The Minister for International Development, Lynne Featherstone, has called for charities to stop depending on government and become more self-sufficient.
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Hundreds of thousands of older people are left isolated because their grown-up children live too far away, the charity WRVS has warned.
The government has advised people not to give money or food to homeless people but to phone a new ‘homelessness hotline’, backed by the charity Homeless Link.
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The Australian radio station that carried out the prank call at the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was staying has announced it is cancelling its Christmas party and donating the money to two charities dealing with depressive illness and suicide prevention.