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 2023
These groups will receive direct contributions from UKGE.
UKGE tends to choose smaller charities were contributions make a direct tangible difference.
Wyre Forest Food bank
2023 sees a huge cost of living crisis in the country. So we have chosen to work with a Food bank services in Worcestershire (where UKGE has its offices) this year to try and make a difference to families in the area. Since 1999 this has been an established Food Bank which provides a service to the wider community with emergency food packed with items for two to three days depending on people's circumstances.
It is currently managed by John Balcon. The food bank is based out of Franche Community Church. Whilst this is run by a Church, all contributions will go into the efforts of the Food Bank as a separate ring fenced fund for use of the Food Bank. Find out more...
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 2022 we gave over £18000 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.