Information for Journalists
Charity Link is delighted to help journalists with features on poverty and welfare issues.
Charity Link CEO Mrs Susan McEniff is available for interview regarding the charity’s work and the surrounding issues.
Charity Link may also be able to provide links to those who have benefitted from its support and who are happy to speak regarding their own experiences of poverty and hardship.
For further information please contact:
- Susan McEniff, CEO: susan.mceniff@charity-link.org Tel: 0116 222 2212
- Rachel Markham, Marketing and Fundraising Manager: Rachel.markham@charity-link.org Tel: 0116 222 2217
Our latest news releases can also be found below.
There are also regular updates on our work and activities and responses from our CEO to new reports and activities in the latest news area.
"It’s fantastic to see all the ways the community comes together to improve the lives of people in need. From undertaking challenges, to dress-up days, quizzes, raffles and cake-bakes, to donating, setting up a regular gift, volunteering or spreading the word, it all helps to ensure people living in hardship are warm, safe and fed and have the basics in life that we all deserve."
16th October 2025 120 people who took on Charity Link’s Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge on Sunday 28th September have now raised over £19,000 in sponsorship. By unlocking funds from charitable trusts, this will enable the charity to provide £95,000 of…
Read MoreWalk 16 miles for local people in need by taking part in Charity Link’s tenth anniversary Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge
Date: 8th July 2025 Charity Link, a charity based on Millstone Lane in Leicester city centre – which will be marking its 150th birthday in 2026 – is looking for people to take part in its tenth anniversary Leicestershire 3 Peaks…
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6th June 2024 Leicester city-based organisation Charity Link, which provides essential items to people in hardship and crisis across the county, is hosting its first dedicated ‘Day of Giving’, on Friday 21st June and is looking for people to get…
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Local charity, Charity Link, is looking for people to join it for a ‘Friday night out with a difference’ as it launches its Sleepover 2023 event, taking place at Stoughton Grange Farm Park near Oadby on Friday 10th November. The…
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Mrs Henrietta Chubb JP, High Sheriff of Leicestershire 2023/24, is taking on the 16-mile Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge on Sunday 24th September to help raise funds for Charity Link – a local charity she has chosen to support during her…
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[Release issued by CURVE – 16th December 2022] Curve has partnered with local organisation Charity Link to share a magical Christmas experience with Leicestershire children and families. Working together for the fourth year, Curve presented a special performance of festive…
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Charity Link, a Leicester-based charity supporting people in hardship and crisis, is appealing for guests to join its annual ‘Sleepover’ on Friday 11th November. The event will raise desperately needed funds to help the charity support an increased number of…
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The Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge, a 16 mile walk around scenic Charnwood organised by Charity Link, has helped to raise over £11,000 to provide essential items to local families who are struggling during the cost of living crisis. 120 challengers…
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Charity Link, a Leicester-based charity supporting people in hardship in crisis throughout Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, has appointed Susan McEniff to the new role of CEO to help drive the charity forward as it heads towards its 150th year…
Read MoreLeicester charity hopes Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge in September will smash £60,000
Charity Link, a Leicester-based charity supporting people in financial hardship throughout Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, is inviting people to take on its annual Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge on Sunday 18th September. The 16 mile Challenge starts and finishes at…
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Charity Link contact details for publication:
Website: www.charity-link.org
Tel: 0116 222 2200
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In the past six months together, we have helped 2,231 people and children and distributed £561,347 of essential items, including:
That's 1202 items to help improve vulnerable people's lives.
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In the past six months together, we have helped 2,231 people and children and distributed £561,347 of essential items, including:
59
565
420
57
That's 1202 items to help improve vulnerable people's lives.
644
491
"For me in these tough times you have been a huge help. I am extremely grateful – without you guys I would have really struggled. Thank you.”
