Joe Biden’s nightmare of a wider war in the Middle East is coming to pass. But the war is not widening because of Israel. It is widening because of Iran. On October 7th, 2024, Hamas broke a cease-fire deal and started the Gaza war with the rape, torture, and slaughter of 1,200 Israeli civilians. On October 8th,
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Simone Kraus. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
Tuesday the world was shocked by one of the strangest war stories of the century. Between 2,800 and 4,000 pagers went off in the hands or pockets of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon as the fighters went about their daily lives. Yes, pagers, old fashioned pagers, exploded. In fact, pagers blew up from Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and
Education Week reports that we are in a student mental health crisis. So does the surgeon general. Will taking cellphones away from kids while they’re in school help us get out of this crisis? I asked the science search engine Consensus to do a survey of studies on school cellphone bans and mental health. Consensus reviewed ten scientific
In January, eight months ago, Nikki Haley said, ‘The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the one who wins this election.’ Nikki Haley may be right. The Democratic National Convention that took place at the United Center in Chicago the week of August 19th demonstrated something no one may have
The chief executive of the children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives will take up the top job at Muscular Dystrophy UK in November. Andy Fletcher will succeed Catherine Woodhead, who left Muscular Dystrophy UK in July to become chief executive of Living Streets, which campaigns to make roads safer for pedestrians. Fletcher is
Ben, the automotive industry charity, has appointed its health and wellbeing director, Rachel Clift, as its chief executive. Clift will take up the reins on 1 November, succeeding Zara Ross, who is retiring after eight years in the role. But Ross will continue to work with the charity as its transfer programme director until the
A former Scottish cancer charity manager has admitted to stealing more than £95,000 from two charities she worked for, including one she co-founded. Lindsay MacCallum, 61, of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to two counts of fraud after stealing money from Rainbow Valley and the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. Rainbow Valley
Only 3 per cent of charities are using artificial intelligence in their operations, new research from the Charity Commission shows. The findings come from a survey of more than 2,500 trustees conducted online in February by BMG Research on behalf of the regulator. The research, published today, shows the proportion of trustees who said their
Public trust in charities is at its highest level in 10 years, new research from the Charity Commission has found. The regulator found charities scored an average of 6.5 out of 10 for trust among the UK public – the highest level since 2014, when the score was 6.7. The figure is up from 6.3
Funders have been urged to provide financial aid for frontline organisations in the wake of recent anti-immigration riots. A group of grantmakers and organisations have written to more than 100 funders, urging them to provide emergency financial aid to frontline organisations in the aftermath of the violent anti-immigration protests and riots that broke out across
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a poverty relief charity after receiving complaints about funds it sent to Yemen. The Saba Relief & Development Foundation, which was registered as a charity in 2013, works to alleviate poverty in Yemen by distributing food, water, clothing, providing education facilities and offering financial aid. The
A group of people with lived experience of UK migration systems have urged charity leaders and funders to take “urgent action” to support staff safety in the wake of the recent anti-immigration riots. The letter, which is addressed to about 150 charity leaders and funders in the migration sector, calls for sector leaders to support
A care charity has been ordered to pay a former employee more than £18,600 for constructive dismissal, indirect sex discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled. Ms R Malcolm worked as a housing supervisor at Blackwood Homes and Care, which provides care for disabled people, between July 2019 until her dismissal in July
The enterprise education charity Young Enterprise has appointed the deputy chief executive of Fair4All Finance as its new leader. Sarah Porretta succeeds Sharon Davies who is leaving the charity after 15 years, the past five as chief executive. Davies announced plans to step down in April, saying she was “planning some time for reflection” after
Macmillan Cancer Support’s income rose by more than 2 per cent last year, new accounts show. The charity recorded a total income of £232.5m in the financial year to the end of December 2023, up from £227.1m in 2022. A vast majority of the charity’s income came from fundraising activities, which accounted for 98 per
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Ice Cream Man” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Rob DiSanto. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
Defined benefit pension schemes sponsored by the largest UK charities have seen a “significant increase” in their funding levels, a financial services firm has said. Hymans Robertson’s annual report on defined benefit pension scheme funding in the sector highlights figures from the 40 biggest charities by annual income in England and Wales. The report says
A shop that was allegedly falsely trading under a children’s charity’s name for 18 years has taken down all signage after the council contacted police. Second Chance Children’s Charity, based in Titchfield, Hampshire, was informed about the shop in Erith, south-east London, by a group of local residents. The charity had permitted the opening of
A former Charity Commission board member has described the Charity Governance Code as “too managerial in tone”. In a LinkedIn post, Andrew Purkis said the code, which is the subject of a consultation to “refresh and reshape” it, was excellent but warned some sections were “too dry”. Purkis, who was a commission board member from
A fundraiser launched to support Citizens Advice Sunderland has raised more than £14,800 after the charity’s office suffered extensive fire damage last week. Violent riots have taken place across the UK since the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport, with Citizens Advice Sunderland’s office targeted by racists on Friday. A fundraising campaign for
Power to Change has rebranded to reflect its goal of supporting community businesses as “building blocks”. The charity, which was set up in 2015 with an endowment of £150m to support community businesses, has changed its strapline and logo, and updated its website. The new logo retains a similar colour palette but introduces a new
Rock-stacking is one of humanity’s most ancient art forms. But it is also contentious. Hike far enough on just about any trail in the world, and you’ll likely spot a collection of stones placed atop each other that form impromptu sculptures. Some call them cairns. Others favor more colorful terms like “stone balancing” or “prayer
When we say that Malta is jam-packed full of culture, food and nature, we’re not exaggerating. After all, even though the 27km(17-mile)-long island is the tenth smallest country in the world, it’s the fifth-most densely populated. Which means that whether you’re a solo traveler, retired explorer or large family on vacation, you don’t have to
I first fell in love with Ljubljana around 25 years ago – how could you not fall in love with a city whose name just happens to be formed partly from the Slovenian word for love? With a wonderfully atmospheric old town lorded over by an imposing hilltop castle and carved in half by the
Renowned as one of Europe’s sunniest destinations, the islands that make up Malta are indeed an ideal place for a vacation filled with swims and lying out for hours. In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea – 96km (60 miles) south of Sicily and 386km (240 miles) east of Tunisia – the diminutive but mighty
If New York’s nightlife scene were a keg, it’d never get kicked. NYC overflows with options no matter the day: dance the night away inside a Brooklyn warehouse, slide into a speakeasy-style cocktail joint or applaud burlesque performers who bare it all for rowdy crowds. Beer buffs sample flights at local breweries, socialites sip Manhattans in swanky
Charleston delights all the senses – visually with its cobblestone streets and charming architecture, audibly with the local twang and, y’all…then there’s the food, which is a sensory overload on every level. From its dives to its elaborate divines, there is something for every budget, palette and person in Charleston. I’m a Virginia native and
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