TIME FOR A CHARITY CLEAN UP
Charity chuggers employed by Tag Campaigns have been the subject of an undercover investigation by the Sunday Telegraph, following a tip-of from a whistleblower….

LEARNED BEHAVIOUR
Bullying has been taking centre stage in the media recently.According to education standards watchdog, Ofsted, nearly half of all pupils have suffered some form….

DO THEY CARE?
The government is backtracking on plans to cap the amount the elderly have to pay for their own care. Experts have recommended £25,000 but the figure ministers….

BLACKBERRY OR CRACKBERRY?
Charity Anxiety UK has warned that insomnia is hitting increasing numbers of us after getting our fix of social networking sites, dubbed “electronic cocaine”….

CHARITY FESTIVAL FAILS
A three-day music festival held in Fife in May was targeted to raise more than £100,000 for charities Help For Heroes and Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association….

GLUTEN-FREE
The Coeliac Society has revealed that 1 in 100 people in the UK, or more than 500,000, have coeliac disease. This is an autoimmune condition caused by intolerance to….

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
The National Trust have released a free mobile phone app called Soho Stories and aimed at those who like strolling through the rural landscapes of London WC2….

MORE FRANKLY THINKING
The huge rise in the cost of postage stamps, now up to 50 pence for second class letters, has left your editor wondering if there would be a business opportunity in….

ROYAL ALBERT HALL CLEANS UP ITS ACT
The management of the Royal Albert Hall has belatedly banned trustees from selling their tickets to touts after it was revealed by the Times newspaper that two of its….

SIGH OF RELIEF
News that the government has dropped plans to cap tax relief on donations to charity at £50,000 from next April has been welcomed in the sector.  Nearly 50% of the sector’s….

SICK COCKFIGHTING IN CHESHIRE
A farmer in Wansford, Cheshire has been banned from keeping animals for life after the RSPCA found 120 cockerels on his smallholding with evidence that they were….

CRISIS AT RSPCA
Meanwhile the RSPCA has said its finances are at breaking point following a slump in money left in wills and a rise in the number of cruelty cases taken to court….

TRUSTEE STOLE FROM MINERS’ CARE HOME
A four-year jail sentence was handed down at Birmingham Crown Court to Neil Greatrex, 61, who as trustee of the Nottingham branch of the Union of….

VENUES FOR CHARITIES
Those charity event organisers who like to support charity-owned venues and those with charitable objectives might like to know about one in Leeds and one in….

NEW SHOW FOR CHARITY EVENTS
A new exhibition for not-for-profit organisations, NFP Events, takes place at the Business Design Centre, Islington on Tuesday September 25….

DIRTY MONEY?
One important issue covered recently by Ethical Consumer magazine was that of charities accepting sponsorship money and other support from arguably….

PAYDAY FOR WHOM?
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has warned that debt charities trying to help people get out of debt are being snubbed by ruthless payday loan companies….

BRAVE NEW WORLD
A stark vision of a miserable future for millions of Britons has been painted by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the National Care Forum (NCF)….

DEAR DIARY……….
A charity worker who stole a total of £2,127 over two years from the Cancer Research shop where she worked was caught and convicted when police found her diary….

BANKER MAKES GOOD
Those who consider all bankers are greedy and selfish types whose only objective is to line their pockets at the expense of the rest of the community should heed the….

MEN OF YORKSHIRE
A group of seven Yorkshire men have been convicted of illegal badger baiting after a case brought by police officers from Operation Meles, a joint task force established….

MORE ANIMAL EXPLOITATION
Meanwhile, over in Pakistan the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is fighting the blood-sport of bear-baiting….

VERY SICK THIEVES
The Bristol-based CLIC Sargent charity that helps children with cancer has been hit twice within a week by fuel thieves who drilled into the fuel tanks of their two….

MEMBERS PUT ALBERT HALL FUNDING AT RISK
The Royal Albert Hall management has been warned by the Charities Commission to stop members selling tickets to touts, bringing the venue into disrepute and putting….

HONOUR?
One name in the New Year’s Honours List was that of Heron International CEO Gerald Ronson, 72, who received a CBE for his considerable work and support for charity….

FLUSHING OUT THE TROLLS
Social networking sites such as Facebook and others linked to them are making it easy for cyber-bullies, or “trolls” to anonymously attack, mentally hurt and, in some cases….

