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Helping journalists since 1864, The Journalists’ Charity distributes grants and other forms of financial assistance to those in urgent need. In 2018, it will pay out between £400,000 and £500,000 in more than 140 cases, with beneficiaries’ ages ranging from those in their 20s to those in their 90s.
The BDA Benevolent Fund is receiving an increased demand for their help, echoing a recently published report into the high levels of stress and burnout in the profession arising from the pressure of regulation and fear of litigation.
B&CE’s Charitable Trust, which provides support for construction workers and the industry, is calling for organisations to apply for the Mowlem Award 2019.
The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society is celebrating International Women’s Day by raising awareness of the social care industry’s dependence on dedicated female care workers.
The Officers’ Association has increased support to serving and former officers developing their post-military careers, as highlighted in their latest Impact Report. The OA Employment Team provided 1,125 one-to-one career consultations and CV reviews. In addition, over 1,100 jobs were posted onto the OA Executive Jobs Board.
Pubcos around the country are to receive training on how to spot the warning signs of mental health issues amongst their workforce, and how to deal with problems, under a ground-breaking new initiative being launched by the Licenced Trade Charity.
The Insurance Charities has partnered with Harry Specters chocolates – a social enterprise set up by Mona, Shaz and their son Ash, who has autism - and will include Harry Specters chocolates in their Awareness Week charity boxes and bags.
The ICE Benevolent Fund has undergone a modernisation and transformation process over the past decade that continues to evolve and shows no sign of slowing down.
Participants from Friends of the Elderly programme Any Old Irons, which is run in partnership with West Ham United Foundation, met renowned footballer Tony Cottee.
A group of organisations, including Family Fund, have created a video of children’s favourite The Snail and the Whale using Makaton sign language. The Snail and the Whale is by former children's laureate Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Room on the Broom.
The Charity for Civil Servants has been ranked 34th in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not for Profit Organisations to Work For.
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations benevolent fund, iprovision, has strengthened its board with the appointment of three new trustees – Lizzie D’Angelo, Baroness Olly Grender and James Harkness.
The 364-year old clergy support charity Sons & Friends has re-launched and re-branded itself as Clergy Support Trust. The aim of the re-brand is to make the charity’s name more inclusive and its work more accessible to Anglican clergy, almost a third of whom are now women.