UK Games Expo Charity Policy
UK Games Expo supports charity. We do this by direct donations to our chosen charities.
In addition some events and groups attending the show may be supporting separate charity efforts.
Our Charity Groups in 2024
These groups will receive direct contributions from UKGE.
UKGE tends to choose smaller charities were contributions make a direct tangible difference.
Williams Montessori School Foundation
Acts as a school, teaching over children from the local community in Ghana. The school teaches over 60 children. 20 of the children are also being housed at the school, some of them because they have been abandoned and others because the travel is too far.
The school teaches children up to secondary school level. The state then provides education up to school leaving.
The school needs to raise funds for the purchasing of books, computers, beds and the general upkeep of the building.
SUDC
- SUDC is Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood.
- It is a term used when no causes of death is found.
- 5 to 6% of deaths in childhood are attributed to SUDC.
SUDC UK is a charity dedicated to:
- Raising Awareness of SUDC.
- Funding Research into SUDC
- Representing families
- Influencing National policies and services
You can find out more about this charity on www.sudc.org.uk
We are not accepting more applications for 2023.
Sources of charity donations
Our sources of charity donations comes from these routes:
The profit from the Bring & Buy (we charge a commission on items sold on the Bring & Buy).
The commission on the Maths Trade Run by Playtest.
Cosplayers may also collect via buckets on the fronts of daleks etc. from space we will allocate them.
All these donations will be given to these charities. These proceeds are declared by UKGE in our company returns.
In 2023 we gave over £23,200 to charity.
Who handles the contributions?
This year we have appointed officials to oversee the donations and handing onto Charitable Organisations.
Can my charity attend UK Games Expo?
We sometimes get approached by Charities wanting to set up a stand at the Expo. We usually decline such approaches. Why?
Our best way to help charities is to be focused and support 2 or 3 defined charities via the above routes. If the hall has loads of stalls for this charity and that charity visitors can easily become annoyed and develop “charity fatigue”.
Often Charities sell materials utterly unrelated to Games and game related products. Our policy on trade stands is that we are a games convention and that we book stands for companies selling games and products related to games and the games genres.