshire. We gave them £10,000 through our Local Community Grants Programme to enhance their IT systems, including their online booking system.  Its


Sahara Challege News: hear all about it here!

And they are off! Our intrepid adventures/trekkers/fundraisers arrived at Ouarzazte, Morroco late on Saturday 25 Feburary to start the over 100 km in aid of WaterAid. Day 1 saw a journey into the Sahara, followed by a 2 hour training walk to


Sahara Challenge 2012 : meet the trekkers

Over the past 5 months, we’ve been bowled over by the support that our 30 intrepid trekkers have received for the Sahara Challenge 2012. Massive thanks to EVERYONE who has helped, donated or assisted in whatever way – you’ve all


The Body Shop Foundation Christmas Raffle – the winners

Thanks to EVERYONE who brought a ticket and to the wonderful Tracy Lees for arranging this – it was a festive success! As requested, pleasase find below the list of winners – all of which should have been contacted by now. If


Sahara Challenge 2012: new addition to the team!

He’s a man who likes a challenge, he’s a man who totally endorses the company values, he’s a man keen to tackle the sand dunes for charity – ladies and gentlemen, we give you a last minute new addition to


Job Opportunities at The Body Shop Foundation UK

Every year, The Body Shop Foundation funds a global variety of charities, all working for positive social and environmental change. We are able to support these small – but vital – community funds through a number of initatives, thanks in large


The Body Shop Foundation Impact Report 2010/2011

Please find attached The Body Shop Foundation’s Impact Report for 2010/2011 for your information and pleasure : impact-report-final ‘Information’ because it is jam packed full of facts and stats about the impact and success of the grants awarded over the last


NEW exciting opportunities!

The Body Shop Foundation is the charitable trust of The Body Shop International.   We give money to innovative, global projects working for social and environmental change. Since 1990, we’ve funded over 2,500 projects around the world, donating just over £18.3 million. We


Update: Award Winning Southern Task Educational Trust (STET)!

MASSIVE congratulations to a project supported recently by The Body Shop Foundation – step up award winning Southern Task Educational Trust! STET aims to educate and train young people in vital work and life skills, by arranging work experience placements.