Category Archives: charities

Blue skies over Sandringham for Royal garden party hosted by the Queen at her Norfolk home

June 13, 2012   charities, Norfolk

Thousands of guests from Norfolk and Suffolk were invited

Donna Semmens Wednesday, June 13, 2012
9:20 AM

Guests mingle with royalty as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations

 

The Queen at the Sandringham garden party. Picture: Ian Burt

The Royal estate at Sandringham was blessed with a rare blue sky and sunshine as the Queen hosted a garden party yesterday.

Thousands of guests from Norfolk and Suffolk were invited to the exclusive event to mark part of the official Diamond Jubilee celebrations – and they were not disappointed.

From the daintiest of dainty cakes served by students from Norfolk, to the pomp of the Royal Marines’ Band at the end of the day, the afternoon was a resounding success.

The Queen, wearing an apricot coat, dress and matching hat, looked happy and relaxed as she chatted to a selected few of the 3,500 guests. The Duke of York, representing his father who was unable to attend, also put people at their ease as he conducted a walkabout.

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Two thirds of charities axing jobs due to funding cuts

May 29, 2012   Carers, charities, ukcuts, young carers

Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed

29 May 2012

Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed.

A study of more than 100 charities in England and Wales showed that two-thirds were cutting frontline services and three out of four were making staff redundant.

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Anger as lone parents face benefit cuts

May 20, 2012   Carers, charities, family, ukcuts

Short notice of welfare shake-up hits 124,000 now under increased pressure to find work

 

A young mother with her daughter outside her home on a council estate in Bristol.

Charities have spoken of their fury over changes to the welfare system which from tomorrow will force unemployed single parents with children about to start school to find a job or risk losing part or all of their benefits.

These 124,000 single parents with children aged five and six were given only eight weeks notice of the fact that they would have to move from income support to jobseeker’s allowance (JSA). Previously, lone parents of older children have been given up to 12 months notice, giving them a greater chance of planning ahead and improving their skills and qualifications.

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