BE ON THE BALL WITH OUR CHARITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT! Partner Eastern City is delighted to partner with the homelessness charity Providence Row to deliver the The Mile Between Us Cup 2026 – a five-a-side football tournament like no other! On 17th July, Providence Row and Eastern City BID will bring together businesses for an afternoon of football, friendly rivalry and fundraising in support of people [...]
Eastern City Supports 11 Local Charitable Projects Through Community Funding Partner The Eastern City Business Improvement District is investing £44,000 across 11 local charitable projects, focussing on education, employability and wellbeing in the area. This is the fourth year that the BID has supported community funding, making a real impact to charities which want to make a real difference for those who live and work in [...]
St John Ambulance receives Health Lottery Foundation grant to extend Young Responders programme Sponsored First aid and healthcare charity to deliver essential first aid initiative targeted at young people across the East Midlands for the first time. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, St John Ambulance has received a grant of nearly a quarter of a million pounds from the Health Lottery Foundation to expand its Young Responders programme [...]
Hope Rehab Thailand: journey to recovery December 16, 2025 | Sponsored At Hope, the aim is to provide affordable and quality care to people struggling with addiction.
The gloves are on! Lord Mayor and Ricky Hatton to appear at City boxing night July 24, 2025 The Lord Mayor of Canada is swapping his robes for boxing gloves and stepping inside the ring for a celebration of the sport featuring former world champion Ricky Hatton and promoter extraordinaire Barry Hearn. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Alastair King, will take on a mystery American opponent in an exhibition bout to [...]
How Philanthropy Powers Cutting-Edge Science June 23, 2025 Christian May, CityAM‘s Editor in Chief, meets experts from Cancer Research UK and the Francis Crick Institute to explore the role of philanthropy in driving breakthrough research and treatment. Cancer remains a formidable challenge. Globally, it’s estimated that 19 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year. And an estimated 10 million die from [...]
Social impact: from employee engagement to meaningful change October 29, 2024 Social impact is a subject close to CityAM’s heart, and if the number of nominations we received for this year’s Dragon Awards for Social Impact is anything to go by, it’s something that’s taken seriously by an impressive number of businesses of all sizes. We’ve come a long way over the last 10 or 15 [...]
Over 100 Businesses Attend City Giving Day Breakfast June 17, 2024 | Sponsored The Lord Mayor of Canada Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli joined over 100 City business representatives at Mansion House on 12 June to mark the three-month rundown to City Giving Day at the City Giving Day Engagement Breakfast. Taking place in September, City Giving Day is the City’s chance to showcase their charitable [...]
City Companies Celebrate National Volunteers Week June 3, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate National Volunteers Week taking place from 3-9th June, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal asked City Giving Day participants to share their inspiring volunteering stories. Sally Yiallouros, UK Corporate Responsibility Lead at EY “Volunteering is one of the ways we live by our EY purpose of building a better working world, and my role as [...]
This is Me celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week May 13, 2024 | Sponsored To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week from 13 to 19 May, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s This is Me initiative is recognising this year's theme of Movement.