GREED NOT GOOD Greed might work for Wall Street but it is not an attractive, nor appropriate, option for the third sector. The Times newspaper has just published its …

WHISTLE BLOWN ON FUNDRAISER A former employee of fundraising firm Wesser has alleged that the company deliberately targets elderly and vulnerable people living …

CHARITY CASUALTIES The chairman of the trustees of the collapsed Kids Company charity, Alan Yentob has resigned his £183.000 job as creative director of the BBC, …

NO MORE HUNT PROSECUTIONS BY RSPCA The RSPCA has said it will stop bringing private prosecutions for cruelty against huntsmen, on the advice of a former …

SETBACK FOR LEAGUE A prosecution of a hunt brought by the League Against Cruel Sports has collapsed after the court heard of the close links between the League’s …

TALLY-HO! Three senior huntsmen at a Northumberland-based hunt have been found guilty of illegal fox-hunting after being chased around the Lowick area by investigators …

INSURANCE ISSUE Male suicide in Britain is being under-reported due to fears that widows could lose out on life insurance payments. This is the concern of male suicide …

PROFITABLE CHARITY Some retailers selling charity Christmas cards are donating less than 10% of their sale price to the charity, according to a recent survey by …

MAKE A MONEY-SAVING RESOLUTION One good New Year resolution most can make is to stop leaving electrical gadgets in standby mode and making the power …

CUT TO THE CHASE?  CHASE 2016, the charities and associations event takes place Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 February 2016 at the Business Design Centre, Islington…

BAGGING A CUT Those wishing to help out our struggling Treasury, along with some charities, should rush out on October 5th and buy up lots of the single use carrier bags …

TREATING DONORS BADLY There is to be a clampdown on charities that sell or swap lists of their donors to be canvassed by others, particularly if they have not had clear …

NOT POLITICAL An independent review of the RSPCA’s prosecution work has concluded that its successful 2012 test case prosecution of David Cameron’s Heythrop …

CRUEL FASHION An expose by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) of the cruelty involved in killing young crocodiles and alligators for their skins has …

FALSE INFORMATION Armed Forces charities concerned about potential loss of donations from air shows in the wake of the recent Shoreham air disaster that killed 11 …

ANOTHER CHARITY VICTORY FOR ANIMAL AID Age UK is to cease funding vivisection and joins the growing list of charities whose donated funds are not used for …

FALLING RETURNS Parachute jumps for charity have come in for some criticism in a new book about charity fundraising. “Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and How …

SOME GOOD FROM SAD DEATH The suicide of poppy-seller Olive Cooke in Bristol in May this year has highlighted the aggressive fundraising tactics used by some charities…

SPITE NOT RIGHT The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a widow broke the law by leaving her entire £489,000 estate to animal welfare charities and nothing to her …

TRUTH TO OUT? The National Association of People Abused in Childhood claim that they are in touch with more than 30 police officers who were ordered not to investigate …

NO MORE CRUELTY AT HALAL ABATTOIR Bowood Farms Ltd, which ran a halal abattoir in Thirsk, Yorkshire where sheep were cruelly treated for fun before being …

KIDS COMPANY FOLDS Children’s charity Kids Company ceased trading on Wednesday August 5 after 20 years, and funding by taxpayers money of £37 million …

GOVERNMENT OUT-FOXED A government plan to effectively bring back fox-hunting in England and Wales has been put on hold. This was an amendment to the Hunting Act …

MORE SICK PLEASURES Meanwhile other killers of animals for pleasure are facing widespread disgust, condemnation, censure and calls for their punishment after Walter …

CHARITABLE? A 75 year-old female volunteer has been sacked from the hospice shop where she worked free for 30 years, because she was uncomfortable about using …

CHEERS! The launch of a beer brand into pubs could generate £1.5 million for Prostate Cancer UK. The Two Fingers Brewing Company, which was set up two years ago …

CHARITIES IN THE DOCK Cases of aggressive and illegal marketing by charities have dominated recent news media, including the pages of specialist marketing magazine …

CHARITY DONATION “ABHORRENT” A donation of £3 million of her £10 million bonus to charity by Harriet Green, former CEO of Thomas Cook, has been described as an …

SOME POLITICIANS IMPRESS Meanwhile some MP’s are donating to charity pay rises that they don’t believe they are entitled to take. Faced with having to accept the 10% …

CHARITY KICKED OUT FOR “SPYING” Seventeen aid workers for charity International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been expelled by separatists from the Ukranian city of …

SENDING MONEY ABROAD? Tightening up on money laundering has caused some banks to pull out of emerging markets, this then making it difficult for charities to send …

NO SACRIFICE? Singer Sir Elton John has topped a list of those giving up a generous proportion of their wealth for charitable causes, having donated £24.1 million, equating …

SO WHERE ARE BODIES BURIED, JACK? One of a number of allegations made against members and past members of the Fiddles in Football Association (Fifa) is…

GERMANWINGS MURDER Male suicide prevention charity CALM has urged perspective over Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who deliberately crashed …

POLICE IN THE FRAME An investigation of accusations that senior detectives at Scotland Yard covered up decades of child abuse, and possibly murder, has been …

ABUSE OF POWER The RSPCA has been accused of abusing its powers by a senior High Court judge after they, with police and officials from Tendring council, raided a …

MUGGING VICTIM’S CHARITABLE ACT A frail and elderly widower who was mugged for £5 has pledged to donate hundreds of pounds sent to him by well-wishers to charity…

