72% of 2013 New Years Honours list are community workers
The 1,223 people named today in the 2013 New Year Honours List include many who have “undertaken outstanding work in…
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Nominations open for The Independent on Sunday’s Happy List
The Independent on Sunday is once again seeking nominations for its Happy List, the newspaper’s “antidote to all those rich…
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Philanthropists and fundraisers recognised in New Year Honours List 2012
Fourteen philanthropists have been recognised with knighthoods or CBEs in the 2012 New Year Honours list. Many other donors, fundraisers,…
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Congratulations to Gill Raikes MBE
Gill Raikes MInstF Cert, Director of Fundraising at the National Trust, and a trustee of the Institute of Fundraising, has…
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Three quarters of New Year’s Honours go to ‘local heroes’
Three quarters of those who received an honour in the 2011 New Year Honours List are “local heroes, who’ve undertaken…
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CAF’s John Low receives CBE
Dr John Low, Chief Executive of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), was presented with a CBE for services to the…
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Venturesome makes £100,000 loan to eating disorders charity
Venturesome, the social investment fund of the Charities Aid Foundation, has made an unsecured loan of £100,000 to eating disorders…
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Government seeks suggestions for Honours List recipients
The Government is asking charities and voluntary organisations to nominate worthy individuals for the Honours List. In the 2008 New…
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Ian Bruce awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Professor Ian Bruce, the former Director General of the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) for 20 years, and…