Daily Update: A tribute to the young who wish to do good for society….
This week the capital was struck by yet another student led protest which seeks to put right the huge social injustice that many young people believe have been imposed on due to the failings of the...
View ArticleDaily Update: Are Fundraising Costs Vital to Charities?
Penned by our intern Frey. Whilst socialising with friends from the private sector, the conversation drifts to work and someone decides to create a stir. They express uncertainty about charities,...
View ArticleDaily Update: A Smooth Transition?
In July 2010, Chris White MP tabled a Private Members’ Bill that calls for all public sector commissioning to factor in social value. This Friday will witness the third reading of the bill and if...
View ArticleDaily Update: A Divine Intervention.
Divine Chocolate Ltd won the best UK Social Enterprise of the year award in 2007. Divine and its sister social enterprise Cafedirect were at the forefront of pioneering the Fairtrade movement in the UK...
View ArticleDaily Update: 2012 – a Gloomy Start for the Charitable Sector
Not wishing to add to the doom and gloom of January, however the outputs of a recent research piece commissioned by Investec Bank has produced some discouraging results. The research has found that...
View ArticleDaily Update: Social Enterprise – a definition too wide?
Declan Jones’s recent article on the urgency of providing standardisation of what constitutes a social enterprise has left me in somewhat of a quandary. Whilst I agree with his opinion that the loose...
View ArticleDaily Update: How to ensure Strategic Commissioning leads the way in 2012
There’s no doubt that the rhetoric around social enterprises delivering local public services is compelling: values-driven organisations with great community links delivering services on a triple...
View ArticleDaily Update: Small companies outshine banks on CR
Further to Hannah White’s blog which highlighted the failure of Lloyds Bank to come up with a new and innovative ways to come up with fundraising mechanisms for its customers. I would like to commend...
View ArticleInnovation in giving – An update for 2012
Since the launch of the Government’s ‘Giving’ white paper back in May 2011, Cause4 has been keeping a keen eye out for innovations that encourage ‘giving’ to become more mainstream, whilst benefiting...
View ArticleDaily Update: An Egg-cellent fundraising initiative
At Cause4 Towers we are particularly keen on ideas that encourage fundraising – particularly ones that are innovative and promote giving on a large scale. So you can imagine our delight when we heard...
View ArticleIf Corporate Responsibility is dead – where’s the social enterprise action?
Dermot Egan recently announced on his blog that ‘CSR is dead – long live social enterprise’ He asserted it was essential that society moves to an era where companies do not separate themselves from...
View ArticleHealth warnings for new lottery?
Last Saturday witnessed the first draw of the highly anticipated and somewhat criticized Health Lottery. The Health Lottery, it claims, is not a national lottery, but 51 local society lotteries each...
View ArticleDaily Update: Can Social Enterprises Rise to the Challenge?
Will Nixon, writing in the Guardian - CEO of Enterprising Futures has made a brave statement on the role of Social Enterprise in the evermore increasing competitive market. He quite rightly states...
View ArticleDaily Update: Legacy10 – A step in the right direction?
Yesterday, saw the launch of Legacy10 – a nationwide drive to increase the number of people in the UK who leave money to charity in their wills. The goal of Legacy10 is to encourage a change in the way...
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