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| British Red Cross launches urgent appeal for Pakistan crisis ahead of monsoon season |
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| Red Cross Movement currently only aid agency operating in Swat Valley
The British Red Cross has launched an urgent appeal to help civilians who have fled their homes and those still trapped as a result of the fighting in Pakistan’s northwest frontier province. |
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| Not all doom and gloom for fundraising |
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| (15 June 2009) |
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| Results from twelve countries to Red Cross survey show healthy fundraising predictions despite current economic downturn.
In the second round of the global fundraising survey by the British Red Cross, results gathered from twelve developed nations show a general optimism about fundraising levels for 2009, higher overall than the results from the same survey conducted in February 2009. To date, the economic downturn has had no significant impact on overall fundraising and that trend is expecte |
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| Britain’s Got Talent star wows at Red Cross Gala Ball |
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| (11 June 2009) |
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| Last night’s annual British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball (Wednesday 10 June) raised over a tremendous £160,000 and included a performance by Dennis O’Neill CBE, one of the world’s leading operatic tenors. Other entertainment was provided by Electric violinists FUSE, Britain’s Got Talent saxophonist Julian Smith and comedian Omid Djalili. |
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| Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton joins the Big Red Ride |
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| (10 June 2009) |
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| Olympic champion cyclist Victoria Pendleton is getting on her bike for the British Red Cross and you can join her. |
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| British Red Cross launches first aid videos for deaf people |
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| Members of the Deaf Community can now acquire life-saving skills online following the launch of BSL signed first aid-training videos by the British Red Cross. |
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| FUSE and Britain’s Got Talent star to perform at British Red Cross Gala Ball |
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| (09 June 2009) |
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| Electric violinists FUSE and Britain’s Got Talent star Julian Smith are set to perform at the British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball tomorrow (10 June). The Birmingham saxophonist, runner-up in the ITV talent show last week, will join Linzi Stoppard and Ben Lee (FUSE) and award-winning comedian Omid Djalili on the bill at the IFC Gala Ball. |
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| Public massively overestimate numbers seeking refuge in UK, British Red Cross survey reveals |
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| A massive 95% of the British public do not know how many people apply for asylum in the UK each year, with the vast majority hugely overestimating numbers, a British Red Cross survey reveals today. |
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| Thousands show support for refugees through British Red Cross online campaign |
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| (01 June 2009) |
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| Thousands of people have been logging-on to watch movie star Dougray Scott and change their online status in support of refugees ahead of the official launch today of the British Red Cross “Look Beyond the Label” campaign. |
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| Interest in volunteering soars as recession bites, says British Red Cross |
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| Figures released for Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June 2009
Interest in volunteering has quadrupled since the recession began, according to the British Red Cross. |
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