Sentence examples for aid benefit from inspiring English sources

The chancellor is also increasing the Gift Aid benefit limit from £500 to £2,500 from next month to allow charities to give "thank you" gifts to significant donors.

That conflict became the focus of one of the biggest humanitarian advocacy projects since the Live Aid benefit concert in 1985 raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Ethiopian famine victims.

In a news release, the production company GK Films said it had signed Mr. Baron Cohen for an untitled drama focusing on the era surrounding Queen's performance at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert.

The group re-formed for short, one-off performances in 1985 (the Live Aid benefit), 1988 (Atlantic Records' 40th anniversary concert), and 1995 (the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).

Bob Geldof, the Irish rocker who led the Boomtown Rats in the 1970s and went on to assemble the global Live Aid benefit concert in 1985 and its Live 8 sequel in 2005, bemoaned music's loss of relevance.

Set in England and Africa in the mid-1980's, when the plight of third world countries was developing a queasy but mutually advantageous relationship with the promotion of pop stars, "Cause Celeb" orchestrates the tragicomic clash between do-gooders with global consciences and artists whose commitment to social justice lasts as long as a height-of-fashion hairdo or a Live Aid benefit.

But there is a reason to give: like trade, aid benefits from specialisation and comparative advantage.

So the British aid benefited the well-placed Malaysian institutions and individuals who bought them.The consequences were severe.

The rock star is 45-year-old Bob Geldof, the organizer of the "Live Aid" benefits for famine relief in Africa.

Austerity cut the lifelines that women experiencing violence need to access freedom: including specialist domestic violence services, legal aid, benefits and social housing.

We are committed to ensuring all British aid benefits the world's poorest people and would investigate any inappropriate use of funds.