After stars’ Mail Force viral video reaches audience of 115 million, donations flood in

Your laptop cash Zooms in! After stars’ Mail Force viral video reaches audience of 115 million, donations flood in… as half of schools say lack of kit is key problem for pupils A team of celebrities have shared their support for the Mail Force drive  Campaign aims to get all of Britain’s children learning through … Read more

Comedian Celeste Barber calls for donations for WA bushfires

Comedian Celeste Barber calls for donations for WA bushfires – after a court ruled the $51million she raised for the devastating NSW fires could not be given to other charities By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:26 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 13:26 GMT, 6 February 2021 Comedian Celeste Barber has asked … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Church of England in cash crisis with donations down 20%

The Church of England faces a financial crunch after seeing donations fall by 20 per cent during the pandemic with 5,000 of its 12,000 parishes now loss-making.  Senior clergy also believe up to fifth of regular worshippers may never return once the crisis is over – and the number of paid priests could be cut … Read more

Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly McNeary are matching donations up to $25,000 to St. Joseph Center

Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly McNeary are matching donations up to $25,000 to St. Joseph Center to help families in need in Los Angeles By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 05:13 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 05:13 GMT, 16 December 2020 With Christmas just 10 days away, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly … Read more

Unicef fears backlash over Rita Ora’s lockdown breach three months after she appealed for donations

Unicef fears backlash over Rita Ora’s lockdown breach three months after she appealed for donations to help youngsters hit by coronavirus Ora, who turned 30 this month, has helped Unicef to campaign during virus But the charity appeared to distance itself from the singer after her refusal to isolate following a jaunt to Egypt to … Read more

Mother who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 in donations found guilty of fraud

A mother who faked having ovarian cancer to rake in more than £45,000 in donations from well-wishers is facing jail after being found guilty of fraud.  Nicole Elkabbas, 42, from Broadstairs in Kent, claimed she needed to pay for treatment and set up a charitable GoFundMe website but transferred the donations into her own bank … Read more

Mother, 42, ‘faked ovarian cancer to pocket £45,000 in donations’, court hears

Nicole Elkabbass, 42, who is accused of duping the public out of £42,000 in donations, told Canterbury Crown Court she genuinely believed she was in the late stages of ovarian cancer A mum accused of faking cancer to pocket £45,000 of donations to splash out on holidays, restaurants and Premier League football tickets has revealed … Read more

Comic Relief lost £380,000 to group whose director ‘used donations to pay his mortgage’

Comic Relief lost £380,000 to an African aid group whose director used donations to pay his mortgage and splash out in expensive restaurants, an inquiry has found.   The charity is said to have awarded almost £800,000 in grants to Kenya Community Support Network.  The London-based charity aimed to relieve poverty, sickness and distress among Kenyans … Read more

John Legend and Mark Cuban tangle over where donations are better served

John Legend and Mark Cuban tangle over where donations are better served … as Grammy winner tells billionaire ‘the Senate flipping would be far more impactful’ than a donation to a food bank Billionaire Mavericks owner brought up the topic in suggesting to his followers to give to food banks instead of political causes  Legend … Read more

Royal British Legion is set to lose out on millions of pounds in Poppy Appeal donations due to covid

The Royal British Legion fears millions of pounds in Poppy Appeal donations could be lost across the UK because volunteers cannot do face-to-face collections due to the Covid pandemic. Charles Byrne, director-general of the charity, said lockdown restrictions mean that for the first time in the organisation’s 99-year history, in-person fundraising has been cancelled on the … Read more