The National Trust is to launch 300 websites for its individual properties. The sites will be run by staff at each property, and will have more emphasis on interactive features and user-generated content.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has appointed Abigail Scott Paul as head of media relations. She was previously comms manager for architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall in Melbourne and was head of press at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. She replaces Nasreen Memon, who has joined...
The Institute of Fundraising has appointed a new director of policy and campaigns. Computer Aid International CEO Louise Richards replaces Megan Pacey, who left in February. Richards is a former CEO of War on Want and was head of international relations at Unison for more than 20 years.
03 Apr 2009
Bowel Cancer UK has launched its first consumer-facing campaign with a three-year awareness and fundraising drive called 'Check It'. It will encourage its community supporters to use the campaign as a fundraising tool and will also be targeting healthcare professionals.
13 Mar 2009
- The Marine Conservation Society has teamed up with 4Kids Entertainment International, the licensing agent for comic book superheroes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The characters will make surprise appearances at key Marine Conservation Society events to endorse the society's conservation messages...
30 Jan 2009
Liberty, the human rights organisation, has promoted its press officer Mairi Clare Rodgers to director of media relations. Rodgers replaces Jen Corlew, who held the position for three years before joining the Department for International Development as senior press officer for Africa. Rodgers joined...
09 Jan 2009
| by Kate Magee
Comms chiefs say charities need to be proactive in order to survive the year ahead....chiefs have stressed the importance of ensuring that charities are visible in the press. 'Being visible ...
LONDON - Charities are increasingly suffering as a result of the economic downturn....More than half of charities (52%) were feeling the effects of the recession in February, according ...
LONDON - Some charities are commanding more loyalty than others in the economic downturn....overseas development organisations are least likely to desert the charities they support - 83% of their ...
09 Feb 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - The Government is setting up a £45m fund to help charities that have been badly hit by the...Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne said the majority of the funds would be used to help charities ...