Charity sector specialist recruitment website CharityJob has handed £10,000 each to five good causes.

Cancer Support UK, Street Doctors, RSPCA Stort Valley, SUDEP Action, which is the only UK charity to support people whose family and friends have died from an epilepsy related death, and Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM National) are sharing the £50,000 on offer from the recruiter.

It said that 1,400 small charities had applied for a share of the pot.

This latest funding award takes the total the recruitment website has donated to good causes to £1.6m. This has involved awards to 127 different charities.

“These are very worthy charities, and we’re delighted to support their work,” said CharityJob founder Raya Wexler.

“Fundraising is tougher than ever for the charity sector, so we were focused on making sure our donations went to charities who could make the best use of our gift. Each organisation was clear in how they would utilise the funds, so we’re looking forward to seeing them put their plans into action.”

She added: “It’s always a huge honour to be able to give something back to the charity sector. It is thanks to our recruiter clients who support and trust us with their job advertising and enable our company to regularly donate to worthy causes.”

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