September 2011
4 posts
Google doing more than doodling
Very interesting news from Google today – they have announced that they have signed a 10 year lease on a 7 story building in London’s “Silicon Valley”.
“Google plans to open up the space to other organisations that support technology entrepreneurs, working together to provide a launchpad for new London-based start-ups and developers”. In other words, the building has been leased by Google and...
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We spend as much on cheese as on charity →
At the party political conferences we are talking to politicians about how giving can be increased including ideas for how government can encourage companies to get involved in social investment and improve payroll giving - for details read our blog on the Huffington Post (click the link above!)
Are Apple showing us the core of their community...
There has been a great deal of discussion and debate around Apple and ex CEO/founder Steve Jobs. A brand seemingly worshipped by the whole world, appears to exist without plans to donate any profits back into the community, something which is the expected norm - particularly for large companies. The socially conscious consumer finds themselves in a bind: they want an ipad 2, they need an...
Deluged with "begging" letters?
This article from Third Sector about a man who was contacted by 57 different charities “begging” for money from his mother-in-laws’ will prompted me to muse on the similarity between this mans’ experience and the issue that many companies face.
Companies often receive hundreds of unsolicited letters from charities requesting funding and it’s important to recognise the need for charities to use...
