Charities Need All the Help They Can Get ; Readers' Views
Evening Standard - London › June 20, 2006
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AN WILSON attacks Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev for underwriting a charity ball for an estimated Pounds 1.3 million when the event only raised some Pounds 300,000 (16 June). As a charity event organiser I fear Wilson is mistaken.
Charities often struggle to break even on such gala fundraising events once the venue has been booked for a certain number of guests. Then there are the minor celebrities who only accept an invitation on condition that it's free, and some companies who expect sweeteners in return for their support.See the full content of this document
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Charities Need All the Help They Can Get ; Readers' Views
But charities will continue to put on galas to generate vital publicity, and each has to be more lavish than the last. How many British people - including myself - knew about Raisa Gorbachev's cancer charity before last week, and how many do now?
In the current economic climate, big corp...See the full content of this document
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