NOT WANTED HERE
Charities campaigning for the end of the barbaric and ignorant abuses of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Forced Marriage (FM) in the UK have had considerable support…

BAIT
Animal welfare charities are concerned about the increased use of live cats, foxes and badgers as “bait” to give pit bulls and other dangerous dogs their first taste of blood …

MORE OFFENDING BY SAVILE
New research by the NSPCC indicates that the number of abuses by the late Sir Jimmy Savile was at least 500, with most victims being aged 13-15 and the youngest allegedly …

VOLUNTEER CRISIS FOR CHARITY?
The National Trust, the UK’s largest charity, is facing a growing crisis as its army or 70,000 volunteers gets older and weaker, and as visitor numbers increase and opening…

STUPID MISTAKE
The Charity Commission has expressed its concern that a convicted paedophile and member of the Manchester Moston Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses was …

ARTIFICIAL LIFE-SAVER
A ground-breaking study funded by Diabetes UK has established the value of a strap-on artificial pancreas in treating Type 1 diabetes. The device, which monitors blood sugar…

ANXIETY AWARE?
The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) has warned that anxiety is a mental health problem that is now felt a lot, or all of the time, by one in five people, with nearly 50% generally…