Only a smattering of people bothered to show up at the Public Administration Select Committee hearing on bankers and philanthropy on Tuesday, and those that did were almost unanimous in their sympathy for the poor old bankers. Vibeka Mair was there to hear it all.

Volunteers should not be resented for picking up the slack following spending cuts, says Vibeka Mair.

I was shocked that for a large part of Wednesday, when many charities appeals were under way, the Disaster Emergency Committee’s website stated it was “assessing the situation” in Haiti.

It seems that every week I read about yet another celebrity charity art auction in the Metro on my journey into work. It usually involves a popular celeb scrawling on a postcard and signing it, or colouring in flip flops because it's summer.