November 26, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Some donors are not too keen on the really large charities, with their gimmicks, apparently high salaries for chief executives, etc. I was very pleased to receive a one-page letter, with straightforward supporting literature, from Veronica Ashby in connection with Computers for Primary Schools Kenya – which she set up and runs. As a retired [...]
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Archive for November, 2007
November 18, 2007 at 6:19 pm
A two-page letter from Yorkshire Swan Rescue Hospital drops through our letter-box. It sets out some of the problems which the recently-formed charity can see, together with a list of items, and prices, which are needed.
From the Charity Commission’s website, it appears that the two young enthusiastic volunteers who set up the charity are its [...]
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November 16, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Project Harar Ethiopia sends the Trust an appeal – to the address it left more than 3.5 years ago. Charity Commission, websites and directories all updated at the time of the move.
Having told Anti-Slavery International that its ‘thank you’ letter contained two careless mistakes in our address (and asking for more care), the next letter [...]
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