Valentine’s Day with a charity twist: the round up

It's Valentine's Day and a lot of love is being shared both for and by charities, so here's a round up of some of the activity.   Charity appeals https://twitter.com/CRASHcharity/status/1095976387788320768 CRASH Have A Heart Appeal CRASH, which helps homelessness and hospice charities with construction related projects, is asking people in the construction industry to wear red on Valentine’s Day in support of its Have a Heart Appeal and make a donation to the charity to help it continue its work.   https://twitter.com/BHNFTCharity/status/1095969497398329344 Barnsley Hospital Charity Tiny Hearts Appeal Barnsley Hospital Charity is asking people to support its Tiny Hearts Appeal with a donation. The appeal launched in September 2014 to fund a new neonatal unit, and with this now open it continues to fundraise to upgrade to the state-of-the-art equipment needed to enable the Special Care Baby Unit team to continue their work.   https://twitter.com/KidsforKids/status/1095583373475627008 Kids for Kids Give a Goat Kids for Kids is suggesting giving a goat to a family in Darfur as a Valentine’s gift. The charity loans goats to families in need and provides a range of other help including health care, veterinary care, and water.   https://twitter.com/MindCharity/status/1095955852006178816 Mind With today not the easiest of days for many, Mind is offering its support.   https://twitter.com/SSAFA/status/1095975989480431622 SSAFA With 11,000 members of the Armed Forces not at home today, SSAFA has made a special Valentine’s Day message with some of the men and women currently serving away.   Some charities are using the day to say thank you: https://twitter.com/charitywater/status/1095854872229040129 https://twitter.com/GOSHCCEvents/status/1095979397587353601 https://twitter.com/SailorsSociety/status/1095973837211136001     A range of retailers and other organisations are supporting and raising funds for charities:   https://twitter.com/LucyThorpe1/status/1089933525950914562 https://twitter.com/GoodGiftsCat/status/1093469740910153731 https://twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1094895091976687617 https://twitter.com/WaltersofOxford/status/1095956056490926080 https://twitter.com/CottleEmily/status/1095980858756993025 https://twitter.com/LboroHigh/status/1095748042383392768 https://twitter.com/AutoWindscreens/status/1095336930005274626   And finally:   https://twitter.com/bernardrossmc/status/1095833125463179264      

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