August 28, 2007 at 3:50 pm
In the 1940s Aneuran Bevan described voluntary activity as a patch quilt of local paternalism. I wonder what he would have thought of Habitat for Humanity had it existed then.
The charity works in 92 countries helping the dispossessed. Volunteers arrive on sites around the world to work alongside “home partner families” to build a “simple [...]
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August 23, 2007 at 12:41 pm
In the words of Margaret Mead “Never doubt that a small group of a committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has”. Of course the committed citizens to whom Margaret Mead refers are usually the trustees of a charity so it is interesting to read an appeal from [...]
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August 10, 2007 at 1:48 pm
“£10,000 in cash is ready to release to Mr ” (Cancer Recovery Foundation).
“Mr. you are a winner” (International Fund for Animal Welfare)
“A big prize may already have been awarded to you” (Association for International Cancer Research)
At least the last one used the word “may” and did not require me to read the small print [...]
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August 2, 2007 at 11:33 am
At last the perfect charity appeal. In a simple letter with no gimmicks or inducements or excess packing the charity explains that its purpose is to attempt to find cures for cancer by researching the efficacy of natural products. It explains that since 1960 seven plant derived anti-cancer drugs have become widely used and [...]
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August 1, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I am thinking of setting up as a manufacturer of pens for charities believing that I could become quite rich. My thought follows the receipt of more than 40 pens in the last two years. Recently these have been of a high quality. The Humane Society International (an animal protection charity) seemed to start the [...]
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