BBC LET DOWN CHARITIES AND CHILDREN
The BBC, as readers will know, has admitted deliberately deceiving viewers by featuring fake competition winners on charity fundraising programmes Children in…

NEW BIG CHARITY HITTER
The richest man in the City, Peter Cruddes of financial trading group CMC Markets is to donate £100 million of his £1 billion + fortune (10%) to charity. (Daily Telegraph)….

DON’T GET ME STARTED
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is to survey people’s views as to what social evils are most damaging to today’s society….

YOUNG CHALLENGE FOR THREE PEAKS
A 13 year old boy is set to climb the three peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, a total of 11,179 feet in three days. (Daily Telegraph)….

LIVE HUMBUG
Following the involvement of pop singer and cheer leader Madonna in the recent Live Earth concert her charity, The Ray of Light Foundation, has been criticised for its….

THE NEMESIS OF SHODDY MARKETING
The number of households that do not want to receive telemarketing calls from charities or anyone else has now reached 14.5 million. (Third Sector)….

OUR LEARNED FRIEND
Ex prime minister’s wife Cherie Blair’s name-dropping made toe-curling viewing during her BBC documentary The Real Cherie Blair, according to the Evening Standard….