Niki May Young

Niki May Young

Website editor, civilsociety.co.uk

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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First Liverpool Marathon attracts over 9000 runners

Liverpool's first marathon, supporting four official charities, has attracted upwards of 9,000 runners ahead of the event on 9 October.

Martin Sime, chief executive, SCVO

The chief executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has released a damning appraisal of the UK government's treatment of the voluntary sector in the context of its response to last week's riots.

Majority support local Compacts, but perceptions blurred, finds survey

Results of the first Annual Local Compact Survey by Compact Voice show that 88 per cent of local areas believe “the Compact is important and that effort needs to be made to implement it in full”.

Born to Shine

Save the Children's 'No Child Born to Die' will be the first charity campaign to benefit from the government's UK Aid Match scheme for public donations, announced at the end of June.

Few charities start claiming gift aid as soon as they are founded. To get 3 unblemished years, a charity has to have been going for at least 4 years, so why not make it easier all round and say that GASDS is available only to charities that have been running for 5 years and have not been convicted/penalised for fraud ?

» Gift aid small donation scheme is no gift for small charities

Legal & General supports Shelter with Brokering Change fundraising partnership

Shelter and mortgage provider Legal & General have expanded their fundraising partnership by launching Brokering Change, a scheme which asks brokers to donate a small fee every time they complete a procurement.

(c) Andrew JW

Scottish and Northern Irish umbrella bodies say figures in the NCVO's Counting the Cuts paper released yesterday have underestimated the level of cuts to the voluntary sector outside of England.

Conservationists slam BBC decision to close Wildlife Fund

The BBC's decision to close its Wildlife Fund as part of cost-cutting measures announced last week has been condemned by a 44-strong troop of conservation leaders.

Nor-Anne, who is supported through FAST, kicked off the partnership on Sunday

Save the Children has been chosen as the first ever global charity partner to premiership football team Arsenal, with no fixed term for the collaboration.

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