Niki May Young

Niki May Young

Website editor, Civil Society Media Ltd

Niki is website editor at Civil Society Media. A seasoned journalist she has specialised in online content since 2007. Before joining Civil Society Media Niki was news editor for the world's largest architecture news website, World Architecture News, where she was instrumental in increasing subscribers from 115,000 to 135,000 during her editorship.

She has gained experience with the BBC, Sky News and independent production company SilverfishTV, where she assisted the production of political, charitable and union films. Her freelance writing has spanned a range of printed publications and online media.

She is also charity member and former trustee of Pass It On Africa, a charity which aims to provide education to children and young people across the continent.

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'Charity facing closure' - the journalist's quandary

Niki May Young has witnessed a changing sector over the past two years, but today she is faced with a particularly difficult challenge.

This tash was grown in aid of Luke Moss who is fundraising here http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1445892/

The end is nigh, but the boys should be proud of what they have achieved this Movember, says Niki May Young.

353 was set up in memory of Conrad Lewis

Families and friends in mourning are often moved to honour their lost ones by setting up new charities, but criticised for replicating already existing organisations. Niki May Young suggests that there is still room for in-memoriam charities, if done well.

Sienna Miller is auctioning off some of her famous collection for the International Medical Corps

With great power comes great responsibility, as they say, and many celebrities take their responsibilities very seriously when it comes to acts of charity. Here's Niki May Young's round-up of what some of our favourite figures have been up to in the last week...

(Stephen Bubb) certainly doesn't speak for me as a committed voluntary and public sector worker over the past two decades. What with this and recent attacks on feminism by other so-called voluntary sector leaders I do wonder who these seemingly self-appointed 'leaders' think they are and where the sector's radical thought and fighting spirit is - perhaps only here at the roots and certainly not in the lofty giddy heights occupied by Bubb et al.

» Charities have vital role in delivering NHS services, Bubb tells PM

We're 365 days away from a Global Truce, hopefully

World peace - will it ever be achievable? Niki May Young thinks that because of breakthroughs in social media it may not be such a distant dream after all, at least for a day.

I'm so sorry but... Topman t-shirts are not acceptable

Has society stooped so low that it accepts messages making light of domestic abuse from its high-street retailers? Thankfully not, says Niki May Young, because of the charities that protect our standards.

If only I had somewhereto_

It's a hard knock life for young people these days. But not all is doom and gloom, finds Niki May Young.

The era or the end of the 'Charitocrat'?

As sector transparency grows, increased awareness of the salaries of charity employees has sparked debate and outrage amongst members of the public. But is this the beginning or the end of the 'Charitocrat', wonders Niki May Young.

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