LIFE AND DEATH
Disgraced chief of the Royal Bank of Scotland Sir Fred Goodwin has been forced to step down as chairman of the Princes Trust, Prince Charles’ personal charity….

CHARITY HEAD COURTS CONTROVERSY
The head of the children’s charity Barnardos, Martin Narey has attracted passionate criticism for seeming to suggest that had Baby P not been murdered his ….

CHARITY PROMOTER SUED
A promoter of charity events has been ordered by a court to pay back £2.8 million to the sponsor.  (Audience)….

SAVED LIVES UP
Lifeboats were called out more times in 2008, and more people rescued from the water than in any of the 185 other years since the voluntary service started in 1824….

PICTURE THIS
The work of the art charity, the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) is to go online, allowing everyone with access to the internet to enjoy all the oil paintings owned by….

PARADISE FOUND
A recent piece in the Sunday Telegraph featured people who had totally changed their lives and included a top charity executive who is now a shepherdess….

WHEN YOU’RE SMILING…
Happiness is contagious, according to social network researchers, and spreads through social groups like an emotional virus.  (The Psychologist)….

STAGS AND HENS
A “stag” fundraising luncheon promoted as such by The Lords’ Taverners disappointed some diners who noted the presence of women at the men-only events having told….

FREE KNOWLEDGE AT CHASE
More than 50 free 45-50 minute seminars are being offered at this year’s charities and associations exhibition, CHASE, being held at the Business Design Centre….

CHARITYFAIR 2009
A range of 92 one-hour and two-hour seminars priced from £20 – £60 per delegate are offered at Charityfair, which takes place at Central Hall Westminster Wednesday….

CHARITY LAW EVENT
The Charity Law Conference takes place on Thursday May 7 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London….

MEASURE OF EVIL
Those charities concerned with the victims of violence will be interested in a recent experiment which proved, once again, that a majority of people will inflict pain on….

JAIL FOR CHARITY DIRECTOR
The director of The Fair Project, a drugs charity educating youngsters about the dangers of drugs has been jailed for three years, for supplying drugs….

EVENTS HIT
Charities are having to cancel fundraising events due to a lack of corporate support in the current downturn.  (Event magazine)….

CHARITY LOSES
Historic Royal Palaces, the charity responsible for Hampton Court Palace has lost its fight to oppose the building of a four storey riverside hotel on a derelict site directly….

CHARITIES WIN
Following the withdrawal of support from the RSPCA and the PDSA the Kennel Club is to change the breed standards that the charities found cruel to some breeds. The….

A TOUCH OF DEL
Actor Sir David Jason, well-known as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses and Inspector Frost in A Touch of Frost, but not so well-known as a keen helicopter pilot, has….

A TOUCH OF PROFLIGACY?
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has drawn criticism for sending three delegates to a three-day medical conference in Melbourne at a cost of £3,000 each….

A TOUCH OF CRIMINAL WASTE?
According to the Conservatives a quarter of all the millions raised by the National Lottery goes to funding the 2012 Olympics, or the administrative costs of public….

HELP FOR SMALL CHARITIES
An organisation providing free help to small charities with problems has been set up for those with under £1 million donation income….

VIRTUE ONE REWARD
Some charities, and those donating money to them are benefiting from the temporary and miserly cut in VAT….

UPCOMING EVENTS
o Decentralisation in England – Opportunities for the Third Sector conference.
o Strategic Fundraising Management conference….

AND FINALLY …
It’s a bad idea to start a year with resolutions that are hard to stick to….

THE NEW PARIAHS
Banks and councils continue to earn their places as our society’s new pariahs, judging by recent articles in our newspapers….

COUNTRY RACISM?
A report by Business in the Community, one of the charities of which the Prince of Wales is president, has highlighted the fact that country areas of the UK, where….

CHUGGERS MUGGED
A survey of street fundraisers – “chuggers” – has found that people giving to them should consider giving directly to their chosen charity’s web-site instead….

BBC DITCH CRUFFS
The BBC have pulled out of televising dog-show Crufts in March 2009 over the “morally unjustifiable” breeding practices for some breeds, which they say amounts to cruelty….

MORE GAINS & LOSSES
The charity Oxfam has reported up to a 10% rise in sales through its shops, thought to be a result of more people trading down for Christmas in the current downturn….

TOO RISKY, THEN?
Police and council risk assessors have caused the cancellation of a charity raft race (Daily Telegraph)….

E- MARKETS
A one-day conference on e-marketing is being offered by Third Sector magazine….

FREE CHOLESTEROL ADVICE
The cholesterol charity Heart UK has opened a pilot drop-in centre in the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead for those concerned about their cholesterol levels, often a….

WHY PAY MORE?
Those readers spending money on food and drink at railway stations might like to know about the free BITE card….

BANKERS CHARITY
One bank that continues to have a serious ethical problem – though arguably they all do – is Northern Rock, the first financial failure to be bailed out with lots of our money….

BAD BET
According to charity Gamecare the number of people addicted to gambling has soared by 25% since the gambling laws were relaxed by the government….

MORE BELATED CHARITY MORALITY
The veterinary charity the PDSA has joined the RSPCA in belatedly pulling out of Kennel Club events, including Crufts, over the “unacceptable” breeding….

CHARITY SHOP GAINS AND LOSSES
A bundle of old Christmas cards signed by the late Queen Mother has been found in a bag of donations made to a charity shop in Edinburgh. The 19 cards were dated….

CHARITY AND CSR
Organisations in the catering and hotel sector are being encouraged to be more charitable to discharge their corporate social responsibility (CSR)….

DON’T FORGET
Only seven percent of the population leave money to charity in their wills, amounting to £1.8 billion a year….

ARE YOU MISSING OUT?
Have you check for opportunities of support and/or finance available from your local groups such as Round Table, Lions, Rotary and Ladies Circle? ….