News tagged with charity sector
New report reveals the impact of global crises on international development
Global crises and the slow burn of climate change are having a profound impact on the lives and livelihoods of poor people around the world, and bringing into question core ideas about what development is and how it happens, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2011 |
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New research questions dominance of larger charities in the charity sector
The University of Southampton has played a key role in a major new piece of research that challenges the belief that the biggest charities are becoming increasingly dominant in financial terms - a development sometimes known ...
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Jun 25, 2010 |
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Amazon, Apple, Twitter score low on clean energy: study
Amazon, Apple and Twitter were graded poorly Tuesday in a Greenpeace study of technology titans' use of clean energy to power the mushrooming Internet cloud, but Facebook, Google and Yahoo! won praise.
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Half of L.A. human-services nonprofits are struggling, new UCLA report shows
Roughly half of Los Angeles County's 6,300 human-services nonprofits — which provide such services as emergency shelter, food, hospice care, and support for foster children, at-risk youth and the elderly — are struggling ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Spammers propel India to junk-mail top spot
India has emerged as the world's top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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Vietnam store makes Christmas tree from cellphones
(AP) -- Southeast Asia is closer to the equator than the North Pole, but an electronics store in Vietnam is ringing in the holidays with a 15-foot Christmas tree made from more than 2500 unusable cellular ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Study finds public sector workers more pro-socially motivated than their private sector counterparts
New research has found public sector workers are typically more pro-socially motivated than their private sector counterparts. The University of Bristol study, published today, examined motivational indicators in workers ...
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Helping to map the foundations of a ‘Big Society’
With the government’s ‘Big Society’ policies laying great stress on the capacities and resources of communities, University of Southampton researchers are conducting research and establishing substantial new ...
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Aug 03, 2011 |
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Cuts are likely to hit charities harder than expected
Around one third of voluntary and charitable organisations in England receive public money to support their work and over 20,000 organisations say that the public sector is their most important source of income according ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 07, 2011 |
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High levels of exploitation among London's Latin American population
London’s Latin American workers are being illegally paid below the minimum wage at a rate 10 times higher than the UK average, suggests a new report produced by Queen Mary, University of London.
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May 19, 2011 |
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Resettlement is a positive move for homeless people
Resettlement services over the last few years have helped many homeless people make positive changes in their lives. The largest study in the UK of the resettlement of single homeless people has found that four-in-five (81 ...
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May 11, 2011 |
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Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity
Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living, with dire effects on poverty reduction and public health.
May 02, 2011 |
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