by daniela | Aug 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
What made the London Marathon of 2016 special? His excellency Ambassador of Latvia Andris Teikmanis was fundraising for GfL by running there! £2,300 have been raised, thanks to 45 donors from UK, Switzerland, Canada and USA. Your last year’s donations helped to...
by daniela | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
A typical donor does not await a “thank you” for his donation, but Giving for Latvia fundraisers have been sending very personal greetings to their supporters via most amazing postcards from across the world: – Faroe Islands postcard from Alex and...
by daniela | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Given the size of donations we now attract annually, during 2015 we got officially registered as a charity with the UK Charity Commission. The total amount of financial grants distributed by GfL since inception now aggregates to over £25K. Almost 5 tonnes of donations...
by daniela | Jul 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hip, hip, hurray to our pioneer fundraiser! Alex Prokofjevs grew up in Kraslava and has been living and working in London for a while. End of June he went to Midnight Sun Marathon in the Norwegian town of Tromso, the city located in the polar circle (where sun...
by daniela | May 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Annual Charity Ball and Auction in London have turned into a tradition that “Giving for Latvia” volunteers hope to uphold for many years to come. The latest event held in May 2015 raised a solid £4,500 towards the children’s and young mother’s...
by daniela | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Crisis centres in Latvia utilise various ways to raise money, including applying for various EU grants (up to EUR 50,000 per grant that can be spent to buy furniture and educate staff, etc.). Such funding applications need to be submitted in English and subsequent...
