Unicef fears backlash over Rita Ora’s lockdown breach three months after she appealed for donations to help youngsters hit by coronavirus Ora, who turned 30 this month, has helped Unicef to campaign during virus But the charity appeared to distance itself from the singer after her refusal to isolate following a jaunt to Egypt to … Read more
Unicef fears backlash over Rita Ora’s lockdown breach three months after she appealed for donations to help youngsters hit by coronavirus Ora, who turned 30 this month, has helped Unicef to campaign during virus But the charity appeared to distance itself from the singer after her refusal to isolate following a jaunt to Egypt to … Read more
Comic Relief lost £380,000 to an African aid group whose director used donations to pay his mortgage and splash out in expensive restaurants, an inquiry has found. The charity is said to have awarded almost £800,000 in grants to Kenya Community Support Network. The London-based charity aimed to relieve poverty, sickness and distress among Kenyans … Read more
Comic Relief lost £380,000 to an African aid group whose director used donations to pay his mortgage and splash out in expensive restaurants, an inquiry has found. The charity is said to have awarded almost £800,000 in grants to Kenya Community Support Network. The London-based charity aimed to relieve poverty, sickness and distress among Kenyans … Read more
John Legend and Mark Cuban tangle over where donations are better served … as Grammy winner tells billionaire ‘the Senate flipping would be far more impactful’ than a donation to a food bank Billionaire Mavericks owner brought up the topic in suggesting to his followers to give to food banks instead of political causes Legend … Read more
The Royal British Legion fears millions of pounds in Poppy Appeal donations could be lost across the UK because volunteers cannot do face-to-face collections due to the Covid pandemic. Charles Byrne, director-general of the charity, said lockdown restrictions mean that for the first time in the organisation’s 99-year history, in-person fundraising has been cancelled on the … Read more
The Royal British Legion fears millions of pounds in Poppy Appeal donations could be lost across the UK because volunteers cannot do face-to-face collections due to the Covid pandemic. Charles Byrne, director-general of the charity, said lockdown restrictions mean that for the first time in the organisation’s 99-year history, in-person fundraising has been cancelled on the … Read more
Charity donations soared by £800million in the first months of coronavirus pandemic, research suggests The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found a rise in donations despite uncertainty The public donated a total of £5.4billion between January and June this year CAF said some causes suffered huge losses as donors shifted to support NHS By Daily Mail … Read more
Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more
Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more