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We need a clearer view on ageing....

There are 2 big issues the sector needs to get a grip on in the social care and ageing debate....

Baily's Hunting Directory

Baily's Hunting Directory www.bailyshuntingdirectory.com/directory is now available online @ £12 a year. I think that it is a bargain, and great for local/regional research on "great 'n' good".

Real life brand credibility underpinning fundraising activity

For a while, I have been talking about how brand credibility not only gives charities the right to ask for donations but also how it can protect them when things go awry.  This month I personally experienced a great example of the latter.

Sign the petition to No 10!

The campaign to save Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland has stepped up a few gears.

A petition to the UK Government has now been launched - please sign it. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/LloydsFoundation/

Best days of their lives, most expensive of ours

It's started already. And we are only a few weeks into the school year here in Scotland: you lucky southerners might just have a few weeks' more respite....

Honours for deserving people; whatever next!

I'm a fortnight behind the game here I know, but I've only really just looked at the names of 'honoured' individuals from this year's list.  Is anyone else tired of seeing overpaid footballers, popstars and TV personalities being awarded gongs simply for being on TV.  I’ve long believed that the New Year’s honours list should contain just that; honours for deserving individuals.

Can you be too grateful?

John Baguley's blog post this week about Kate Winslet's approach to 'sincere thanks' made me cringe.  Not at John's thoughts, (which were interesting as ever), but at the difference between Kate's various 'thank yous' over the last couple of weeks.

Change We Need to We Need Change?

Here's an idea spotted in a Twitter post by Arleigh yesterday.

Britain's first double-sided unisex nude charity calendar published

There truly is no end to the nude charity calendar phenomenon. We've had people from all walks of life posing artfully to raise funds for charity.

Having a Ball

Last weekend I went to a charity ball and it made me think about fundraising, donors and the impact of the current economic climate.

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