Fundraising Live
12 Feb 2015
33 charities caught misapplying funds
Tags: Regulation
Celina Ribeiro
Editor, Fundraising magazine, Civil Society
Celina is the editor of Fundraising magazine and daily contributor to CivilSociety.co.uk. She has been at the publication since June 2008.
Previously Celina worked as a freelance feature writer for newspapers and magazines in Australia and the UK, working for publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the New Statesman. Celina was also a Ken and Yasuko Myer Fellow in 2004, which saw her intern at Manilla-based newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Thirty-three charities have been caught misapplying funds or acting outside their purpose over the last year, according to the Charity Commission.
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Tags: Corporate fundraising | Social media
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Tags: Individual giving | Banking
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