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That was the headline on the Metro, a London free newspaper last week. It brings tears to your eyes to think that the ask for a regular contribution from a charity could achieve so much.
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Further improvements to the Charity Commission Register “continue to develop” and the Charity Commission expects that they will be released in the Spring - probably around April.
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My girlfriend Sarah and I were doing our weekly shop at our local Sainsbury’s on Sunday.
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Puzzle number one: Our Gallic hero didn’t set the money on fire, so it went somewhere. If, as claimed, it contributed to stock market falls; why didn’t its re-appearance in someone else’s pocket set up an equal an opposite rise in stock market prices? www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7208439.stm
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I’ve been a quiet for a while what with moving house, Christmas and the Norovirus.
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Statistics are hard to make interesting and appealing, but creative video can achieve it.
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Just days after announcing a three year strategic partnership with B&Q, Help the Aged, in a collaborative tie-up with the NSPCC, will check-in as Morrisons Charity of the Year 2008. Having been runner-up in its 2007 pitch, the Charity took a strategic decision to join forces with the UK’s best known children’s charity thus presenting an irresistible special offer to the supermarket chain.

Having launched a completely redeveloped version of UK Fundraising earlier this month, it was time to check whether it could still be found on the major search engines.

I'm pleased to report that the site's performance for searches on the word 'fundraising' is still outstanding.

Google.com
Position: 1st
http://www.google.com/search?q=fundraising

Google.co.uk
Position: 1st
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The Mail on Sunday’s You Magazine has teamed up with Clarins to reward inspirational British women who work selflessly to help underprivileged or sick children, whether on a professional or voluntary basis. The winner of the Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman 2008 will receive a cheque for £30,000 for her charity. Previous winners include Camilla Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.
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In 2006, I was told that the Charity Commission proposed to improve its website (making it as good as the advanced search facility available via Guidestar UK?). In July 2007, the website relaunch actually saw a search function removed!
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