MEASURE OF EVIL
Those charities concerned with the victims of violence will be interested in a recent experiment which proved, once again, that a majority of people will inflict pain on….
JAIL FOR CHARITY DIRECTOR
The director of The Fair Project, a drugs charity educating youngsters about the dangers of drugs has been jailed for three years, for supplying drugs….
EVENTS HIT
Charities are having to cancel fundraising events due to a lack of corporate support in the current downturn. (Event magazine)….
CHARITY LOSES
Historic Royal Palaces, the charity responsible for Hampton Court Palace has lost its fight to oppose the building of a four storey riverside hotel on a derelict site directly….
CHARITIES WIN
Following the withdrawal of support from the RSPCA and the PDSA the Kennel Club is to change the breed standards that the charities found cruel to some breeds. The….
A TOUCH OF DEL
Actor Sir David Jason, well-known as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses and Inspector Frost in A Touch of Frost, but not so well-known as a keen helicopter pilot, has….
A TOUCH OF PROFLIGACY?
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has drawn criticism for sending three delegates to a three-day medical conference in Melbourne at a cost of £3,000 each….
A TOUCH OF CRIMINAL WASTE?
According to the Conservatives a quarter of all the millions raised by the National Lottery goes to funding the 2012 Olympics, or the administrative costs of public….
HELP FOR SMALL CHARITIES
An organisation providing free help to small charities with problems has been set up for those with under £1 million donation income….
VIRTUE ONE REWARD
Some charities, and those donating money to them are benefiting from the temporary and miserly cut in VAT….
UPCOMING EVENTS
o Decentralisation in England – Opportunities for the Third Sector conference.
o Strategic Fundraising Management conference….
AND FINALLY …
It’s a bad idea to start a year with resolutions that are hard to stick to….