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Inspiring activism: outreach that goes local and personal : "Its driver, Paul, puts the relationships he's built with regular older passengers to good use by helping them understand the help they can get through switchover. How did we encourage someone like Paul - someone who is trusted by the older people he ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Fall in fundraising income continues, says Charity Market Monitor By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 7 July 2011 The UK's 500 largest fundraising charities suffered a £70m real-terms fall in fundraising income to about £6.06bn in 2009/10, according to research published today. The 1.1 per cent decline marks the ...

Bridge the funding gap through your normal internet shopping : " Give as you Live™ allows philanthropy to be more accessible and represents a significant funding opportunity for all UK charities . We hope everyone who shops online will come on board and support the UK's charities when they need it most. ... The Guardian (blog) "

Padiham dad joins Team Dribble in charity bike trek to Bussels Gareth is organising the charity ball with his wife, Louise, an insurance assessor for charity Age UK . Before that she ran the post office at Read and Fence Village store. The event will be held on Friday, September 9th, at the Fence Gate Inn. Gareth, ...

Heart disease charity reveals fatality 'hotspots' in capital Charity Heart UK which released the figures said unhealthy lifestyles were to blame and warned that a "one size fits all" strategy was not an effective way to tackle the problem. Its Heart Hotspots campaign, launched today, will raise awareness of the ...

Charity worker could be set for starring London 2012 role In association with Lloyds TSB members of the public are being encouraged to nominate the person they believe most deserves to carry the Olympic Flame as it tours the UK and Ms Pyman has been one of the first to be picked out. ...

Britain puts up £20m to counter women’s poverty : "BRITAIN has agreed to provide £20m of funding over the next two years to a new United Nations agency set up to help women in poverty around the world. The commitment will make the UK the second-largest donor to UN Women, but has disappointed ... United Kingdom | Ireland

No-one's pension is safe : "Let us instead look at it from the other end – pensioner poverty is a scandal in the UK and it is getting worse. Pensioner poverty does not respect anyone's career path, and in due course the Government has to pick up the bill. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Comment: One year on from gay asylum ruling, have ... - PinkNews.co.uk : "One year ago, the Supreme Court unanimously handed down a landmark decision in LGBT human rights. Asylum campaigner Paul Canning examines whether things have changed. United Kingdom | Ireland

Driver, 19, dies in bridge crash : "A 19-year-old woman has died after the car she was driving left the road and hit a bridge parapet in Cardiff . South Wales Police said the crash happened at the Culverhouse Cross interchange at around 2140 BST on Wednesday. The driver of the black '08' ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Quarter of a million vulnerable people 'could see quality of life suffer' She said: “ Older people have a fundamental right to dignity and forcing someone to sleep in their own urine and faeces could not be more undignified. “This judgment opens the door to warehousing older people in their own homes without regard to their ...

Leeds Abbey Dash: Hundreds race to sign up for 10K run : " The YEP-backed dash on November 20 will see 8000 people pounding the streets to raise money for Age UK , which provides a lifeline to older people . And now Australian songstress Gabriella Cilmi has joined the campaign to get the people of Leeds to pull ... Yorkshire Evening Post "

Joan stars in charity's TV advert : "The advert aims to show that growing older does not mean that hobbies and passions stop. It celebrates age - showing that growing older does not have to be a barrier to making the most of life and the different things that Age UK does for older people . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

£6.5m National Museum of Art, Cardiff, opening : " He said from the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay to Cardiff Castle in the city centre, and now the museum in Cathays Park , there was "a cultural mile" that the city should be promoting. "In terms of economic value for Cardiff and Wales we ... BBC News "

Glasgow man to plead guilty after judge rejects deal : "STAUNTON — A Glasgow man facing a number of sex charges involving his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend is expected to enter guilty pleas Thursday after having a plea deal rejected last month by an Augusta County judge. Travis W. Watkins, 25, is charged with ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK soldiers targeted in Murdoch phone-hacking scandal-media : " LONDON , July 7 (Reuters) - A phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's media empire grew on Thursday with claims that Britain's top-selling tabloid may have listened to the voicemail of relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Sainsbury's shoppers asked to donate food from their trolleys to poor : " FareShare is a national food charity which addresses hunger in the UK by redistributing quality surplus food from the food industry to people who need it. It works with a range of retailers and manufacturers, including Marks and Spencer and the Co-op, ... The Guardian "

Report warns effort to eradicate child poverty by 2020 in Wales must speed up ... Shadow Minister for Communities Mark Isherwood said: “Child poverty can be eliminated by 2020 if Labour Ministers look at a more child-focused NHS, raise educational attainment, work with the UK Government and prioritise the wellbeing of all children. ...

