CHARITIES are joining forces to shine the spotlight on awareness and fundaising for good causes.

Hundreds of charities are coming together to celebrate the start of the national charity campaign #UKCharityWeek.

#UKCharityWeek is a campaign designed to give people an opportunity to place awareness and fundraising for charities high on the national agenda, and at a time of the year when people are statistically at their most giving.

#UKCharityWeek is always held within the first full week of December, which this year is December 3 to 9.

Last year the campaign reached 92,999,791 timeline deliveries making it the most successful charity social media campaign the country has ever had.

#UKCharityWeek founder, Lee Rayment told us: “We want everyone to put their differences and their brand egos to one side to come together and get behind our nation’s charities. Whether you are an individual, a charity, a business or governmental organisation, this is the week to collectively say thank you to those people in society giving their all for their respective good causes.

“No organisation is too big or too small. Charity comes in many forms and sizes, but the human race is one, let’s come together and proudly celebrate our efforts if only for a week.”

There are many charity fundraising and awareness events taking place all across the country this week. This year some themes for each of the days have been established to give the public some structure to their activities.

For further information about #UKCharityWeek, visit: www.ukcharityweek.co.uk.

You can also follow the #UKCharityWeek hashtag on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.