http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress International & cross border fundraising Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:35:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The London Times no less reported recently that the Chapel & York website had re-introduced Rubik's Cube, the craze in the 80s, see www.chapel-york.com and said it's going to be a best seller again this coming Christmas!  (Actually The Times sadly overlooked the influence of the Chapel & York website but the rest of ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=42 I don't buy a newspaper everyday although I do look at news online.  When I buy a newspaper or magazine (usually when I am travelling) I try a different one each time.  Some I never buy - but often find copies left by other travellers.  This week I bought the Financial Times ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=41 A packet of cigarettes is terrifying, and it's not just the price.  In the UK the packet is covered with warnings of death and disease.  And yet over 35% of the population of the UK still smoke.  Why isn't the price and the message on the packet enough to stop them?  Public ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=40 I guess that the Roman Catholic Church may be the largest international nonprofit in the world which is why I am writing this blog tonight.  The Roman Catholic Church has 1.1 million members, although I do wonder how they are counted!  Its income is obvious huge, and it must be impossible to ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=38 Before the end of this week there will be announcements of further vast losses from US banks including Citigroup, J.P.Morgan and Merrill Lynch.  We don't know how big they will be and we don't know what will happen to the world's economic machinery as a result.  It's clear from the last few weeks that ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=37 On 24 February, The New York Times carried an article by Steve Lohr entitled 'A Capitalist Jolt for Charity'.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/business/24social.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin (free log in).   It was reporting that:  "The process (Capitalist Jolts for Charity) is being pushed forward by a new breed of social entrepreneurs who are administering increasing doses of bottom-line thinking ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=36 While we were planning our holiday in Beijing I saw an article in the US Chronicle of Philanthropy reviewing the significant increase of charitable activity in China.  Private giving was banned as a symbol of class in a classless society under Chairman Mao and (theoretically) everyone's needs from cradle to grave were ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=35 I criticize bloggers who don't post regularly, but I haven't written anything for over a month.  Why haven't I posted?  For the same reason other bloggers have given me - pressure of other things that need to be done immediately.  I have urgent work so I leave blogging till tomorrow, and tomorrow never comes.  But now I have ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=34 I have had a thought-provoking email exchange with a non-profit on the Indian sub-continent which works with disadvantaged children.  I am using this as an Case Study, and it is still in progress.  Chapel & York receives similar contacts almost every day.Here’s a brief history:    A couple of months ago, the ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=33 Charities in the UK are waiting for a definition of 'Public Benefit'.  A spotlight is on whether schools which have charitable status and charge substantial fees are benefitting the public as well as educating the children of (mostly) wealthy parents.  I would like an answer to a much bigger question.  Do we get value for the ... http://weblog.chapelyork.co.uk/cy_wordpress/?p=32