# Charity blog sites – shall we build a list?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/03/30/charity-blog-sites-shall-we-build-list/
- Published: 2006-03-30T20:51:04+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Having been asked to name some charity blogs I know of, I thought it could work 
well to start up a new thread, under its own category of ”blogs”. I”m inviting readers
to post their own examples, and whenever I write something directly or indirectly
related to the subject, I”ll use the categories feature to help with topic searching.

 

So here goes:

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Last July (05), Third Sector covered these:

 

[http://jamiesbigvoice.blogspot.com/](http://jamiesbigvoice.blogspot.com)

 

[http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/2005/](http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/2005)

 

[http://weblog.greenpeace.org/](http://weblog.greenpeace.org)

 

One from Make Poverty History (which I can”t now find)

 

And there is Oxfam:

 

[http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/blog/](http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/blog/2005/12/survey-make-poverty-history-has.html)

 

The only one from the list above that puts forward a personality or individual is
Jamie’s, and for me, I think that is what I like about charity blogs – a clear voice,
the chance to relate to someone, or at least the chance to peg opinions to someone
who stands there to be engaged with and is ready to be challenged. So though I don’t
know many, here is a different list containing my current faves:

 

The Action Medical Research Parents’ Diary blog with its highly personal / totally
identifiable diary of the tiny lives of premature babies Edmund and Aubrey, written
by father Martin – [http://www.action.org.uk/parentsdiary/parents_blog.php](http://www.action.org.uk/parentsdiary/parents_blog.php).

 

Perhaps Said Dajani, their Web Editor, will post here to talk about its phenomenal
success and what he attributes that to.

 

The Tsunami blog – [http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/](http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com)–
which shows blogging as a community and networking tool. There is also the 9/11 
one at [http://911memorials.wordpress.com/](http://911memorials.wordpress.com)

 

And I am including John Burton’s – [http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/blog.htm](http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/blog.htm)–
in fact, I’m praising him simply for doing it. I think it is terrific when a CEO
or senior figure in a charity is prepared to reveal themselves. After all, they 
lead the passion, vigour and vision that can set a charity apart. Let’s see more
of it.

 

That’s really it right now. When I come to know of more and like them, I”ll be sure
to post again.

 

Please add away with your own!

 

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