Teacher Bex Wilson was shocked to learn a pupil had no bed to sleep in. But this was the tip of the icebergReal heroes don’t wear capes, but they do bring duvets. Such as Bex Wilson and her dad, Mark, who spent the night before Christmas bringing beds …
Betting billionaire’s charity cuts donations from £9m to £6m
Denise Coates, boss of online gambling company Bet365, saw reserves in her foundation rise by almost 50%A charity founded by Denise Coates, the billionaire boss of online gambling firm Bet365, has reduced its donations to good causes from £9m to £6m, d…
After rightwing attacks on rescues, UK lifeboat charity has record fundraising year
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has had ‘significant’ increase in annual donations after it went to the aid of asylum seekersThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is on course for the highest annual fundraising total in its near 200-ye…
Charity regulator should keep out of ‘woke’ debates, says prospective chair
Commons select committee scrutinises Martin Thomas’s appointment after previous chair criticised over culture wars The charity regulator should stay as far as possible out of debates about “wokeness”, the government’s preferred candidate to head the wa…
RNLI takes down its website after suspected hacking attempt
Charity’s site reduced to a landing page after ‘suspicious activity’ and staff sent threatening emailsThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has taken down its website after “suspicious activity” and said its staff had been sent threatening ema…
Activists call for revolution in ‘dated and colonial’ aid funding
Aspen Institute’s New Voices want donors to exercise humility and trust those receiving grants to know what their communities needAid donors are being urged to revolutionise the way money is spent to move away from colonial ideas and create meaningful …
Mental health charity declines donation from Jamie Lynn Spears
Britney Spears’s younger sister has had her offer to give proceeds from her forthcoming book to the non-profit organisation This Is My Brave turned downJamie Lynn Spears’s offer to donate some of the proceeds from her forthcoming memoir to a mental hea…
Youth homelessness has risen 40% in five years, says UK charity
Centrepoint estimates 121,000 homeless or at risk, with analysis showing black people disproportionally affectedYouth homeless in the UK has increased by an estimated two-fifths in five years, rising to more than 120,000, a leading charity director has…
Guardian angel: a Syrian feeding the homeless who dreams of his own street food van
In our new column, in which we make nice things happen for nice people, Khaled Wakkaa starts to turn his passion into a livelihoodIn a Lebanese hospital in 2015, Khaled Wakkaa watched as his wife Dalal grew weaker. She was emaciated and jaundiced. In t…
Guardian angel: a Hackney hero takes his team bowling
In our new column, in which we make nice things happen for nice people, we meet Marvin Birch, who turned his life around – and now spreads the community loveMarvin Birch has lived on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney his entire life. It’s never had a goo…