Charity Matters Aug/Sep 2016 ISSUE 68

FREEING THE SLAVES A rocketing number of UK slavery victims were helped out by the Salvation Army, more than 1,800, between April 2015 and March 2016… 

ASSISTED DYING LEGALISED The Canadian Senate has passed new laws allowing doctors to actively assist terminally ill patients to die, if it is their wish…

ABUSE OF TRUST A respected funeral director has been given a 15 month suspended sentence for stealing at least £14,000 donated to charities by grieving families…

DRUNK? The British Council, patron the Queen, has distanced itself from abusive and foul-mouthed remarks about Prince George made by the charity’s £80,000 a year Head …

MORE SICK HUNTERS Following the needless death of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe last year by killing-for-fun American dentist Walter Palmer, another brave American hunter …

AND A SICK SLAUGHTERHOUSE OPERATIVE Covert filming by animal rights charity Hillside Animal Sanctuary at the Staffordshire slaughterhouse of “high class” family …

CORPORATE NEUTERING Large conservation and wildlife protection charities such as Friends of The Earth, World Wildlife Fund, World Animal Protection and Greenpeace…

NEW POWERS AFFECTING CHARITIES The Charity Commission is being given new powers by the Cabinet Office to discipline charities and their trustees, planned to be …

CHARITY RIDE A 13 year old boy has taken the ultimate London Tube challenge – visiting every one of the 270 stations in a day to raise money for charity Bloodwise, after…

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