Sentence examples for charities off from inspiring English sources

None of this is to dismiss efforts at ethical investment, provide a reason for apathy, or attempt to put charities off.

"Our concern is that the guidance has been deliberately drafted to put charities off speaking out even when they have a legitimate rationale for expressing their views on the referendum," he said.

Gibson's wellness empire, which included a mobile phone app called The Whole Pantry and a website and recipe book of the same name, began to fall apart last year when it was revealed that thousands of dollars promised to charities off the back of money raised through her success did not materialise and that she did not actually have cancer.

City Harvest, one of New York City's best-known charities, laid off 20 of its 100 permanent staff mambers yesterday as it struggled to cope with a severe decline in fund-raising and contract revenues.

In the year ended in July the U.S. Fund for Unicef raised $486 million, an 8% increase over the previous year an impressive gain, given that donations to U.S. charities were off 2% last year, according to Giving USA.

Ahead of the next full series of The Great British Bake Off, celebrity charity spin-off show The Great Sport Relief Bake Off returned for a four-part series to BBC2 with 3.7 million viewers, a 14.8% share, between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.

The donation, which is paid direct to the charity, comes off your gross salary so a monthly gift of £20 costs a basic rate taxpayer only £15.60 from their taxed pay and costs a higher rate taxpayer just £12.

Comic Relief has begun to dispose of its multimillion-pound holdings in tobacco, arms and alcohol companies as the charity kicks off a two-month review of its investment strategy.

On GBBO charity spin-off series, The Great Sport Relief Bake-Off, a celebrity's baking ability is inversely proportionate to their entertainment value, but it's still fun to speculate on which of this year's batch will actually have any skill.

Ripken became an emblem to Americans through his hard work, loyalty to the Orioles, and his charity off the field.

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