DUMP THE PARTNER, CLAIM MORE BENEFIT
Age UK has warned that stealthy changes by the government to the welfare system will make it financially viable for those of pensionable age with partners under 60 to live….

LEAP OF HOPE
The Tree of Hope Children’s Charity is looking for people brave enough (daft enough?) to do a fundraising parachute jump….

TRANQUIL IN YORK
One very different venue for events in York is the Bar Convent, run by a charity and around five minutes walk from the railway station….

FREE EDUCATION
The 20th presentation of the Charities and Associations Exhibition, CHASE, takes place on February 15-16 at the Business Design Centre, Islington….

COLD AND DEAD
More than 200 elderly people a day are forecast to die from cold-related issues this winter, charities are warning. The three contributing factors are an especially cold….

HOMELESS FOR CHRISTMAS
More than 600 people a day currently face losing their homes, warns Shelter. This figure includes those whose homes are being repossessed because of not keeping….

CHARITY FRAUDSTERS LAILED
Four women and a man have received jail sentences for posing as collectors for the Help For Heroes charity in the north of England….

VICTORY AGAINST UNFAIR SACKING
An animal rights campaigner and hunt saboteur sacked for his views and activities has won a discrimination case against his former employers….

MORE MONEY FOR HUNT SABOTAGE
Meanwhile the League Against Cruel Sports is pledging around £1 million on staff and equipment to gather evidence against illegal hunts….

CHARITY SHOPS UNFAIR COMPETITION?
The Booksellers Association has claimed that the tax and business rate concessions given to charity shops enable them to unfairly undercut the prices that bookshops….

INFORMATION SOUGHT
The Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is seeking information about its founder, Mary Tealby, who set up one of the world’s best known animal charities, in 1860….

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES?
The Alex cartoon in a recent edition of the Daily Telegraph Business section gave an interesting slant on why top business types might support charity fundraisers….

TWINS SAVED
British charity Facing the World, which funds reconstructive surgery for children with severe facial disfigurements recently funded life-saving surgery for two one-year….

TRUST THE TRUST?
The National Trust is currently lobbying the government, and their 3.6 million members, to ensure that proposed changes to planning rules do not result in unchecked….

CODEBREAKER’S HUTS GET £4.6 MILLION
A donation of £4.6 million has been made to the Bletchley Park Trust by the Heritage Lottery Fund to preserve the huts at Bletchley Park used to house the breakers….

MORE RED TAPE – LESS VOLUNTEERS
The number of people volunteering is at an all time low, the government’s annual citizenship survey has found….

REPREHENSIBLE TREATMENT COSTS WELSH CHARITY
The Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham has been ordered by a tribunal to pay more than £21,000 to a member of staff it discriminated against, victimised….

CHARITY BAG FRAUDSTERS CAUGHT
City of London Police officers have arrested four men they believe are behind theft and fraudulent deception involving bags of second hand clothes left out for charities to….

POLICE FRAUDSTER CAUGHT
A detective who controlled a police charity, Child Victims of Crime, has admitted defrauding them out of at least £26,000….

ARE YOU FUNDING ILLEGAL WHALING?
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) have revealed that cod and haddock caught by Icelandic whaling ships are being supplied to fish wholesaler….

MOBILE AND DIGITAL CONFERENCE 2011
The above, hosted by Fundraising magazine, takes place on November 21 at the Great Connaught Rooms, formerly the New Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street….

ANYONE YOU KNOW?
The wickedly satirical Social Stereotypes column in a recent Telegraph Magazine, featuring “The ambitious couple” could twang a few chords out there….

LEGAL WIN FOR NATIONAL TRUST
The National Trust, the UK’s largest and richest charity with 74 million visitors a year has fought off a legal claim for compensation of £300,000 after an 11 year old boy….

LESS CRUELTY FOR MARKETING PURPOSES
A move by the government to implement a ban on testing new brands of bleach, disinfectant, lavatory cleaner, glue and air freshener on animals has been welcomed….

LESS CRUELTY FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
Animal welfare groups will also be cheered by the news that the ritual halal and kosher slaughter, whereby the animal has to be fully conscious as its throat is cut, has….

LESS CRUELTY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES
A campaign against the use of the whip in horse-racing has been mounted by Animal Aid….

BAN FOR ABORTION CHARITIES
The government is considering a ban on abortion counselling by charities that also supply the abortions….

