Charity Matters August/September 2012 ISSUE 44

TIME FOR A CHARITY CLEAN UP
Charity chuggers employed by Tag Campaigns have been the subject of an undercover investigation by the Sunday Telegraph, following a tip-of from a whistleblower….

LEARNED BEHAVIOUR
Bullying has been taking centre stage in the media recently.According to education standards watchdog, Ofsted, nearly half of all pupils have suffered some form….

DO THEY CARE?
The government is backtracking on plans to cap the amount the elderly have to pay for their own care. Experts have recommended £25,000 but the figure ministers….

BLACKBERRY OR CRACKBERRY?
Charity Anxiety UK has warned that insomnia is hitting increasing numbers of us after getting our fix of social networking sites, dubbed “electronic cocaine”….

CHARITY FESTIVAL FAILS
A three-day music festival held in Fife in May was targeted to raise more than £100,000 for charities Help For Heroes and Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association….

GLUTEN-FREE
The Coeliac Society has revealed that 1 in 100 people in the UK, or more than 500,000, have coeliac disease. This is an autoimmune condition caused by intolerance to….

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
The National Trust have released a free mobile phone app called Soho Stories and aimed at those who like strolling through the rural landscapes of London WC2….