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Toxic Charity
Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences. Our free food and clothing distribution encourages ever-growing handout lines, diminishing the dignity of the poor while increasing their dependency. We converge on inner-city neighborhoods to p...
Charity
LONGLISTED: Bath Novel Award 'Dazzling... keeps you guessing till the end' EMILY BULLOCK Edith, an elderly widow with a large house in an Islington garden square, needs a carer. Lauren, a nail technician born in the East End, needs somewhere to live. A rent-free room in lieu of pay seems the obvious solution, even though the pair have nothing in common. Or do they? Why is Lauren so fascinated by Edith's childhood in colonial Kenya? Is Paul, the handsome lodger in the basement, the honest broker he appears? And how does Charity, a Kenyan girl brutally tortured during the Mau Mau rebellion, fit into the equation? Capturing the spirited interplay between two women divided by class, generation and a deeper gulf from the past, and offering vivid flashbacks to 1950s East Africa, Madeline Dewhurst's captivating debut spins a web of secrets and deceit – where it's not always obvious who is the spider and who is the fly.
The Pleasure of Reading
The inspiration for the annual Pleasure of Reading Prize A charming and revealing collection of essays from some of our best-loved writers about the pleasures of reading, with royalties donated to the Give a Book charity In this delightful collection forty-three acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read and what makes them continue to do so. Original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Gray, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend and Jeanette Winterson, while this new edition includes e...
Sweet Charity
This book focuses on the ever-changing world of charities: the skills needed to manage, fundraise, run a successful lobbying campaign or attract new work and the way in which UK charities will increasingly operate in a European environment.
The Charity Trustee's Handbook 2010
This handbook offers clear and practical guidance for trustees of voluntary organisations. It offers basic information about the responsibilities of trustee boards, and straightforward advice on planning, getting funding, and management.
Charity Governance
This book is a clear and practical guide to the legal and regulatory framework within which charities operate and its impact on their governance in the UK. Written by lawyers who specialize in advising charities, and drawing on the guidance provided by the UK's Charity Commission and HM Revenue & Customs as well as the relevant law, the book is aimed at the trustees and senior employees of charities and the lawyers, accountants, investment managers, and other professionals who advise them. Charity Governance deals comprehensively with charitable companies, charitable trusts, charitable incorporated organizations, and other charitable bodies, and with the legislative changes made by the UK's Charities Act 2006, the Companies Act 2006, and the Finance Act 2006. Written by a leading charity law firm, this guide will provide a practical account of the law and regulation applying to charities and how best to comply through good governance.
The Public-Private Nature of Charity Law
Is charity law a 'private law' or a 'public law' subject? This book maps charity law's relationship to the public law-private law divide, arguing that charity law is best understood as a hybrid (public-private) legal tradition that is constantly seeking to maintain an equilibrium between the protection of the autonomy of property-owning individuals to direct and control their wealth, and the furtherance of competing public visions of the good. Of interest to scholars and charity lawyers alike, The Public-Private Nature of Charity Law applies its unique lens both to traditional topics such as the public benefit rule and charity law's rules of standing, and to more contemporary issues such as ...
Faith and Charity
An innovative perspective on the relationship between religion, civil society and development through the prism of faith-based NGOs in West Africa
