WARNINGS OVER SYRIA
Police in Kent have arrested eight men as part of an investigation into charity fraud involving money given to help people in Syria. The arrests follow the seizing at Dover in …

RECOVERY? 
Whilst some sectors of society, politicians perhaps, might be enjoying an economic recovery many are still struggling. A poll by MoneySupermarket.com suggests that…

REPORT THE CRUELTY 
A new charity providing proof of animal cruelty to animal welfare charities is being formed. Ethical Pup will have a website and phone app allowing people to send photos and …

DANGERS OF GLUTEN 
The Coeliac Society has warned that even a crumb of gluten can make someone with Coeliac disease ill, and that around 500,000 people in the UK have the disease and don’t…

IGNORANT REMARK COSTS JOB 
Disability charity Scope has welcomed the resignation of Swindon’s Conservative mayor Nick Martin. Martin, 63, was overheard asking “Are we still letting those Mongols have…

USEFUL SPONSOR? 
Charities working in Third World countries where there are problems getting clean water to drink might want to consider a link-up with the manufacturers of the Water to Go plastic …

FUNDRAISING BY DEGREES 
A three-year BA (Hons) degree course in charity fundraising, Charity Development, has been launched by the University of Chichester and accredited by the Institute of…

WATCH THAT BIRDIE 
The RSPCA has warned people in Hertfordshire not to approach a five foot tall pet South American rhea that has been running wild around Stevenage since it escaped its home…

LET’S UNITE?
It is uplifting to note the support of our likeable princes William and Harry for the eradication of the killing of elephant, rhino and tiger for their tusks, horn & body parts, highly prized…

AN OPPORTUNITY?
As readers will know it will be illegal for supermarkets to give away plastic carrier bags from October 2015, from when they have to charge 5 pence per bag …

COCKFIGHTING CURBED IN USA
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has fronted a successful operation against cockfighting in New York. One of the largest of its kind …

STRIP ROYAL PATRONAGE
Animal welfare charities are calling for London food emporium Fortnum and Mason to be stripped of its Royal Warrant, for continuing to sell foie gras. The expensive and highly …

BOMBER’S COMPASSION
Never-seen film footage has been released of the Feb 8th night-time bombing raid carried out on a Limoges aero-engine factory in 1944. A Lancaster bomber flown by Group …

FREE MAGAZINE
Readers of Charity Matters are offered a free subscription to the long-established London Datebook magazine, aimed at charities and published three times a year, Summer…

NEW DIRECTORY FOR CHARITIES
For the April/May issue of Charity Matters the publisher is starting a new directory, listing those event venues and other suppliers that offer discounts to charities using them…

THAT’S THE WAY TO DO IT A seven year old Somerset schoolgirl is setting adults the best possible example of true charity, by spending some of her time visiting lonely…

RAPE OF CHILDREN IN WARS Ahead of next year’s London summit on sexual violence in war zones Save the Children have revealed the uncomfortable truth that…

POWER GRAB Large multi-national corporations are hoping to be able to sue governments for passing consumer protection laws that reduces their profits…

LESSONS FOR THE HEADTEACHER The headteacher of the Welsh school who banned a pupil from normal lessons for having his head shaved to raise money for …

PROFITABLE SLAUGHTER The killing of elephants in Africa for their ivory tusks has significantly increased over the last five years, as the price of ivory has rocketed to…

JAIL FOR CHARITY FRAUDSTER A man who lied that he ran a charity to claim gift aid and cheat the taxpayer out of £885,000 has been jailed for four years. Mark Lewis, 40…

WARNINGS HEEDED? Warnings earlier this year from the NSPCC about the dangers of children being targeted by paedophiles on social media websites have been …

MORE ABUSING UNDER COVER OF CHARITY British Airways are facing an enormously damaging lawsuit from victims of a BA pilot who used the cover of charity…

LIFE CHANGES Nearly half (47%) of couples having children now have them before getting married, according to Relate, compared with just 4% when the charity started …

UNCHARITABLE? Comments by Sir David Attenborough that sending food to famine-hit countries was “barmy” has angered charities that help the starving.

QUESTIONS OF TRUST An attractive offer made by the National Trust on the internet for its equally attractive Anglesea Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill property in …

WAGES OF SPIN Some supporters of catholic charity Cafod are calling for the head of its 7-strong PR team, Damien McBride to be sacked…

NO SKINHEADS HERE, LOOK YOU A school in Wales that barred a pupil from normal lessons because he’d had his head shaved for a cancer charity has allowed him back…

CHILD ABUSE- THE PRICE OF TURNING A BLIND EYE “My body belongs to me and no one can touch it without my permission” is the new “Underwear Rule” launched by …

ON THE OTHER HAND The NSPCC has criticised a Crown Prosecution Service barrister who was prosecuting a 41-year-old man for having sex with a 13-year-old …

