Charity Spotlight – Ray of Hope
Charity Spotlight – Coldest Night of the Year
A special Coldest Night of the Year Charity Spotlight in honour of Feb 20 #cnoy16 walk across 92 Canadian communities in support of homelessness.
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…. with conscience, the words that follow our Strategy & Digital Communications has stimulated some debate. So is Opencity Inc. a specialist healthcare communications agency or are we all about supporting charities? Actually, I am pleased that many people have taken the time to ask. It seems prudent to explain.
Charity Spotlight – BMS World Mission
BMS World Mission is a Christian mission organization, working in around 35 countries on four continents .
This week Feb 14-20 is a special focus on Albania, where teams are playing a part in transforming lives in this central European country. My sister, who is the minister at Forest Row Baptist Church in East Sussex (UK), will soon be heading to Tirana in Albania with Tek Ura.
Charity Spotlight – Orange Sky Laundry
Orange Sky Laundry is doing something very innovative to support the homeless in Australia.
Just this week Orange Sky Laundry won Young Australian of the Year Award 2016. In just 18 month’s the two friends Lucas Patchett and Nic Marchesi and a passionate band of volunteers are making a real difference for the homeless across communities in Australia.
Charity Spotlight – Raising the Roof
Raising the Roof is a great example of a non-profit driving the conversation on homelessness across Canada.
Raising the Roof prides itself on providing long-term solutions to homelessness across multiple Canadian cities.
Charity Spotlight – Save The Children
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization, working to save children’s lives; fight for their rights and to help them fulfil their potential.
The Save The Child Fund charity has a history stretching back almost 100 years with a vision of A world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
Charity Spotlight – charity: water
charity: water seeks to bring clean drinking water to every person on the planet. charity: water has been incredibly effective in funding 17,673 water projects in 24 countries.
More remarkable, however, is not what they have achieved but rather how they have achieved it in just 10 years.
Charity Spotlight – CCFC
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) works to create a future of hope for children, families, and communities by helping them develop the skills and resources to overcome poverty and pursue justice.
I have a very personal connection with the The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada. Almost 10 years ago my then 8 year old son called to say he had seen an advert on TV and thought that Daddy should adopt a little boy from Africa. He misunderstood a little. He thought the boy would come to live with me, because Daddy was on his own and needed company and the boy in the advert needed help. On behalf of my kids I have been sponsoring a boy in Ghana, who is the same age as my daughter, ever since. The boy in Ghana and I continue to exchange letters.
5 hot topics in 2015
For those who know me best, it will not be a surprise that I always write New Year’s resolutions before the start of the next year!
These resolutions are really a set of guiding principles or an opportunity to re-set your intent. I have always believed goal setting is very motivating.
While you may not care what my 2015 New Year’s resolutions were, what I learned in the process may offer some insights. Importantly, they also guide our expectations for 2016.