Monday briefing: How this year’s Guardian charity appeal​ champions the best of British values

Linda Cowie, co-director of The Linking Network and the charity’s board member Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Good morning. On Friday, the Guardian launched its 2025 charity appeal, an annual tradition that brings the whole organisation together to raise money for a cause that is urgent, relevant and rooted in our values.

This year’s campaign focuses on supporting local communities with practical programmes including training people on how to run local campaigns, holding sessions where communities can come together to discuss difficult issues, and pairing groups of 11- and 12-year-olds from different faiths and backgrounds to spend whole days together comparing their lives and discussing stereotypes.