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27 June 2017

The Story of How The Philippine Community Fund Became Purple

When we first started our Philippine project in 2002, it was always our hope that we would be able to raise money in the Philippines to support the work we started and eventually turn over the management of the project to the local board of trustees. In 1996 Jane Walker (founder and CEO) was ...

5 June 2017

PAWA Life Transformation Program

This excellent programme has been designed by PCF Philippines in partnership with Pan-Asia Women’s Association (PAWA) and it is a resounding success. The programme began in April and will finish at the end of July. 50 female public school students living in Baguio have been enrolled onto the ...

5 June 2017

Thank you, Margaret Curness & PCF Scotland

To celebrate Volunteers Week and show our gratitude, this month we wanted to feature some of the amazing work done by Margaret Curness and her family and our growing number of supporters up in Scotland. Margaret is a long standing supporter of PCF and has been making it her mission to spread the ...

5 June 2017

Please stop collecting Food Tin Ring Pulls

We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued and valued efforts collecting ring pulls and other items for us. However, we most highlight again that we are NO longer accepting food tin ring pulls - this includes pet food tins. Unfortunately we have had to cease ...

27 April 2017

Awards for All – Big Lottery Funding for Cross Border Stitchers UK

We are pleased to confirm that we were successful in receiving a grant from Awards for All (Big Lottery) to fund our Cross Border Stitching project in Southampton. This project enables us to support 17 female asylum seekers and migrants develop new skills and gain qualifications. Although our ...

27 April 2017

Garden Opening for PCF

We would like to extend our thanks to Mary Cooper of the Inner Wheel of Crewkeme who as well as being a PPS (Purple Product Seller) for us will also be opening her garden to raise funds for PCF under the Hardy Plant Society 60th Anniversary Gardens Open scheme. Mary as International Service ...

27 April 2017

Inner Wheel Club of Redditch’s Pudding Club for PCF

Pat Pritchard has kindly written a few words for us about the evening... The Ladies of the Inner Wheel Club of Redditch decided to hold a Pudding Evening to aim to raise £1000 for the PCF. On the evening we had 60 people;my husband who is a retired headmaster MC'd the evening for ...

30 March 2017

Join the Purple Movement by becoming a member of the PPS Team

We really need more of you lovely lot to join us and help us sell our beautiful upcycled handcrafted products. Being a Purple Product Seller or as we like to call them PPS is easy, fun and changes lives. Even if you don't think you have time to become a PPS perhaps you know someone else ...

30 March 2017

Purple Upcycling Scheme

upcycle ˈʌpsʌɪk(ə)l/ verb gerund or present participle: upcycling reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. As many of you know we have an ongoing recycling scheme which we now prefer ...