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Add comment March 28th, 2007

One in Four SSIA Holders will Donate part of their windfall to Charity

One in four SSIA holders will donate some money to charity when their savings scheme matures, according to a recent survery carried out by the research company AskChilli, on behalf of the Little Star Fund charity. Surprisingly, men are more likely to donate part of their SSIA to charity than their female counterparts. Here are some of the results:

23% of SSIA holders intend to give some of their SSIA to charity
Men (29.8%) more likely to donate part of their SSIA to charity than women (21.6%)
Charities SSIA holders will most likely donate to:
- Children’s charity - 42%
- Third World charity - 37%
- Cancer research - 32%
- Homeless charity - 24%
- Other - 18%
- Disabled charity - 5%
- Aids research charity - 0%
95% of people stated they would donate to charity if they won the Lotto
54% of those surveyed held SSIAs
347 people were surveyed for this research

Conor Byrne of the Little Star Fund charity said: “The generosity of Irish people is well recognised around the world when it comes to charitable giving. It is encouraging to see that some people are thinking about giving a little of their windfall to help those less fortunate than themselves.”

Add comment October 16th, 2006

Ray D’Arcy’s Marathon Challenge

Ray Darcy Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy will be running the 26 mile Dublin City Marathon (October 30th) in aid of Little Star Fund. Ray is calling on all his listeners to Sponsor him for the Marathon and by supporting Ray listeners will be in with a chance to win €5,000.

What you have to do is guess how long it will take Ray to complete the marathon and text your answer to a premium rate number. Texts cost €1.25 with €1.00 from every text going to the Little Star Fund.

So how long will it take a 42 year old man to run 26 miles on fairly level terrain in medium-bad conditions?

Text RAY followed by your guess in hours, minutes and seconds to 57082.

Add comment September 28th, 2006

Standard Life Running for Little Star Fund

Standard Life have chosen Little Star Fund as their charity of choice for the Dublin City Marathon with ten employees running in aid of Little Star Fund. Standard Life has also offered to double the money their employees raise for Little Star Fund. Many thanks to Standard Life and their staff who are running for the Fund.

Add comment September 18th, 2006

FAI Pepsi Max Camp

The Little Star fund would like to extend a big thank you to the FAI who donated 2 tickets for 2 children to attend teh FAI pepsi golden camp. These places were not for sale. They are exclusive to the Little Star Fund campaign. They are selected through competitions that have been running on local radio and in the Daily Star and cannot be bought. It is the only camp that is officially recognised by the FAI. All coaches are official FAI coaches.

Add comment September 14th, 2006

European Freight Forwarders Association name Little Star Fund as Conference Charity

The European Freight Forwarders Association held its annual conference in Dublin in August. The Little Star Fund was nominated by the host country as the local charity that delegates should support. Contributions were sourced from delegates and the Association put an advert in Air Cargo Week as well as link to the Little Star Fund website. We would like to send out a big thank you to the Association for raising money and awareness for the Little Star Fund Campaign.

Add comment September 4th, 2006

Companies can help Little Star Fund too

Although the Little Star Fund was set up to encourage SSIA holders to make donations to the four leading children’s charities, Irish companies can help too. Companies can publicise the fund to their staff through email, the company website or staff publications. Companies can also run fundraising days or match employee donations from their SSIA accounts. If you want to talk to someone at Little Star Fund about getting involved email info@littlestarfund.ie

Add comment July 13th, 2006

Penfolds Team up with Little Star Fund

The first 100 donors to the Little Star Fund every month will go into a draw to win a case of Penfolds wine, worth over €220. Donate now and help your wine cellar as well as the Little Star Fund!

Add comment July 7th, 2006

Thank You!

Everyone in Little Star Fund would like to thank all their supporters:

Standard Life
Limerick;s Live 95FM
Galway Bay FM
The Daily Star
LMFM
Cork 96FM
International Marketing Journal
Beat 102-103
BMS
AIB
The Clarence Hotel
Findlater Grants
Mr Jim Bartley
Mr Mark Cagney
Mr Ray Darcy
Ms Aoife Kavannagh
Mr Sean Mooney
Midas Productions
Pembroke Communications
QMP Publicis
doopdesign
Mr Bryan Cullen

The work of the fund is not possible without their suport. If you would like to help the fund raise money for seriously ill children please contact us or donate now.

Add comment June 26th, 2006

Little Star Fund Questions Whether SSIA Windfalls Will Benefit Charities in Ireland

The Little Star Fund charity has questioned whether good causes will suffer in the next 12 months as businesses target consumers with SSIA windfalls.

An estimated half a billion euro is set to enter the economy in June as the first SSIAs mature, approximately the same amount as the Irish population gave to charity in 2005. In January 2005, the Irish Mortgage Corporation conducted research that found that of those with SSIAs, only 0.7% plan to give some of their windfall to charity - some 7,700 of the 1,100,000 SSIA savers.

The Little Star Fund consists of Ireland’s four largest charities for seriously ill children working together for the first time. Barretstown; Our Lady’s Hospital for Children, Crumlin; Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght are appealing to SSIA holders to donate a small portion of their windfall to help thousands of sick children and their families all over Ireland. The charity is asking for just a once-off donation - not a long-term, monthly standing order commitment.

Conor Byrne, a LSF spokesperson said: “We know from previous research on charitable giving that the majority of Irish people give money to one or more charities a year and the average is about €15 a month. If every SSIA holder made a once-off donation of €15 to the Little Star Fund, we’d collect a massive €16.5 million which would make a huge difference. We would just ask that people remember us if they’re planning on donating a small portion of their cash windfall to charity.”

Last year approximately 119,000 children in Ireland benefited from the services provided by the three children’s hospital and Barretstown. Donations can be made via the charity’s website - www.littlestarfund.ie or by visiting any AIB branch or by posting a cheque to PO Box 10481 Dublin 12.

Add comment May 30th, 2006