Access for all: the scheme helping disadvantaged students into top universities
Author: Aoife Moriarty ‘If you look today at schools in disadvantaged areas of London and how many kids they send…
ByAuthor: Aoife Moriarty ‘If you look today at schools in disadvantaged areas of London and how many kids they send…
ByAuthor: Aoife Moriarty Yesterday, it was announced that billionaire hedge fund founder David Harding is to contribute £5 million towards…
ByNews that Tony Blair has become GQ Magazine’s 2014 Philanthropist of the Year has been met with a mixture of…
ByThe cynical award of a prize for philanthropy to Tony Blair is a wasted opportunity, says Plum Lomax of NPC…
ByIt was in October of last year that I wrote about a chilling political mood for charity campaigning*. In the…
ByTomorrow is A-level results day. It’s a hugely important moment for seventeen- and eighteen-year olds across England and Wales, one…
ByAuthor: Aoife Moriarty Banksy’s ‘Spy Booth’, near GCHQ in Gloucestershire, was inspired by last year’s global surveillance scandal. It is…
BySo much for silly season. This August has seen a ceaseless stream of ‘real news’ – from Gaza, Liberia and…
ByWe all love a good headline and a heartwarming story, but this doesn’t always coincide with real, useful philanthropic solutions.…
ByBack in June, I attended the inaugural dinner for the relaunch of London’s Blue Plaque Scheme. Plans to restructure English…
ByRaising money for heritage philanthropy is challenging, which is why initiatives such as English Heritage’s Blue Plaques scheme are vital…
ByBeing a charity’s trustee has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career, and certainly one of the…
ByDavid Cameron’s long anticipated cabinet reshuffle has taken shape. The prime minister is evidently trying to refresh the party’s image…
BySo how are your bricks and mortar? Hardly the question of a generous philanthropist when preparing make a donation to…
ByThe Lord Mayor’s Giving Day is upon us – the first of what organisers hope to become a landmark in…
ByA number of quirks are on the cards to bolster the day’s events across London’s financial precincts, including a bankers’…
ByThis tournament is already touted as one of the most exciting World Cups in recent years. We’ve seen the usual…
ByFighting has broken out again in Iraq as extremists, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham [the Levant] (Isis), take…
ByTim Jahnigen has reinvented the football. He picks up his creation and slowly squeezes it flat between his sizeable palms.…
ByThe abdication of King Juan Carlos of Spain comes as a shock. Yet he follows counterparts in Belgium, Holland and…
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