Which Charity

NOT long ago, in The Charity Supplement #2, there was some exciting news about the opportuning to get paid work experience in the charity of your choice. Published only days before the application deadline, readers were invited to choose their favourite charity and contact someone there, annd then apply to the World of Difference 2009 scheme, run by Vodafone. READ ON

THIS January see the launch of the third annual Stroke for Stroke Campaign, a joint event held by The Stroke Association and the engineering conglomerate, Siemens. READ ON

SAY 'Goodbye' to the 'Volunteer' Way to Give this recession - now you can get paid to help your charity. This is thanks to the Vodafone Scheme 'World of Difference' which is offering 500 successful applicants the chance to work for 2 months for a UK charity of their choice. READ ON

IN 1966, 43 years ago, a rare experience sparked a life-changing project that was to save, protect and improve the lives of an uncountable number in the years which followed. READ ON

Welcome to the first 'issue' of The Charity Supplement. The previous post concluded with "the first charity to be featured in The Charity Supplement on this blog is..." so, without further hindering, allow me to introduce Born Free. READ ON

YOU may of noticed that our directory has been getting rather more busy recently, with charities being added continuously. You may also have noticed that our name has been popping up elsewhere on the net, on news websites and blogs and blog search sites, and you may of wondered "is that the smallish site I stumbled upon the other day?" READ ON

TODAY is the day that one of our ideas from the Benefits for Charities page on our site and the related article on this blog, is initiated. Which one? I hear you ask. Well, it is one that can benefit both potential supporters and charities; it is one that can occupy bored or fed up charity choosers, and it is one that can, for free, allow you to be more involved in your favourite cause. Which one? Today begins the first of what I would like to name: The Charity Supplement, what will hopefully be regular articles about a charity or charity-related link that is listed on our site. READ ON

WE consider it our job to research as many UK and International charities as we can to add to the site. Of course, it goes without saying that any forward-going anything ought to have something good to offer. We often talk or write about how we want to help charity-givers to choose, and we have made it part of our aims that smaller charities should get equal exposure to the bigger, more well known charities. READ ON

'WHICH CHARITY' is a new website created by a group of determined eighteen year olds, in order to benefit the vast diversity of charities, and the ever increasing charity-givers. The website features a 'Find a Charity' system, where users can complete a short form based on their interests of who they want to donate to and how they wish to pursue this. READ ON

I HAVE just read an article in The Times, by Leo Lewis, titled 'Get a bike and save the planet (in 87 years).' In it, Lewis speaks about Tokyo's "environmental kicks" where the city has gone "bicycle barmy" and employed the mode of transport in the hope of replacing the recession-biting car. READ ON

THE WORLD is in a state of flux: we have come out of a phase in our life where we have claimed to know infinite knowledge and where we have and continue to be, endlessly, proven wrong. Now we are reacting, making use of every communication developmentthe television; websites and social networking; independent film and video websites such as 'YouTube' - to shout our messages out loud READ ON

OUR spending has been dramatically reduced, our pockets dried and lightened. Our watchful eye locks tight to our bills and we pull out of our long-term interests and memberships. We reduce our regular giving to charity. Others reduce their giving in our fundraising initiatives. But the charities still need our help. READ ON

This is a time for celebration. This is a time for a breath of fresh air. This is a time for all brains to relax and place the hard work in the hands of our clever site. So go ahead, jump up in the air; take a sigh of relief, feel good - the most difficult decision of your week is about to... READ ON