Kirsty Weakley
Reporter , Civil Society Media Ltd from May 2011
Kirsty joined Civil Society Media in May as a reporter after completing a journalism course at Kingston University.
She has a degree in history from Swansea University where she ran a painting and decorating project helping vulnerable adults for Discovery Student Volunteering. She also lived in France for six months and speaks fluent French.
Email her kirsty.weakley@civilsociety.co.uk
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Samsung has launched the Hope Relay mobile app to raise money for three charities including Kids Company, and London 2012’s legacy programme International Inspiration.
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War on Want calls on Duchess of Cambridge for anti-exploitation support 1
Tags: Fundraising campaigns
War on Want has called on the Duchess of Cambridge to push the retailer Zara to stop exploiting women in its south-east Asian factories, as it published a report into exploitation of female migrant workers.
Amnesty International has reassured users that their personal details are safe following a malware attack on its UK website last week.
Save the Children UK used the medium of film to promote vacancies at the aid charity. Kirsty Weakley finds out why.
There should be closer engagement between agencies compiling official statistics and voluntary sector organisations that use them, to better understand the needs of the sector, according to a monitoring brief from the UK Statistics Authority.
The amount raised by the Pennies microdonation scheme has doubled in the last six months to reach £500,000.
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Create expert panel to screen ideas, advises online giving consortium
Tags: Digital fundraising
A panel of digital experts should be set up for entrepreneurs to present online giving ideas to, according to Spring Giving, a new digital consortium, in its report on digital giving.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People has developed software that integrates text-to-speech technology with Freeview plus set top boxes.
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