Nominate a charity to receive a festive financial boost

Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical will be giving 120 different charities an early Christmas gift of a £1,000 donation.

Ten lucky winners will be announced each weekday from 7 to 22 December.

East Cheshire Hospice and The Toy Appeal were the local beneficiaries in 2019, following overwhelming public support in the county.

Once again, Ecclesiastical is inviting Cheshire residents to nominate a registered charity close to their hearts to benefit from this festive financial boost.

It’s quick and easy to nominate a charity online. Nominations are open from 9 November to 21 December and you can vote for your favourite charity at www.movementforgood.com/12days

Winners will be drawn at random – and while it’s not a popularity contest, the more times a charity is nominated the more chance it has of being selected. Ecclesiastical is encouraging everyone to use their social media channels to ask people to vote for their favourite cause to give them the best possible chance of winning.

Last year saw an amazing 140,000 people around the UK support the 12 days of giving Christmas campaign in total, with over 7,100 charitable causes up and down the country receiving votes.

Mark Hews, Group CEO of Ecclesiastical, said: “As a commercial company with a charitable purpose, giving back is at the heart of our business. Our annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign will help charities change lives for the better and we know that for many charities, £1,000 can make a real difference. We’re encouraging everyone to nominate a cause close to their hearts this Christmas to be in for a chance to win a festive financial boost.”

Last month, Ecclesiastical launched its latest Impact Report to celebrate some of the many good causes it has helped.

About Ecclesiastical:

1. Owned by a registered charity, Allchurches Trust, Ecclesiastical is a unique financial services organisation. With its main operations and headquarters in the UK, Ecclesiastical also operates in Australia, Canada and Ireland.
2. Ecclesiastical is a specialist insurer of the faith, heritage, fine art, charities, education and private client sectors.
3. Founded in 1887 to provide insurance for the Anglican Church, the company now offers a wide range of commercial insurances, as well as home insurance, selling through brokers and directly.
4. The Ecclesiastical Group also includes award-winning investment management business, EdenTree Investment Management, which provides a range of ethically screened investment funds.
5. Ecclesiastical is one of the UK’s top five corporate donors to charity in the 2017-18 UK Guide to Company Giving. We have been named Insurance Company of the Year at the Better Society Awards two years running (2016 and 2017) and we are an eleven-time winner of Fairer Finance’s best home insurance provider.  
6. After donating £50m to charity in three years, Ecclesiastical launched a bold vision in 2016 to raise £100m for good causes by the end of 2020. In March 2020, the Group announced it had already raised £96 million towards its target.
7. Many businesses say they are different. Ecclesiastical really is. Find out why here www.ecclesiastical.com/ourstory