LETHALLY SWEET
Charity Diabetes UK has warned that if current trends continue 60% of men and 50% of women will be obese by 2050, with the majority having type two diabetes, which can….

YOUNG WOMEN SKIPPING CANCER TESTS
A poll by the Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust charity has found that 40% of women fail to take a potentially life-saving test, citing “difficulty of missing work” as the cause….

HOSPITAL STING
Hospitals in England are being attacked for their high car-parking charges, usually 60% higher than those paid to councils by shoppers. Hospital parking is free in Scotland….

GIVE A LITTLE MORE
Consumers are to be asked to donate more to good causes when they use a credit or debit card, or a cashpoint….

BBC CHARITY ATTACKED
An investigation by the Daily Telegraph has found that the BBC’s charity, the BBC World Service Trust, is giving more than £15 million a year of UK taxpayers money….

SOME BELATED COMMON SENSE
Charity shops are now to be spared some of the excesses of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) according to employment minister Chris Grayling, who says he….

WRONG NOTE
A rare book of sheet music of six sonatas by Mozart was given to Oxfam and then withdrawn from auction when the donor advised the charity that the donation was….

GET TECHNICAL
The NFP Technology Exhibition, featuring new technology for the not-for-profit sector, takes place on Thursday 29th September at the Business Design Centre, Islington….

IT’S ONLY A GAME, ALASTAIR. UNLIKE IRAQ…………
Amusing to note that Tony Blair’s puffer, Alastair “mass destruction” Campbell, pushed and shoved another player in an altercation at a recent charity football match….