MORE DAMAGE TO CRUFT’S NAME
Following a prosecution by the RSPCA a dog trainer who won dozens of honours from Crufts was banned from keeping animals for life after a raid by the charity….

THE TAINT OF MURDOCH
With most thinking people figuring that the loss of Rupert Murdoch’s News of The World was not much of a loss to society, and only ever filled a much-needed gap….

LETHALLY SWEET
Charity Diabetes UK has warned that if current trends continue 60% of men and 50% of women will be obese by 2050, with the majority having type two diabetes, which can….

YOUNG WOMEN SKIPPING CANCER TESTS
A poll by the Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust charity has found that 40% of women fail to take a potentially life-saving test, citing “difficulty of missing work” as the cause….

HOSPITAL STING
Hospitals in England are being attacked for their high car-parking charges, usually 60% higher than those paid to councils by shoppers. Hospital parking is free in Scotland….

GIVE A LITTLE MORE
Consumers are to be asked to donate more to good causes when they use a credit or debit card, or a cashpoint….

BBC CHARITY ATTACKED
An investigation by the Daily Telegraph has found that the BBC’s charity, the BBC World Service Trust, is giving more than £15 million a year of UK taxpayers money….

SOME BELATED COMMON SENSE
Charity shops are now to be spared some of the excesses of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) according to employment minister Chris Grayling, who says he….

WRONG NOTE
A rare book of sheet music of six sonatas by Mozart was given to Oxfam and then withdrawn from auction when the donor advised the charity that the donation was….

GET TECHNICAL
The NFP Technology Exhibition, featuring new technology for the not-for-profit sector, takes place on Thursday 29th September at the Business Design Centre, Islington….

IT’S ONLY A GAME, ALASTAIR. UNLIKE IRAQ…………
Amusing to note that Tony Blair’s puffer, Alastair “mass destruction” Campbell, pushed and shoved another player in an altercation at a recent charity football match….

HUNTERS ON THE RUN
A life member of the Hunt Saboteurs Association has won the right to sue his former employers for discriminating against him because of his strong animal rights beliefs….

SICK
Meanwhile an insight into the mentality of the hunting fraternity has been supplied by Robert Parsons, chief executive of the GoDaddy domain-hosting firm….

GAMEKEEPER IN THE DOCK
A former gamekeeper has been jailed for sixteen weeks for filming a fox, which had its mouth bound and was being held down by the neck, being attacked by two dogs….

DEBT PANIC
Debt charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) reports that nearly 50,000 people logged onto its website between midnight and 7.00am last year….

TIME TO CURB THE COUNCILS
News that councils are to be banned from imposing draconian fines on householders for infringements of very minor litter bin rules, such as not closing the lid or putting the….

WORTH IT?
It’s not just stupid councils that can make charitable folk feel their efforts are wasted – sometimes the people they are trying to help do a good job in that respect….

WATERWAYS CHARITY
A new charity is being formed to take over the running of Britain’s rivers and canals from British Waterways in 2012….

VALUE OF FREE MEALS AND FRIENDSHIP
Illuminating, it was, to read a whole page about the charitable free scoff enjoyed by London Datebook magazine columnist Johnathan Byrne, The Constant Eater….

CHARITIES AND TERRORISM
Officials in the US have accused the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund. Interpal, of supporting terrorism in the Middle East by funding Hamas….

BLOW THE WHISTLE
The former deputy director of prison counselling charity Forensic Therapies has been awarded £47,580 in compensation after she blew the whistle on the alleged theft….

HUNTING BAN TO STAY
The ban on hunting with dogs will stay for this year, despite assurances given by David Cameron that the 2004 Hunting Act would be repealed….

SUPPORT FOR SUICIDE CHARITY
Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan is to become a patron of Dignity in Dying, a charity which campaigns for the legalisation of assisted dying for the terminally ill….

AGE CONCERN FINED
The Westminster branch of Age Concern has been fined £15,000 for breaches of health and safety law….

BAD SPEAKER CHOICE
Those considering allowing politician John Prescott or media proprietor Richard Desmond to speak at their charity events might want to talk first to the organisers….

VIEW YORK AND SCARBOROUGH
Those organising events for their charities are invited to apply for places on a venue showcase featuring 50 venues in York and Scarborough and taking place on…

ACADEMIC VENUE SHOW
Those looking to book academic venues for their events are invited to attend the above exhibition….

FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE 2011
The above conference takes place on Tuesday 8th March at the QE 2 centre, London….