May 27th, 2010 by Lianne
Charities are awesome because… Everyone loves that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you donate to good causes.
If you’ve ever had anyone you know or any of your family suffer from anything most charities donate for then you will know of the importance that charity makes for these causes.
Some places are in need of any support and anything your community can do to help will dramatically help the facilities and care these places can offer.
May 20th, 2010 by Lianne
10% of charities fail in their first year according to recent studies detailing the last half of 2009.
Unfortunately the recession has hit charity shops as well as the other high street shops and although charity shops survive on voluntary work, the time available for people to help is as small as it ever has been and some shops are struggling.
May 15th, 2010 by Lianne
Voluntary work can help you with your career and looks great on your CV.
It helps build character and gives a better mentality all round. Plus it makes you feel good for being so generous! 
It’s never too late to start giving, even if it’s just helping out your local charities with voluntary work.
Next time your in an interview and can make reference to charity work, your employee is guaranteed to be impressed. It will also make you stand out as not many people are going to have the same listings on their CV.
May 10th, 2010 by Lianne
By the end of Summer big events such as the London and Manchester marathon will have been completed as well as other big summer events.
The weather has been great for these recently and no doubt a huge sum of money has been raised thanks to the nations and gift aids support.
Did any of you guys race in the marathon? You should let us know how much you raised!
Don’t worry if you missed out on these events, it’s never to late to help out your local charities via various fund raising events.
May 5th, 2010 by Lianne
… for their causes.
Many charities will struggle to run due to being based on volunteers. I recently watched a great TV show about how a local charity was transformed into a proper business and the amount of donations they could make trebled in size.
The laid back attitude of the volunteers essentially reduced the amount of work being done and a little restructuring got them back on track making noticeable donations and eventually being a bigger part of the charity they were working for.
Plans to carry out the process on a number of other charities around the are have been discussed.