BBC LET DOWN CHARITIES AND CHILDREN
The BBC, as readers will know, has admitted deliberately deceiving viewers by featuring fake competition winners on charity fundraising programmes Children in…

NEW BIG CHARITY HITTER
The richest man in the City, Peter Cruddes of financial trading group CMC Markets is to donate £100 million of his £1 billion + fortune (10%) to charity. (Daily Telegraph)….

DON’T GET ME STARTED
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is to survey people’s views as to what social evils are most damaging to today’s society….

YOUNG CHALLENGE FOR THREE PEAKS
A 13 year old boy is set to climb the three peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, a total of 11,179 feet in three days. (Daily Telegraph)….

LIVE HUMBUG
Following the involvement of pop singer and cheer leader Madonna in the recent Live Earth concert her charity, The Ray of Light Foundation, has been criticised for its….

THE NEMESIS OF SHODDY MARKETING
The number of households that do not want to receive telemarketing calls from charities or anyone else has now reached 14.5 million. (Third Sector)….

OUR LEARNED FRIEND
Ex prime minister’s wife Cherie Blair’s name-dropping made toe-curling viewing during her BBC documentary The Real Cherie Blair, according to the Evening Standard….

WAKE UP CALL
Politicians are one of the least valued sectors of society, according to a survey undertaken by the Institute of Directors (IOD) amongst its members….

CRUELTY FOR FUN
The League Against Cruel Sports has won a conviction in a private prosecution against two members of the Quantock Staghounds for illegally hunting and killing deer with…

RESPECT?
The Charity Commission has reported that the campaign against Iraq sanctions run by MP George Galloway was funded from £188,000 of aid money diverted by Saddam….

CHARITY STATS
According to The Charity Commission British donors gave a total of £8.9 billion to 190,439 registered UK charities in 2005/6….

PROFITABLE CHARITY WORK, FOR SOME
Sir Terry Wogan was paid £10,340 by the BBC to host the Children in Need appeal last year, on top of his £800,000 a year for his work on radio 2. (Metro)….

CHARITY MANAGER JAILED
A six month jail sentence has been given to a manager of a charity after he stole £11,000 raised to buy a life support unit for premature babies at a local hospital….

JOBS THAT MATTER
Charity work has been named as one of the top ten second careers for those in their forties who want to quit the rat race for something more compassionate….

USA MONEY vs UK ENVIRONMENT
Plans for US tycoon Donald Trump’s luxury hotel and golf course in Aberdeenshire Northern Scotland are being opposed on environmental grounds by the Royal….

CARING FOR CARERS
A new law giving those caring for others the right to flexible working hours came in on 6 April….

ALL CHARITIES ETHICAL?
Further to our piece about charity Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust dumping shares in Reed Elsevier because of Reeds interests in the weapons market….

BIG BUCKS
A charity dinner raised £28 million in four hours, with tables of 10 guests selling for up to £100,000 and raffle tickets for £1000 each. (Daily Telegraph)….

NEW CENTRE FOR CHARITY
Charity the Wellcome Trust is opening a new £30 million centre opposite Euston Station, London on June 27. (Conference News)….

PROFITING FROM MAN’S INHUMANITY
In the wake of the massacre at Virginia Tech at least one charity will be relieved its money is not now being used to profit from the sale of guns in the USA….

WASTED DONATIONS?
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has been attacked by some of their donors for spending nearly £30,000 on a lavish mailshot….

SPEND SPEND SPEND
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) – a charity which helps people with debt problems – has expressed disappointment at the credit card arrangement….

NO PUSHY CHUGGERS
A consumer body to handle complaints from the public about aggressive or misleading charity fundraising has been formed….

FAKE CHARITY CHUGGERS CONVICTED
Two crooks who used fake charity ID and Shelter collection tins to con cash out of kind drinkers in West End pubs have been convicted for their dishonesty….