Founded in 1942 by Quakers and Social Activists Oxfam was once known as the Oxford Committee for famine relief. Today it is an international confederation working within 98 different countries providing humanitarian efforts and running programmes focus on providing communities with necessities such as food, water, education and fair trade. Thanks to one of our lecturers at the University of Gloucestershire... 

You can change the lives of children with speech, language and communication difficulties in a rather amusing way. Adopt a Word gives you the opportunity to own a little slice of the English Language, for £15 you can adopt a word of your choosing. Once you have adopted your word you can proudly show off your Certificate of Adoption as I have done below. As you can see I decided to go for the word... 

Mixing Marketing and Charity is always a difficult tightrope to walk. There is a fine line between assisting a cause and using a difficult/disastrous situation for marketing purposes. Over the last few days I’ve spotted a few companies who are using Japan’s crisis as a means for their own marketing. Yes, they are still donating but couldn’t they have just donated all the money in the first place?... 

I first became involved with The Clink Restaurant a couple of months ago after having unintentionally met the CEO, Chris Moore, on a train to London. He has been a friend of the family for many years and through catching up with the latest news on the way to London Victoria he began to explain his new role at The Clink Restaurant. I was immediately captivated by the project. © The Clink Online The... 

Last night I was invited to the Sutton Dyslexia Association (SDA) following an email I sent offering help with their Public Relations strategy. On arrival I was surprised to see a fairly full room. I counted 35 heads, of which were parents and teachers. The aim of these monthly meet-ups is to help those who teach Dyslexic students. Ages range from those studying at Primary school, Secondary school... 

We all know him as my faithful radio companion on Not Wireless Radio, the voice-over artist from the shire, the radio production student from @uniofglos and now he is dipping his toes into the water of charitable work. On the 28th March @ianpinnell will be abseiling 100ft down the Women’s Centre at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. In doing so Ian will be raising money for the Silver Star Society. The...