Children in Need 80 Days Around the World Trip worth the Cost to the Tax Payer?
Over £20 million pounds was raised on Friday night when Children in Need took over BBC 1 for the whole evening for Pudsey’s Big Night In. One of the events of the show was the around the 80 Days Around the World relay trip taken by 12 celebrities, which we blogged about previously, questioning whether [...]
Categories: Fundraising
Tags: 80 Days Around the World Trip, Children in Need
X Factor Finalist Release Charity Single for Great Ormand Street
It’s nearly Christmas and the season of the charity single is in full swing! Hot on the heels of Young Soul Rebels War Child charity single, the X Factor finalists are due to release their now annual charity effort. It will certainly be a hit if the success of last year’s smash single Hero in [...]
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Tags: charity single, Great Ormand Street, X Factor
Is Big Brother the latest casualty of the credit crunch?
For the first time since 2006, Channel 4 will not be donating to charity a share of the money raised by the weekly telephone votes in Big Brother. The reasons given are that the Channel cannot afford to give to donate cash in the current financial climate and advertising revenue slump. The cost of phone [...]
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Tags: Big Brother, phone vote donations
Recession Putting a Hole in Charities Pockets
Last month we posed the question Are Charity Donations Being Affected by the Current Financial Climate? As a follow up, we decided to look at ways you can support charities on a budget.
Raising cash is the primary objective for a charity, especially when planning for future projects, however you can still help your favourite [...]
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Tags: Charity, Fundraising, recession
Are Charity Donations Being Affected by the Current Financial Climate?
The BBC reported yesterday that UK charities are feeling the effects of the economic downturn, with donations being down on last year and charitable organisations making cutbacks to conserve existing services. The survey, run by the Charity Commission questioned 1,003 charities in England and Wales showed that over 50% said they had been affected by [...]
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Tags: credit crunch, donations
