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19 November 2008 NEWHAM COMMUNITY HERO IS OVERALL WINNER OF £30,000 BEACON PRIZE 2008Kevin Jenkins OBE has been awarded the prestigious annual £30k Beacon Prize for his work with the children and young people of Newham. 18 November 2008 SHELTERBOX FOUNDER WINS BEACON PRIZE FOR NEW INITIATIVESFounder of charity providing humanitarian aid worldwide to those displaced by natural and other disasters is honoured with a Beacon Prize. Tom Henderson has been awarded a Beacon Prize for New Initiatives for his working founding ShelterBoxes which have 18 November 2008 CAMBODIA TRUST FOUNDER WINS BEACON PRIZE FOR LEADERSHIPDr Peter Carey has been awarded the Beacon Prize for Leadership for his work in co-founding the Cambodia Trust and leading its expansion across Cambodia into Timor Leste, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, making a positive impact on the lives of over 30,000 landmi 18 November 2008 FREDERICKS FOUNDATION FOUNDER WINS BEACON PRIZE FOR CREATIVE GIVINGPaul Barry-Walsh has been awarded a Beacon Prize for Creative Giving for his work in setting up Fredericks Foundation which has enabled over 500 disadvantaged people to transform their lives by setting up their own business. 18 November 2008 POSTPALS FOUNDER WINS BEACON PRIZE FOR YOUNG PHILANTHROPISTFounder of charity that invites people to send “happy post” to chronically ill children wins prestigious award. Vikki George, aged 23, has been awarded a prestigious Beacon Prize. She was chosen as this year’s winner in the Young Philanthropist category 18 November 2008 CHILDREN IN CROSSFIRE FOUNDER WINS BEACON SPECIAL PRIZERichard Moore has been awarded a Beacon Special Prize for his work in founding and now directing Children in Crossfire, an organisation which seeks to tackle poverty primarily through practical projects involving children worldwide. 12 May 2008 CALL TO FIND THE UK’S CHARITY CHAMPIONThe Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust has today put out the call for nominations for the 2008 Beacon Prize. Together with the Government’s Cabinet Office, the Charity is urging people throughout the UK to nominate individuals who have made a significant 6 December 2007 CHARITABLE GIVING IN UK IS GOING DOWNFigures released by the Charities Aid Foundation and the NVCO show that charitable giving by individuals in the UK is down from 57 per cent in 2005/06 to 54 per cent in 2006/07. The annual UK Giving report estimates that £9.5bn was given in 2006/07, down 6 December 2007 STUDENT FOUNDER OF ‘AFRICAN PRISONS PROJECT’ IS OVERALL WINNER OF £30,000 BEACON PRIZE 2007Alexander McLean, aged 22, is the founder and director of the charitable initiative ‘The African Prisons Project’, and has been recognised for his impressive philanthropic efforts with this year’s top Beacon Prize of £30,000. 6 December 2007 £1.25M DONATION AFTER WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE PRINTED PICASSO IMAGE HAS BEEN SOLDToday it was announced that Beacon Fellow Dr Frederick Mulder has donated £1.25m to his charitable trust The Prairie Trust. In November 2007 Dr Mulder, an art dealer by profession, sold an impression of Picasso’s Minotauromachie, an etching made in 1935, |
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The Beacon Autumn 2007 – Issue 2 (09/2007)