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FAO Joe Bloggs, Social Affairs Editor
The Media Trust debate:
Are there too many charities?
On Wednesday 08 November, the Media Trust, supported by The Guardian newspaper and Ketchum, the major PR company, hosts a debate to discuss the key issues of charity branding, duplication and accountability.
The debate, which will be held at the Curzon Soho Cinema, London, from 11.00am to 1.00pm, will examine if there are too many charities doing similar work and competing unnecessarily with each other. It will discuss the effect this might have on charity branding, and look at what the voluntary sector can do about it.
The event will be chaired by broadcaster Alistair Stewart, and will feature a debate panel and guest speakers. These will include:
- John Stoker, Chief Charity Commissioner.
- Polly Toynbee, the writer and commentator.
- James Maxwell, Chief Executive of Ketchum Europe.
- Ed Mayo, director of the leading voluntary sector think-tank, the New Economics Foundation.
- Chris Hanvey, Director of the Ellerman Foundation, one of the UK’s top 40 grant-making trusts.
The audience will include chief executives, communications heads of major charities, directors of some of the main grant-making trusts and other representatives of key voluntary sector organisations.
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Notes for editors
The Media Trust helps charities communicate. We do this by encouraging media professionals to volunteer their time and skills. We work across a range of communications disciplines from PR and design to video. We have our own dedicated television channel.
Ketchum is one of the UK's leading advisers in business community involvement, corporate social and environmental responsibility issues, and private-voluntary sector partnerships.
The Guardian is committed to the public sector and sponsors various events throughout the year. Central to this commitment is 'Society', its dedicated public sector Wednesday supplement.
For more information, please contact Maureen Bosch on
020 7874 7600 (day)
07930 548 852 (mobile)
020 7852 4821 (evening)
maureenb@mediatrust.org (e-mail)