Charity Matters Dec/Jan 2010/2011 ISSUE 34

HELP THE GOVERNMENT
Everyone should routinely give 10 % of their estate to charity when they die. This is the view of the current Coalition, which wants to encourage more philanthropy from….

GOVERNMENT VERSUS CHRISTIANS
A charity, The Christian Institute, is funding the legal fees of the West Country guesthouse owners who are being taken to court by the government’s Equality….

£1.2 MILLION LEGAL BILL FOR RSPCA
The RSPCA has lost its legal battle to keep a £2 million estate left to it in a will….

GETTING MORE MONEY FOR DRUGS?
Drug addicts are being paid by an American charity to undergo sterilisation….

CHARITY BOXES STOLEN
Thieves stole charity boxes for the Royal British Legion, Macmillan Cancer Support, Action Research and Help for Heroes on Remembrance Sunday in North….

A BIT ON THE SIDE?
Family charities have condemned US company Ashley Madison, which makes its money from running a contacts website for those wanting to have affairs….

CHARITY PAYS THE PRICE
Charities hoping to get a favourable rate for their fund-raising events from charitable Charles Saatchi’s epomymous art gallery venue off Sloane Square might want to….

FREE SEMINARS FOR 2011
The free seminar programme for the Charities and Associations Exhibition (CHASE – London, February 22/23) has just been announced….