Monthly Archives: October 2011

Scope is to issue a £20 million bond pilot

Scope launches £20m bond programme

31 October 2011

 

  • Scope pilots £20 million bond programme
  • Innovative application of established financial product by UK charity
  • Bond programme could open capital markets for wider charitable sector

Scope is to pilot a £20 million bond programme to generate complementary funding for its charitable activities alongside the traditional donations and philanthropic loans it currently receives.

Care in the Community has been a failure for the mentally sick!

Care in the community is ‘a £100bn failure’: Mentally ill patients have been neglected for decades, says Iain Duncan Smith think-tank

By Jason Groves

Report: The Centre for Social Justice, founded by Iain Duncan Smith, said the cost of dealing with mental health was £6bn a year

The controversial ‘care in the community’ approach to treating the mentally ill has been a £100billion failure, a report warns today.

The study by the respected Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) suggests that many mental health patients have been ‘neglected’ for decades because the policy of closing down asylums was not accompanied by an increase in local care.

Gift boxes wanted to give Carers for Christmas

Foodbank plea for Christmas gift boxes

2:00pm Sunday 30th October 2011

 

AN ANDOVER charity is asking residents to help make Christmas special for local children.

Last year Andover Foodbank donated more than 400 gift boxes to children in the community identified by care workers from agencies and organisations who work in partnership with the charity.

Some of the children are in families or with carers who cannot afford to buy gifts at Christmas. Others are living in chaotic situations where children are simply not thought about.