Event Organisers Update ISSUE 91 April 2012
Event Organisers Update ISSUE 91 April 2012
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DIRTY MONEY?
One important issue covered recently by Ethical Consumer magazine was that of charities accepting sponsorship money and other support from arguably inappropriate sources.
Cited were examples such as the acceptance of money from Sainsbury’s, which markets a breast milk substitute, by the National Childbirth Trust in 1997, a decision that caused 70 of the trust’s breastfeeding counsellors to quit in disgust and set up their own Breastfeeding Network. Also featured was the National Obesity Forum, which more recently pocketed £50,000 from Coca Cola, despite criticising the government for accepting money from junk food firms to pay for public health campaigns. Continue reading
PAYDAY FOR WHOM?
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has warned that debt charities trying to help people get out of debt are being snubbed by ruthless payday loan companies anxious to make sure they stay in debt.
Tactics used by the loan companies are not answering the phone when charities call to try to improve the terms of the debt, and making it hard for their customers to contact them, to further rack up the already high interest rates. Continue reading
BRAVE NEW WORLD
A stark vision of a miserable future for millions of Britons has been painted by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the National Care Forum (NCF).
A report, A 2030 Vision:Building Communities and Environments to Support People to Live Well and Die Well warns that 2030 will bring an increase of people aged 60 and over to nearly 20 million. This means more people living longer with chronic life-limiting conditions, more living alone and more without state support owing to the increases in state pension age. Continue reading
DEAR DIARY……….
A charity worker who stole a total of £2,127 over two years from the Cancer Research shop where she worked was caught and convicted when police found her diary, in which she had detailed her thefts.
Susan Barcock, 52, of Warrington, Cheshire had her house searched by police looking for evidence of her theft of £6,356 from a 78 year-old widow suffering from dementia. Police found her diary, which contained such entries as: “I was in charge at C Shop and it was a good day for me £91 Oh yes” and “Bloody good day at shop £213. Man brought bag of coins in – £75 for shop £35 for me, well I had to count it”.
Barcock was given a four month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, a six month curfew order, a 12 month supervision order and an order to pay £250 compensation
BANKER MAKES GOOD
Those who consider all bankers are greedy and selfish types whose only objective is to line their pockets at the expense of the rest of the community should heed the heartening example set by former banker Gary Downie of Chester.
Downie has spent £10,000 of the cash he earned as a banker setting up a charity, StreetKleen, to clear up dog-fouling in the Broughton area of Chester, where he lives and has children at school. Dog faeces pose a serious health risk to children and many dog-owners in the area do not pick up the mess their dogs drop, despite laws obliging them to do so. It is hoped that the charity will expand across the UK.
Charity Matters Apr/May 2012 ISSUE 42
DIRTY MONEY?
One important issue covered recently by Ethical Consumer magazine was that of charities accepting sponsorship money and other support from arguably….
PAYDAY FOR WHOM?
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has warned that debt charities trying to help people get out of debt are being snubbed by ruthless payday loan companies….
BRAVE NEW WORLD
A stark vision of a miserable future for millions of Britons has been painted by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the National Care Forum (NCF)….
DEAR DIARY……….
A charity worker who stole a total of £2,127 over two years from the Cancer Research shop where she worked was caught and convicted when police found her diary….
BANKER MAKES GOOD
Those who consider all bankers are greedy and selfish types whose only objective is to line their pockets at the expense of the rest of the community should heed the….