How a former AFL footballer turned charity into prime-time television — and left dozens of donors empty-handed
By David Estcourt
Charities say they regret involvement in Channel Seven's Adventure All Stars.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-09/troy-gray-adventure-all-stars-charities-unhappy/105394006
https://www.europesays.com/uk/169811/ NHS urgent warning as it faces first ever blood Red Alert with stocks dangerously low #Apps #Cancer #CarCrashes #Charities #Health #Healthcare #Hospitals #NHS #UK #UnitedKingdom
I’m so proud of our little indie web community that managed to raise $19,540.54 last month for #charities near and dear to our hearts!
Miss World organisers accused of being ‘vindictive and bitter’ towards ex-contestant https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/01/miss-world-organisers-accused-vindictive-towards-milla-magee #Lifeandstyle #Charities #Society #Fashion #Models #UKnews #Women
It takes up to 450 hours to make a human-hair wig, but it's Rachel's passion
By Lucie Cutting
From her Tasmanian studio, this master wigmaker creates hair pieces for clients with medical hair loss, using donations from throughout Australia and New Zealand.
A sweeping Republican-led bill seeks to cement Trump-era tax cuts, expand charitable deductions, and reshape nonprofit regulations that could create concerns for minority faith organizations operating under 501(c)(3) status. A controversial provision allowing terrorist designations to some charities based on their funding and fundraising was removed from the bill this morning.
https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/does-that-one-big-beautiful-bill-affect-pagans.html
Charles Henry Parkhurst, NYC Presbyterian, looks at effect of Christianity upon the world. It is unnatural to care about others. He sees the increased effort here as kingdom of heaven getting a closer grip. Christianity is about wanting to relieve the distressed.
Today, the certainty of millions dying from an end to aid is no skin off of our backs.
How can you devote time to others’ interests?
House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY
Updated 1:37 PM EDT, May 13, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — "A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support #terrorism, creating what some #nonprofits say is an arbitrary standard to financially punish #charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda.
"Unusual language added Monday to a reconciliation bill from the House Ways and Means Committee — the tax-writing committee — would allow for terminating the tax-exempt status of groups the administration deems 'terrorist supporting organizations.' The language mirrors a bill from the last Congress that passed in the House but did not pass the Senate.
"The definition and criteria for determining whether or how an organization supports terrorism are unclear. The bill also targets nonprofits in other ways, echoing complaints by Trump, who has called the tax-exempt status a 'privilege' that has been 'abused.' Trump has threatened to revoke tax-exempt status for groups that don’t abide by his directives or agree with his views."
[...]
"Michelle Roos, executive director of the Environmental Protection Network, which represents hundreds of former scientists and regulators, said last month 'we all pay the price' when charitable organizations are silenced based on politics.
"For example, the move to revoke #TaxExempt status could choke off funding for groups that urge greater action to promote clean air, water and land, work to help communities most affected by industrial pollution and advocate for projects and policies to combat #ClimateChange — among other issues.
" 'It threatens the rights, health, and future of every community,' Roos said in a statement.
Last month, Trump said he could target environmental groups and the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/11/uk-to-time-limit-visas-for-roles-below-graduate-level-under-new-migration-plan?CMP=share_btn_url
The Constitution Study podcast: 471 - Beginning of the End for the Johnson Amendment https://buff.ly/uClljFC #Constitution #charities #TaxExemption #congress #law
"each Covid infection is playing Russian Roulette with disability" @broadwaybabyto
Our buildings need sci-fi retrofitting with air polishers.
It's a charity thing to do I think. Funny tech, potentially cheap, needs:
- connection to buildings where people we don't want to brain damage etc are
- the impeller well housed outside, having more machines around needs to be done carefully...
- electrics, ducting, fed with a big sheet of n95 filter stuff somewhere sometimes.
I'm free-ish. Who wants to help?
#charity #charities #aotearoa #newzealand #NZ #otago #otepoti #dunedin
background:
NZ: ‘I’m sick of being sick’: Call to fix air quality in schools and childcare.
"A group of New Zealand doctors, teachers, academics and principals are urging the Government to improve air quality in schools and childcare centres to reduce Covid-19 and other air-borne illness."
Source: https://archive.md/2OOFa
via: @DenisCOVIDinfoguy
I walked the Pennine Way to help other children | Letters https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/25/i-walked-the-pennine-way-to-help-other-children #Health&wellbeing #NorthofEngland #Lifeandstyle #Charities #Children #Walking #Society #Hobbies #UKnews
Day 26 cont 
“Around 50,000 people turned away from #FoodBanks each month, as charities struggle to keep up with demand, a new report from #OzHarvest has found.
The survey of frontline #charities reveals 77% have witnessed a surge in people seeking #food in the past year, with an estimated 50,000 people unable to be supported every month by responding charities as services simply cannot keep up.”
#AusPol / #politics / #Election / #issues <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/24/australia-election-2025-live-labor-coalition-teal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-policy-cost-of-living-voting-spender-pamphletntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68095a858f08082b6071c7e6#block-68095a858f08082b6071c7e6>
With organised #charities they use the WORD #Charity as virtual armour to deflect criticism from a constant, unending litany of bad practices & crimes against their employees, volunteers & public.
They use the word/status like a #GetOutOfGaolFree card to excuse abuse after abuse.
Non-profit/charitable status does NOT mean "honourable" or "trustworthy." Or any such laudatory term.
"Charity" is something one carries in one's heart and governs daily behaviour.
Charities are uncharitable.
So… my partner’s ex employer is suing her because of a domain name I bought and promoting the connection between #press and #charities for free printed advertising. This Dutch company who claims to be working for #goededoel is afraid of losing 
. They are the #shame for anyone who really wants to make the world a better place.
Here's a list of #nonprofits #charities #NGOs and the folks working for, and supporting them.
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RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wtjvzlr7nrnt4nsp6cgsrkvv/lists/3lhhbczjcif25
Ace Cafe London Supports Childline
Ace Cafe London and Carl Fogarty are supporting Childline on Sunday 27th April as part of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs’ Ride It & Drive It Day 2025.
#AceCafe #Charities #Events #IndustryNews #LatestNews #ShowsandEvents
https://modernclassicbikes.co.uk/ace-cafe-london-supports-childline/?fsp_sid=10095
https://www.europesays.com/1972682/ Meghan Markle never liked African charity chair at center of Prince Harry drama: report #CelebrityCouples #CelebrityMarriages #CelebrityNews #charities #charity #CharityEvents #drama #MeghanMarkle #PrinceHarry #royal #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #royals
Meta and Pinterest believed to have donated to Molly Russell charity https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/05/meta-and-pinterest-donated-to-uk-internet-safety-charity-say-reports #Internetsafety #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Youngpeople #Technology #Pinterest #Charities #Children #Internet #Society #Media #Meta
#NGOs, #Charities & #CampaignGroups picks of the day:
@karrot - Free open software for organising volunteers
@opencollective - Fundraising, money management & legal status platform
@torproject - Anonymous communication online
@securedrop - Helping whistleblowers contact NGOs
INTERNATIONAL
@greenpeace
@restartproject
@BPI
@privacyint@mastodon.xyz (main) & @privacyint@media.privacyinternational.org (videos)
@oshwassociation
@owa
@ooni
@marinebio
@plazi_species
@internetarchive
@ORCID_Org
@timnitGebru
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