Meet the charity boss who’s teamed up with an asset manager to fund healthcare tech start-ups

Charity and think tank Future Care Capital has teamed up with RYSE Asset Management to launch a fund investing in innovative early-stage healthcare companies. It has already funded an in house start-up e-learning platform for unpaid carers and an NHS prescriptions management app.   Andrew Whelan is founding chairman of Future Care Capital and director of … Read more

Charity warns of an ‘alarming’ drop in number of over-65s getting diagnosed with dementia

The number of people being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s has dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Just 63.5 per cent of over-65s thought to have the cruel memory-robbing disease were listed as being a sufferer in June. In comparison, NHS data shows the rate was 67.6 per cent in February, when Covid-19 started to spread … Read more

Ten-page licence fee documents for over-75s are too ‘long and complex’, charity warns BBC 

BBC faces pensioner licence fee revolt as it sends out first letters today demanding £157.50 payments after millions lost their right to free viewing Older viewers are likely to start receiving the ten-page letters from today  Age UK said letter do not make it clear when the elderly will be demanded to pay Age UK criticised the … Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry donate £8,000 to cookery charity

Meghan Markle has donated £8,000 from the proceeds of her Together recipe book to a British charity offering cookery classes led by migrants and refugees. Migrateful, a London-based project, announced the news on Twitter, explaining: ‘We’re so excited to share that we have received a donation of £8000 from The Royal Foundation on behalf of … Read more

The mini-Monet whose masterpieces made an astonishing £50,000 – with all the money going to charity 

The mini-Monet aged just 10 whose masterpieces have made an astonishing £50,000 – with all the money going to charity Daisy Watts drew a picture four years ago to cheer up two of her grandparents Daisy, now ten, has now gone on to make £50,000 from her floral landscapes  She uses tester pots from B&Q … Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s charity withdraws application

Prince Harry and Meghan did an astonishing U-turn within just nine minutes today by withdrawing a formal notice to change the name of their charitable foundation. MailOnline revealed exclusively how Companies House documents showed the couple were rebranding their Sussex Royal The Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Paperwork for a formal winding-up … Read more

Charity boss says his reinstatement is a victory against ‘cancel culture’

‘Common sense has won the day’: Youth charity boss who was forced out by trustees for criticising BLM’s ‘neo-Marxist’ agenda says his reinstatement is a victory against ‘cancel culture’ Nick Buckley has returned to his job as chief executive of Mancunian Way charity Mr Buckley was sacked after criticising far-Left agenda of Black Lives Matter … Read more

Homeless charity Crisis suffers data breach through software provider Blackbaud

A leading homeless charity has become the latest victim of a major data breach that saw six UK universities and several companies attacked by hackers. Crisis confirmed that the contact details of hundreds of supporters had been taken in a cyber-attack that affected software provider Blackbaud.  The charity added they were ‘confident’ the hackers were … Read more

Penny Lancaster shows off a sexy corset-style dress as she sorts clothes for charity donation

They recently returned from a luxurious sun-soaked break in Croatia. But it was back to reality for Penny Lancaster at the weekend as she did her bit for charity by sorting through clothes to donate, while her husband Rod Stewart made his own contribution.  The model, 49, showed off a sexy Dolce and Gabbana corset-style … Read more

Leader of charity quits after labelling Jews ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’

Leader of Britain’s largest Muslim charity quits after labelling Jews ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’ and calling Egypt’s president a ‘Zionist pimp’ in anti-Semitic Facebook posts Heshmat Khalifa said Jews are ‘grandchildren of monkeys and pigs’  on Facebook Mr Khalifa described Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a ‘Zionist pimp’ After being confronted with the … Read more