Support for carers of people with dementia
The Bolton News
Bolton Hospice has held its first Dementia Carers Day as part of a new education programme.
Improved inpatient unit at Kirkwood Hospice officially unveiled
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Guests and supporters gathered at Kirkwood Hospice for the official opening of the £3 million facility.
Cancer sufferer praises Bristol Hospice
ITV News
A Bristol man says St Peter’s Hospice has helped him come to terms with having terminal cancer.
GPs in UK ‘missing opportunities’ to spot lung cancer
BBC News
Doctors in Britain are “missing opportunities” to spot lung cancer at an early stage, meaning one in three people with the disease dies within 90 days of diagnosis, research suggests.
Leading charities back calls for restrictions on society lotteries to be loosened
Civil Society
Macmillan Cancer Support, the RNIB, Scope and the Royal Voluntary Service have supported a joint submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s inquiry into society lotteries by the Lotteries Council, the Institute of Fundraising and the Hospice Lotteries Association.
Charities must record when employees use Twitter to campaign, Electoral Commission says
Civil Society
The Electoral Commission has said charities must record every time an employee is encouraged to tweet or post to Facebook about a potentially political issue, to check whether they should register under the Lobbying Act.
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