Monthly Archives: October 2012

NOW THEN, NOW THEN – Sir Jimmy Savile

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Charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile, who died last year and was given a lavish funeral, was also a paedophile who used his celebrity status as the BBC’s top presenter to prey on young girls for sex, some pre-teen.

This was the thrust of an ITV Exposure documentary this month, The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, that featured a number of women who claimed that they had been abused by Savile, some in his BBC dressing room, when they were very young. Since the programme was aired a plaque to Savile in Scarborough, where his mother lived, was defaced and subsequently taken down, and there have been calls in the press for him to be stripped of his knighthood. Continue reading →

SAVE THE (UK) CHILDREN

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Some donors to the Save the Children charity have withdrawn their financial support following the charity’s upcoming campaign to help children in poverty in the UK.

The donors are apparently upset that modest funds, around £500,000, are not being spent in Africa, Asia and South America. According to the charity around 3.5 million children in the UK are already in poverty, with one in eight of the poorest going without at least one hot meal a day, and one in seven going without a warm winter coat and new shoes when they need them.

Meanwhile in one of the 120 countries in which Save the Children operates, Pakistan, the government has ordered its staff to leave, claiming that they helped CIA agents to find and kill Osama Bin Laden, an allegation denied by the charity.

SAVE THE SUICIDAL

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Around 3,000 middle-aged men kill themselves every year, with men in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s from disadvantaged backgrounds being at ten times more risk than those from higher socio-economic groups.

This is a finding from Samaritans, the help-line charity, which warns that the decline in manual labour and the loss of a job has robbed some men of their identity, and sense of pride, power and control, aspects that many more are now facing alone, reluctant to seek help.

Samaritans are working with Network Rail in a five-year partnership to reach out to the vulnerable group and reduce suicides on the railways.

A LESSON

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The former £41,000 a year campaign director for the League Against Cruel Sports, Steven Taylor, has been jailed for eight months for defrauding the charity of £15,000 with his company credit card.

Taylor,36, had previous convictions for obtaining property by deception and forgery, aspects that were unknown to the League when they took him on, based on excellent references, in 2009, something the League says should stand as a lesson to all charities.

One of the hundreds of frauds was the purchase of an iPad as a leaving present for an outgoing chief executive, for which Taylor used his company credit card and then pocketed the cash donations from staff.

BADGER-KILLING COMING

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A cull of Britain’s badgers, based on the claim by farmers that it will halt the spread of TB in cattle, is being piloted in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset, with farmers given licence to shoot them by the government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.(DEFRA) If the cull does stop the spread of TB then it will be extended to other areas of the UK.

Opposing the cull the RSPCA is urging consumers to boycott milk from west Somerset and Gloucestershire farmers and to avoid visiting and thereby commercially supporting the areas.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) claims that unless it’s members were allowed to kill badgers the price of milk would go up, the same argument as used by the farming fraternity to defend factory farming.

DUCK THE ISSUE

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Meanwhile the cruelty suffered by farm-reared ducks deprived of any access to water, around two-thirds of them currently, is also giving the RSPCA cause for concern.

There are no legal requirements for ducks , which are water fowl, to be given open water to bathe in, and neither the British Poultry Council nor the National Farmers Union have sensibly made this a stipulation for humanely rearing the birds.

In a recent YouGov survey of 2,212 people more than 80% said that they had never thought about how farmed ducks were reared, and 80% that they agreed with the statement “I am appalled that ducks farmed for their meat never get access to bathing water”.

EAT UP

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One interesting charity idea using the web is Casserole, which puts those who can’t easily cook for themselves in touch with those prepared to cook a little more and deliver it.

Cooks who are preparing a meal for their family post details of what they are cooking and when on the Casserole website and can then be contacted by local elderly people wanting a nutritious meal delivered.

The scheme was set up by social media consultancy FutureGov as part of a Government-funded initiative Tomorrow Together.

CHARITY VENUE IN WATERLOO

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The Waterloo Conference Centre, Sandall Street, London, SE1 8UJ, is contained within the Unoin Jack Club, a service charity supporting the armed forces.

There are 280 bedrooms across 10 types and 12 meeting and conference spaces for 12-140 delegates, all with charity rates offered. Options for private dining are also available.

Tel 020 7902 6000 email [email protected] www.ujclub.co.uk

(Note. See also Event Organisers Update, August issue, for review of food. www.seoevent.co.uk)

Charity Matters October/November 2012 ISSUE 45

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NOW THEN, NOW THEN Charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile, who died last year and was given a lavish funeral, was also a paedophile who used his celebrity status….

SAVE THE (UK) CHILDREN Some donors to the Save the Children charity have withdrawn their financial support following the charity’s upcoming campaign to help….

SAVE THE SUICIDAL Around 3,000 middle-aged men kill themselves every year, with men in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s from disadvantaged backgrounds being at ten times….

A LESSON The former £41,000 a year campaign director for the League Against Cruel Sports, Steven Taylor, has been jailed for eight months for defrauding the charity of….

BADGER-KILLING COMING A cull of Britain’s badgers, based on the claim by farmers that it will halt the spread of TB in cattle, is being piloted in west Gloucestershire and….

DUCK THE ISSUE Meanwhile the cruelty suffered by farm-reared ducks deprived of any access to water, around two-thirds of them currently, is also giving the RSPCA….

EAT UP One interesting charity idea using the web is Casserole, which puts those who can’t easily cook for themselves in touch with those prepared to cook a little more….

CHARITY VENUE IN WATERLOO The Waterloo Conference Centre, Sandall Street, London, SE1 8UJ, is contained within the Unoin Jack Club, a service charity….

SAFE INVESTMENT? An interactive webcast focussing on safe charity investment is taking place live at 3.00pm on Wednesday, October 18th and presented by Third….