CARE is on the ground – now and for the long run – in remote, typhoon-affected areas of the Philippines providing food, shelter, livelihood assistance and other essentials to survivors of the storm. The deep appreciation expressed by the people who have lived through one of the strongest storms in history has touched our team in the
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27th August 2019: Artesian Solutions, the powerful technology for client facing commercial teams, designed to accelerate revenue growth by helping create deeper and more meaningful B2B relationships, is once again set to host the ‘Brain of the City’ Quiz for this year’s Lord Mayors Appeal City Giving Day. Following the success of last year’s event,
Smaller charities are feeling more optimistic about the future, new research suggests. A survey of mostly smaller charities by the grant-maker the Garfield Weston Foundation and the support charity Pilotlight found that 41 per cent of respondents expected their income to rise over the next 12 months, up from 38 per cent in the same
AMMAN/DAHUK (October 24, 2019) – More than two weeks after the escalation of violence in north-east Syria, women, children, and families continue to be uprooted from their homes, with displacement figures reaching close to 180,000, according to the United Nations. While civilians continue to bear the brunt of the recent fighting, women and girls are the most
Press Release IFCO SYSTEMS supports food banks worldwide by provisioning free RPCs and co-financing refrigerated vans PULLACH, GERMANY, 11. December 2018: Since the beginning of its initiative for the support of food banks in 2009, IFCO SYSTEMS, the leading global provider of reusable packaging solutions, has donated more than 280,000 RPCs (Reusable Plastic Containers) to
Two bowel cancer and disease charities have announced they will merge next year. Bowel & Cancer Research and the Bowel Disease Research Foundation said they would form a new charity in a bid to achieve more by working together. The charities said that while work on the new name continued they would operate using their
The Storm Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) was downgraded to a tropical storm by state weather bureau PAGASA late Monday morning, December 8, together with the Japan Meteorological Agency and the US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center. However, storm warning signals are still up in large parts of Southern Luzon and the Visayas. As of 10 am
READING, UK & MALTA, September 02, 2019 – DataCore Software is sponsoring the LifeCycle Challenge in its 21st anniversary year, raising much needed funds to assist renal patients to have a significantly improved quality of life. Their main fundraising event, the Nescafé 3in1 LifeCycle Challenge, this year sees 27 cyclists racing 2,000km across Vietnam, Laos
Society lotteries raised a record £332.2m for good causes last year, official figures show. Data published by the Gambling Commission yesterday shows the amount raised by society lotteries rose by £32.9m in the 12 months to the end of March this year. A spokeswoman for The Lotteries Council, a membership body for charities that run
AMMAN (November 6, 2019) – As temperatures plummet across the Middle East, CARE warns that tens of thousands of people, including women and children, in north-east Syria are at risk of facing harsh weather conditions without needed protection. Over 100,000 people are still displaced, out of whom more than 15,000 are living in collective shelters,
Long-time supporter of efforts to save rhinos becomes official partner of Helping Rhinos charity LONDON, UK – 17th September 2019 – ThreatQuotient™, a leading security operations platform innovator, today announced its partnership with Helping Rhinos, a charity organisation focused on providing a sustainable future for rhinos. As an official supporter, ThreatQuotient aims to bring awareness
The shadow charities minister has called for “urgent answers” about the future of the National Citizen Service following the collapse of the programme’s former delivery partner The Challenge. Vicky Foxcroft, who is running again as the Labour candidate for Lewisham Deptford in south-east London, also said that attempts to get further information on NCS spending from
On April 25, a devastating earthquake struck between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara. The needs in response to this catastrophe are immense. CARE staff are on the ground providing people with temporary shelter, ready-to-eat meals, water purification and toilet construction. More than 7,000 people have reportedly died and this number is expected to
LONDON – 26 February 2019 – The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, a non-profit organisation formed by learning and human capital management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), today announced that Team Rubicon UK is using Cornerstone’s Learning Management System to train, engage and deploy volunteers quickly and efficiently. Team Rubicon is a Talent Management Grantee of
The Charity Commission has disqualified three former trustees of a north London Christian charity after they paid themselves more than £450,000 of unauthorised sums and the regulator found cash worth more than £700,000 had been withdrawn from the charity’s bank account without proper paperwork. The commission opened a statutory inquiry into Kingdom Life Ministries in June
