Paddington Bear tributes to Queen Elizabeth II to go to charity
London, UKReuters More than 1,000 Paddingtons and other teddy bears left by well-wishers as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death last month, will be handed over to a children’s charity, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The cuddly toys were among a huge number of floral tributes and messages which were left outside […]
Only half of American households donate to charity – study
AP For the first time in nearly two decades, only half of US households donated to a charity, according to a study released Tuesday. The findings confirm a trend worrying experts: Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population. The study, […]
Family of UK’s Captain Tom call for fundraising celebration
London, UKReuters The family of Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who lifted a nation’s spirits during the pandemic, are calling for people to come together and raise funds for charity on what would have been his 101st birthday. Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain, and made headlines around the world, […]
ESSAY: ALMSHOUSES – CHARITY HOUSING IS RESURGING IN THE UK BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED
In an article first published on The Conversation, UK academics MICHAEL PRICE and VICTOR HARLOW look at why the “historic institution” of almshouses are re-emerging in the UK…
Sex scandals will not hurt charities as Britons pledge to keep giving – survey
Thomson Reuters Foundation Charitable donations will not be hurt by a series of sex scandals that have rocked the sector this year, a YouGov survey said last week, with four out of five Britons promising to give the same amount of money, or more, to good causes. The future of aid appears bright, it said, […]
UK anti-slavery hotline uncovers almost 5,000 potential victims in first year
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s modern slavery helpline received thousands of calls in its first full year and identified nearly 5,000 potential victims being exploited in car washes, construction sites, nail bars and brothels, an anti-trafficking charity said on Monday. Unseen, which runs the hotline, said the 3,710 calls from the public and from victims last […]
Britain’s trust in charities drops after Oxfam scandal
Thomson Reuters Foundation Public trust in charities in Britain has declined since the sex scandal centring on aid agency Oxfam broke in February, a study has found. Just 54 per cent of respondents to a survey carried out by research consultancy nfpSynergy last month said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot of” confidence in […]
Forget celebrities and focus on people in need, UK charities urged
Thomson Reuters Foundation British charities should stop chasing celebrities to promote their projects and focus instead on the people they were set up to help, the outgoing head of a charity watchdog said on Monday. William Shawcross, who has chaired the Charity Commission for England and Wales since 2012, urged charities to measure success in […]
Rich Stearns to retire from charity behemoth World Vision US
RNS Rich Stearns, president of World Vision, US, sits with children in the Kurdish region of Iraq who have been displaced by the conflict in their country. PICTURE: Kari Constanza/World Vision Rich Stearns will retire as president of World Vision US, the Christian humanitarian agency known for its focus on children, after two decades building it […]
Australians are giving less to charity but remain among most generous in the world
Australians are giving less to charity but remain among the most generous givers in the world, according to Australia’s peak charity body. Released by the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission this week, the Australian Charities Report 2016 found that donations and bequests fell last year from $11.2 billion to $10.5 billion. But it also found that, […]