Wales shown to have some of the worst broadband access in UK ... parts of Scotland and Northern England do as badly as Wales generally, and we live in an age where we cannot survive on near-medieval broadband coverage if we are serious about tackling problems with the economy and issues of social exclusion . ...

Police raid stores across Wirral : ""It was based around crime and the criminality surrounding these premises. "As we investigated under-age sales, we discovered other crimes taking place such as money laundering, the employment of illegal immigrants and illicit alcohol. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Michelmore calls for 'practical solutions and immediate results' on poverty : "And she called for an expansion of the Mental Health Plan and a review of debt legislation so, like in the UK , people were not sent to prison if they weren't able to pay their debts. She said: “These are very practical things that will have an ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Standard Life Charitable Trust and Shelter Partner to Help People in Need of ... The Standard Life Charitable Trust is providing funding to housing and homelessness charity Shelter for three telephone advisers at the charity's housing advice lines in England and Scotland. Shelter's housing advice line provides support to those who ...

Using imagination to ease the pain : " Older people in Bath are to help experts work out whether mind really can overcome matter when it comes to chronic pain. The city's Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (the Min) and the St John's Hospital sheltered housing charity are ... United Kingdom | Ireland

One New Message: Press and Police Shamed by U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal : "There are elements of farce to the saga gripping Britain—a tangled tale of criminality and corruption, of phone-hacking, glad-handing and back-slapping, of politicians in thrall to the power of the press and of police in the pay of the press. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Judge fears for elderly after former ballerina denied night care : "Supreme court justice Lady Hale, a member of the panel of five judges who made the ruling, told of her fears that older people "might be left lying in faeces" because local authorities would be entitled to withdraw help. Campaigning charity Age UK ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Former ballerina loses Supreme Court battle for overnight care after being ... Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK , said: 'Today's decision is shameful. ' Older people have a fundamental right to dignity and forcing someone to sleep in their own urine and faeces could not be more undignified. 'This judgment opens the ...

California sends more violent criminals, fewer drug criminals, to prison : "Meanwhile, the number of inmates incarcerated primarily for a drug offense fell about 35 percent, largely because of Proposition 36, which passed in 2000 and mandates treatment programs for certain crimes instead of prison . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Extradition of Okemo, Gichuru begins : "The first to be extradited were two businesswomen who were taken the US to face charges of drug trafficking in 2003. They were Dorothy Manju Henry and Susan Kaloki Nzioki. The then Kibera Court Magistrate, Catherine Mwangi issued the orders, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Social worker Julian Swan 'scapegoat in teen sex case' : " The Care Council for Wales hearing in Cardiff will continue on Thursday. The case goes back to 2008 when a teenager who was about to leave the care system was placed with a foster family. I never sought to diminish my responsibility but there is a ... BBC News "

Over 6m households in fuel poverty, report shows : "More than six million households are in fuel poverty as a result of spiralling energy costs, according to new research published by price comparison website uSwitch.com. This equates to almost a quarter of all households in the UK , the YouGov study ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Age UK urge people in Louth to lend a hand : " CHARITY Age UK are calling out for people in Louth to help older and disabled people know about the help available to them from the Switchover Help Scheme. The charity has joined forces with well known broadcaster and former Tomrrow's World presenter ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Comment: One year on from gay asylum ruling, have things changed? : "This will, I am told, disproportionately affect LGBT people. When the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group reviewed 50 cases last year, it found that all bar one was rejected by UKBA. This means border agents are disproportionately reliant on ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Prison doctors at top of California pay scale : " The people with the top four state salaries are medical personnel, all working for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , whose paid salaries range from $777323 to $582609. Dozens of other prison medical personnel make more than $300000 a ... abc7.com "

Man found on Glasgow classified as murder victim : "Authorities say 50 year old Vincent Gillespie had trauma to his head and face when a passerby located the man on the ground in the 1400 block of Glasgow in north St. Louis. The passerby called police early Sunday morning after finding Gillespie already ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Hoya to supply homeless vision charity : "Hoya Lens UK has taken over the surfacing and laboratory work for Vision Care for Homeless People's Birmingham Centre, a cost to the charity that will be covered for the next year. Hoya will also provide a regular supply of spectacles for those ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK nuclear investment environment "dire": Citigroup : "Nuclear developers plan to build around 16 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity in the UK by 2025 to help meet the UK's tough climate targets, but the investment environment is "dire," Peter Atherton told journalists at a briefing in London . ... United Kingdom | Ireland