MORE QUESTIONABLE CHARITY ETHICS Charities that seem to be run for the benefit of direct marketing firms, rather than those the charity is supposed to be helping, have …

TRUST THE TRUST? The National Trust, Britain’s largest charity with more than 4 million members has been accused of hypocrisy over its sales of greenfield land for building …

GOOD COUNTRY, US The Good Country Guide has placed the UK fourth in a list of 163 countries for its high contribution to the common good of humanity. The guide ranks …

CASH GRAB BY CHARITY Donors allowing charities access to their bank accounts to collect agreed donations may wish to revisit the wisdom of this after charity Concern …

DANGEROUS ELECTRICAL FAKES If you’ve bought, either knowingly or unknowingly a counterfeit electrical product in the last twelve months you are in the company of 2.5 …

SOMEONE WILL LOOK AFTER THEM The actions of an unmarried woman in Newcastle who has had seventeen consecutive children taken into care over the last …

RETAIL THERAPY Oniomania, the posh word for compulsive shopping, is as likely to take over and damage the lives of its sufferers as gambling, sex or work addictions …

WELL YOU WOULD, WOULDN’T YOU? Portable loos at the Glastonbury festival are delivering charitable messages from Water Aid to music fans, using the voices of Brian …