Giving money for nothing is 'old fashioned'
That's according to a trustee at Hospital Radio Bedside, a charity manned by volunteers which runs a radio service for patients in five hospitals across Dorset.
'Government gets a good deal from charities'
Body Positive Dorset supports sufferers of HIV and AIDs. Executive director Barbara Heffernan says the charity only attracts about two and a half thousand pounds a year in donations. She thinks it's because HIV is no longer a highly publicised cause like it used to be. The charity relies heavily on the government instead, but their funding has been cut.
A green paper released in May 2008 by the Conservative party saw them promising to give charities more money in the form of grants, with less contractual restrictions to provide services at a community level.
Kyriaki Karadelis paid a visit to Body Positive and also met up with one of their patrons, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood.
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Trust me, I'm a charity
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Charities 'held together by sticky back plastic'
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It’s early days yet, but self-regulation is working for fundraising charities, a spokesperson from the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has said.
Charities that get a lot of money from bequests will feel the blow of falling house prices, according to the director of a legacy market research project.
Donations to religious organisations could increase if they lose their charitable status, according to a group whose members support ethical living without religion.
The umbrella organisation representing 13 UK aid agencies has warned it’s too early to say if the credit crunch has impacted on charity donations.