KILLING FOR PLEASURE AN ELECTION ISSUE?
The League Against Cruel Sports has been censured by the Charities Commission for “party political activity” in criticising the Conservatives for wanting to repeal the ban….

TRUST DISSOLVED
A trust set up by a former campaigning police officer, the Victims of Crime Trust, has been voluntarily dissolved after it failed to account for hundreds of thousands of….

WHO CARES WINS?
Women are 10% more productive when their work involves something they care about, wheras men showed no increase when working for a cause….

GOD BLESS CHARITY
A millionaire businessman is giving most of his accumulated wealth to charity, with a stipulation that half of it is invested in the Catholic Church….

PR FOR BANKERS
Those who feel that “charitable bankers” is a contradiction in terms might be cheered to note that some are giving a little of the money they’ve stolen from the poor to charity….

MORE DEBT COUNSELLING
Meanwhile, and nothing of course to do with the above item, a record number of people contacted the Consumer Credit Counselling Service last year….

CHEAPER IF CHERIE DOES IT?
The Cherie Blair Foundation For Women, a charity set up by Cherie Blair, has spent nearly as much on expensive female staff as it has on good causes for women….

IT CONFERENCE
A one day conference, Strategic Development through Technology for Charities and Associations takes place at the QEII conference centre, London on Wednesday….