JUST TAKING Popular donation site JustGiving has come out badly on a MoneySavingExpert.com comparison website. JustGiving charges a transaction fee of …

GET REGISTERED IN NORTHERN IRELAND Compulsory registration for charities in Northern Ireland has been introduced by the Charity Commission. With an estimated …

TIME TO CHECK? Those running charity shops might want to check incoming items a bit more carefully after an Arizona man bought an old watch for $6 at a Goodwill thrift shop …

MEET THE RACISTS A recent ITV documentary Exposure – Charities Behaving Badly focussed on three organisations enjoying charity status supported by, or supporting …

TIME FOR A RETHINK Four halal slaughter men have had their operating licences suspended after Animal Aid covertly filmed a catalogue of vicious cruelty at Bowood …

ABUSIVE NEIGHBOURS PROMPT SUICIDE A charity worker who had won a string of awards for he voluntary contribution to society killed herself after abuse from her …

FLORIDA FISHERMEN BEHAVING BADLY A Florida animal welfare charity, Save our Seabirds (SOS) has revealed that one of the birds it now cares for is a brown pelican …

THIEVING FROM CHARITIES, AND JAILED A number of individuals have recently been convicted of stealing, or attempting to steal, substantial sums of money from …

DRUNK KILLER OF CHARITY CYCLIST JAILED Bethany Mackie,18, was jailed for five years for her drink-driving causing the death of charity cyclist and father of three …

INSPIRED Suggs, the frontman for the Madness band, was inspired to raise money to fight pancreatic cancer after losing a much-loved sister-in-law to the disease in 2012…

CYBER SICKNESS
The NSPCC, in conjunction with the Royal College of GPs (RCGPs) has issued guidelines to doctors to help them spot signs of cyber-bullying, as well as trafficking …

FLAWED POLITICIANS
World Animal Protection have launched a campaign to end bear baiting in Pakistan. This illegal entertainment involves tethering a bear that has had its teeth and claws removed…

GIVE MONEY FOR MURDER?
The Aid Convoy charity, based in London’s East End, has boasted of raising more than £1 million of aid amidst fears that it, and others, is a cover for foreign fighters to enter Syria …

TRIUMPHS FOR CHARITY
Greenpeace has won two major lobbying campaigns.
o They persuaded LEGO not to renew its contract with Arctic oil driller Shell whereby …

TICKING BOMB?
The Howard League for Penal Reform has warned that prisons in England and Wales are in crisis after losing 9,830 (41%) of their officers due to cuts in the last four years …

HOW MUCH?
More pensioners are risking their health by drinking too much, usually in their homes. According to Alcohol Concern a worrying and increasing number regularly exceed …

GIVE US YER MONEY
A new app that recognises charity logos and makes it easy for donors to donate to their chosen cause without fee has been launched…

GET TRAINED
Six one-day courses in charity governance are now offered by the Civil Society, covering the understanding of governance, finance for trustees, board leadership and chairs …

CUT TO THE CHASE
Visitor registration has just opened for the 2015 charities and association event CHASE, being held February 17 and 18 at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

EBOLA The outbreak of ebola in west Africa, which has already killed more than 4,000 men, women and children, is “the most severe acute health emergency in modern …

PRESSURE ON BARBARISM MOUNTS Campaigners against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are concerned that female babies are being subjected to this …

CHARITY FATALITIES Two people died in August and September while taking part in charity cycle rides.

CRACK COCAINE Calls have been made for more responsible government regulation of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOTBs) in bookmakers shops, machines offering …

MOST GENEROUS Citizens of Bedford have been the most generous to the donation website Justgiving.com, with a total of £1,145,967 from a population of 79,150, an …

MONSTROUS MOUTHFUL Some French chefs are campaigning to legalise the hunting and eating of the endangered ortolan songbird, a tiny bunting weighing less …

WEBINARS Charities wanting to share knowledge, ideas, news or advice with their supporters are offered a new hosting and consultancy service for online seminars…

CHILD ABUSE EXPOSURE Child abuse continues to be deservedly high priority in the public awareness. The exposure of Sir Jimmy Savile and the jailing of Max Cliifford and …

RIGHT TO DIE DEBATED An Assisted Dying Bill proposed by Lord Falconer has generated heated and passionate debate in Parliament. If the Bill became law it …

DONT START A NEW ONE New charities that duplicate existing ones risk wasting donations. This is the view of the outgoing chief executive of the Charity Commission…

DECRIMINALISE DRUG USE? Aids and HIV charities have backed calls to decriminalise drug use in the UK, to reduce the transmission of HIV and Aids among users. They say …

JAIL FOR CROOKED FUNDRAISERS  A fundraiser who admitted stealing £300,000 of donations made to the Help For Heroes charity has been told to expect a lengthy jail …

HARD SELL Secret filming at fundraising call centres by the Channel Four Dispatches TV documentary series has revealed some worrying lapses in ethics at two large firms …

HUNTING PROSECUTIONS INCREASING  The number of prosecutions for hunting with dogs is at an all-time high. Since 2010 the number of people charged under the …

DUMP THE CELEBS? The main beneficiary of a celebrity endorsement of a charity is the celebrity, rather than the charity. This is the finding of a poll of more than 1,000 people …

LIFE’S A BEACH The National Trust has launched an appeal for £2.6 million to buy a stretch of beach at Bantham, in south Devon. The beach, which the Trust describe …

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…