Charity

Travel Counsellors team hike three peaks in two days for charity

The group braved the weather on Saturday (24 June) and hiked Scafell Pike before heading to Snowdon, completing the hike in five hours

Sandals team to tackle 100km Antigua charity challenge

The team will run 100km around Antigua in October to raise vital funds for sick children in the Caribbean

Panache Cruises pledges £5,000 to local crowdfunding campaign

The campaign hopes to raise £30,000 for the Adlington Cricket Club and as of this week, has achieved £20,000 from donations

Cruise line’s Antarctica camp-out helping fight climate change

The line’s ’camping for climate’ fundraiser raised €371,482 for sustainability campaigns

'Agents choosing between heating and eating', warns Abta LifeLine

The charity says funding “has never been more needed” amid the cost of living crisis

World Travel Holdings team to tackle Yorkshire Three Peaks

Staff at the cruise agency are raising money for a local hospice and the World Wildlife Fund

Agency helps raise more than £120,000 for Cancer Research UK

West Kilbride’s LAH Travel sponsored an annual gala dinner alongside Classic Collection

‘Only by joining forces, can we build a more compassionate industry’

"The pandemic really brought home the importance of mental health and wellbeing"

South Shields to host raft of events to remember Chloe and Liam

Nearly 200 businesses, schools and organisations in the local area have signed up to take part in events on the day in honour of the young couple killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing

Intrepid Foundation charity projects grow with 22 new NGO partnerships

The foundation has partnered with 22 new local NGOs spread across six continents, including Vietnam-based Vun Art as well as Mexico’s Gastromotiva

Abta LifeLine urges industry to support its latest tropical charity day

Director Trudie Clements has invited the wider industry to support Abta LifeLine on 15 June, its charity day, by wearing tropical clothes

Travel United Cup calls teams to the home of English football

Charity industry soccer tournament needs players to compete at England training ground

‘Travel's true value lies in its gifts that last a lifetime’

Does the industry need a new way of communicating the impact and value of tourism?

TreadRight Foundation partners with rewilding organisation

It is the first project the foundation has announced since it shifted focus to supporting nature-based solutions in support of its three pillars of "Planet, People and Wildlife".

"This Earth Day’s theme is ’invest in our planet’ and TreadRight is pleased to partner with Trees of Life, a strong nature-based solutions charity working to tackle the overlapping nature and climate emergencies and create a cascade of benefits for people," said Shannon Guihan, TTC’s chief sustainability Officer and head of The TreadRight Foundation.

Travel Village and Royal Caribbean pick 50kg of rubbish from Blackpool beach

The Travel Village Group and Royal Caribbean teamed up with Blackpool Council to tidy up the town’s beachfront

Imagine Cruising supports Parkinson’s runner's 970-mile challenge

Imagine Cruising chief executive said that 65-year-old Neil Russell was an inspiration for many due to “his grit, unwavering determination and passion for life”

'In travel, we can't afford to keep overlooking our social impact'

’Many organisations are focused on measuring their environmental impact, but can the same be said for social performance?’ writes Abta LifeLine director Trudie Clements for TTG

EasyJet relaunches Unicef Ukraine appeal onboard flights

The appeal looks to provide urgent support for those impacted by the ongoing conflict

Inspire to host 2023 conference at children's charity retreat

The group will ask delegates to give a minimum donation to Reuben’s Retreat rather than pay a fee to attend

MSC partners with conservation union to restore coral reefs

The MSC Foundation and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) confirmed their partnership during Monaco Ocean Week

Celestyal pledges percentage of shore excursions to earthquake relief

The line has pledged to donate some of the proceeds from sits hore excursions to help those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last month

Travel told it can make 'enormous difference' to water awareness

People in the travel industry can ’make an enormous difference’ for people without safe access to water, said Just a Drop founder Fiona Jeffery

Just a Drop debuts #WalktotheWell water awareness campaign

The #WalktotheWell campaign challenges people to follow the journeys women without access to water have to make each day through what is understood to be the longest-ever Twitter thread

Watch a BA jet race a rowing boat for Comic Relief challenge

Could the GB Rowing team compete with an Embraer 190 aircraft?