MAPUTO (November 12, 2019) – At least 1.6 million people in the central and southern parts of Mozambique are presently in need of assistance due to the devastating effects of the ongoing drought and increasingly severe weather events. Mozambique is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change. The severe food shortage is
The platform has seen a 116% increase in new user registrations, while the number of projects achieving full funding via the platform has jumped by 70% in the last year Newbury, 18th September 2019 – Not-for-profit, charity owned online charitable giving platform The Good Exchange has revealed significant growth figures as it celebrates its third
Negotiations between the RSPCA and union officials over staff pay and conditions have officially broken down, with the charity saying the sides are in “formal dispute”. Third Sector revealed in October that the charity was planning to dismiss staff who do not agree to a new performance-related pay scheme, prompting a furious backlash from Unite,
Extreme weather from the most severe El Niño on record already has affected millions of people around the world. From drought and cyclones to flooding and forest fires, its effects destroy crops and livelihoods, threaten water supplies and levy lasting hardships on millions of people, particularly the poorest households, which are vulnerable even in normal
Digital fundraising platform Donr streamlined the fundraising process, helping the global car rental company to achieve over half a million pounds in donations Newcastle, 28th November, 2019: Employees from over 450 Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK branches have raised almost six hundred thousand pounds for Children In Need this year, thanks in part to the bespoke solution
A war of words has broken out between The Challenge and the National Citizen Service Trust after the trust said it was not to blame for its former delivery partner’s collapse into administration. Yesterday The Challenge announced it had entered into administration, owing to the ramifications of the loss of a £60m contract in August to deliver
WASHINGTON (Nov. 12, 2019) – A bipartisan group of Congressional staffers traveled to Malawi with CARE to see how vital U.S investments in women’s and youth’s empowerment and health can equip families and communities with the tools and resources necessary to lift themselves out of poverty. The delegation included staffers from Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New
Local youth charities and good causes encouraged to apply for grants totaling £150,000 from a North East charitable trust in latest funding round Newbury, 10th September 2019 – Not-for-profit cloud platform The Good Exchange has today announced that £150,000 of funding is available to support young people in the North East of England. County Durham
A war of words has broken out between The Challenge and the National Citizen Service Trust after the trust said it was not to blame for its former delivery partner’s collapse into administration. Yesterday The Challenge announced it had entered into administration, owing to the ramifications of the loss of a £60m contract in August to deliver
One of the most powerful hurricanes in recent years has hit Haiti, bringing 145mph winds, heavy rain and dangerous storm surges. CARE is responding to this devastating storm with clean drinking water, food assistance and emergency supplies such as tarps for shelter, blankets and hygiene kits. CARE is currently providing meals to hundreds of people
30th September 2019: Artesian Solutions, the powerful technology for client facing commercial teams, once again celebrates the resounding success of its annual ‘Brain of the City’ Quiz for the Lord Mayors Appeal City Giving Day. Following the success of last year’s event, The Artesian team were determined to make the popular quiz night bigger and
A culture of large organisations taking on contracts for local services they are not familiar with is “reprehensible” and a charity being reliant on certain forms of funding risks its volunteers being used as “cheap civil servants”, Princess Anne has told charities. Speaking last night at the annual Hinton Lecture, which is run by the
WASHINGTON (November 26, 2019) – The global poverty-fighting organization CARE is pleased to welcome the House introduction of HR 5267, the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA)*. This bill will ensure that tackling gender-based violence is a foundation of U.S. foreign policy. IVAWA makes ending gender-based violence a top diplomatic, development, and foreign assistance priority by ensuring the U.S.
About the crisis in Somalia In Somalia, 6.7 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, including more than 350,000 malnourished children under the age of five. The crisis in Somalia is the result of prolonged drought, violence and insecurity. Consecutive years of poor rains and harvests have decimated crops across Somalia, South Sudan,
SANA’A, (November 27, 2019) – After more than three years of closure, it has been announced that Sana’a International Airport is to be re-opened to allow sick patients to travel overseas for life-saving treatment. In August, CARE & NRC reported that up to 32,000 people may have died through not being able to travel overseas for medical care. “It