MONEY WORRIES INCREASE Health charity Mind has warned that depression caused by money worries has increased by a third in the last year…

NICE LITTLE EARNERS Charities that pay their top executives in excess of £100,000 a year risk bringing the sector into disrepute, according to the Charity Commission…

ACID ATTACK PROVIDES INSPIRATION Charity campaigner, TV presenter and author Katie Piper, a former model, will be telling visitors to the upcoming…

DIRTY MONEY? The Natural History Museum has raised questions over its judgement after accepting sponsorship for a photographic exhibition from a company voted by …

HAIR TODAY Women are being encouraged to grow their underarm hair this month as part of a campaign to raise awareness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), one …

CHARITY FINANCE CONFERENCE This is being held on Tuesday October 29th at Central Hall, Westminster and comprises 44 sessions on charity property …

FREE SEMINAR A free morning seminar on governance will be of interest to some charities and takes place at 60, Goswell Road, London on Thursday September 19th …

LURKING DANGER Convictions for animal cruelty and neglect increased by a third between 2011 and 2012, according to the RSPCA which says it is struggling to cope…

MIS-USES OF CHARITIES Charities used for avoidance of tax, and business rates have been in the news recently…

BANKING ON BEING FED According to the Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest food crisis charity the number of people getting help from their food banks tripled to 350,000 …

UNFASHIONABLE ETHICS Despite the best efforts of charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) real fur, skinned from real animals and some alive at the time, is back in fashion for the rich.

BEEB AT BAY The BBC has apologised to military charity Help for Heroes over a “flawed report” on its Newsnight programme which it has now admitted was …

FUTURE UNCERTAN Charities relying on the patronage of the Prince of Wales are concerned for their future if and when their patron accedes to the throne…

LIFE SAVERS Homeless charity St Mungo’s has had to open its London emergency shelter an unprecedented five times this winter, which includes the second-coldest….

INSPIRATIONAL? Animal welfare charities, such as Animal Aid, continue to attack horse racing, pointing out that nearly 400 animals are raced to death every year….

FORCES FOR GOOD – UPDATE Christopher O’Neill, founder of the Forces for Good trust for wounded members of the armed forces, who used money granted to….

PET CHARITY UNDER FIRE Criticism has been levelled at the Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester, Cambridge after the charity destroyed a donor’s golden….

CHARITY EVENT TRENDS Charities running events are moving away from balls, and hotels, and running a wider variety of events in a wider variety of venues….

HAVE A KIPPER The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has removed mackerel from its Fish to Eat list and placed the cheap oily fish, packed with Omega 3, on its Eat….

CHARITY SHOWCASE Charities running events are invited to apply to attend a Charity Showcase event running at the Best Western Grand Hotel, Hartlepool….

CELEBRITY PROBLEMS  In the wake of the Jimmy Savile affair more charities are finding that being linked to celebrities who fall from grace is definitely injurious…

MORE CELEBRITY  Breast cancer charity Crazy Hats had its fundraiser “An Evening With Paul Gascoigne” cut short on Thursday 31st January 2013 at the Park Inn…

FORCES CHARITY ROBBED BY FOUNDER  The founder of a charity ostensibly set up to help wounded members of the armed forces has been told by a judge he faces…

HESELTINE BAYS FOR BLOOD AT RSPCA The Charities Commission has warned the RSPCA that its prosecutions of hunts must be “cost-effective”…

CHASE ORGANISER WARNS SPEAKERS Michael Webb, the organiser of the upcoming CHASE charities and associations exhibition has warned all speakers…

STOP THE SALES PITCHES Have you ever been to a seminar or session at an exhibition or conference that was promoted as an educational opportunity but turned…

CHARITY WORKSHOP TRAGEDY Fourteen disabled people were killed, and eight more badly burnt in a fire and explosion around 2.00pm on November 26 that….

JAPAN WASTES IT Billions of pounds in aid money meant to help the people of Japan rebuild their lives after its tsunami and nuclear disasters have been wasted by….

CHARITY DROP Donations to charities have slumped by 20% because of the recession. This is one of the findings of the annual survey by the Charities Aid….

SAVILE UPDATE As nearly 500 victims of abuse by disgraced BBC celebrity Sir Jimmy Savile have come forward a former BBC governor, Sir Roger Jones has told the….

CHARITY-FRIENDLY IN SUSSEX One friendly hotel we’ve found in the pretty town of Midhurst, West Sussex, in the centre of the South Downs National Park, is the….

RAISING IT WITH PORN The Fort Amherst Heritage Trust, which looks after the historic Amherst Fort in Chatham, Kent has outraged some of its management….

A CHARITY SHOP IDEA FOR 2013 Does any charity shop, or group, issue vouchers that can be purchased, given as a gift and can only be spent in the issuing charity….

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….