Charity Matters Oct/Nov 2010 ISSUE 33

SERIOUS HURT FOR THE OVER- 75s
The over-75s in the UK will be the hardest hit of any group by the cuts in government spending….

CHARITY IN CHINA
A Chinese millionaire has pledged all his wealth, currently estimated at more than £280 million to charity, and is making it his mission to encourage other rich Chinese to be….

BIG ONE
The 2010 Virgin London Marathon raised £50.6 million for charity….

SAVING GAME BIRDS FOR THE GUNS
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has revealed an increase in the illegal poisoning of endangered birds of prey by gamekeepers, working on behalf….

CHARITY AD BANNED
An advertisement claiming that donations to an animal welfare charity would help British troops in Afghanistan has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)….

ALL STARTED IN A CHARITY SHOP
Sir Norman Wisdom, the successful screen comic who died recently aged 95, got his uniform for his unique eternal schoolboy character from a charity shop in….

KING’S CROSS FOR PRINCE CHARLES
The Prince of Wales is to move a number of his charities, some of which are paying high rents in expensive and fashionable parts of London, to cheaper offices in….

RISE OF UNUSUAL EVENT VENUES
When event organisers choose a venue the need for it to be unusual is becoming more important….

UPCOMING EVENTS
o The Digital Fundraising Conference takes place on 18th November 2010 .at the QE11 o The Charities and Associations Exhibition 22/23rd February 2011….

SADDO AT MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL
An official from Milton Keynes council hid in a bush with a sound meter to try to prove that the PA system being used at a charity fundraising event was too loud….