A number of charities that have criticised decisions made by the NHS watchdog the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to deny patients access to expensive drugs have been funded by pharmaceutical companies.

A report by The Independent said that the National Kidney Federation, Beating Bowel Cancer, The Arthritis and Musculo-Skeletal Alliance, The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, The Alzheimer’s Society and the Royal National Institute for the Blind had all received six figure sums from pharmaceutical companies in 2007.

The charity Crisis Counselling for Alleged Shoplifters has blamed the rise in theft from shops by young girls on our “affluent, too much too soon” society.

According to the charity’s head Harry Kauffer “They only want the well-known brands. When money gets tighter they still want the same things, and if they can’t get them one way they’ll get them another”. Continue reading →

A vicar has refused a donation because the charity golf and dinner event raising the money features “bunny girls” in high heels, stockings and bunny ears and tails handing out champagne to the guests. (Metro).

Following complaints from some parishioners the Reverend Peter Wood, vicar of Cambourne, Cambridgeshire has refused the money saying that clergymen cannot be seen to be associating with such an enterprise. The organisers of the event, due to be held at a local golf club, have described the church as “living in the dark ages”. Continue reading →

A new internet dating site has been launched for those working in the non-profit sector and anyone else “interested in making the world a better place”.

Signing up, and the search facility is free. Membership, which gives communication with other members, costs from £9.99 for one month to £19.99 for three months.

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