MSE News: Charity set up for riot victims 12 August 2011 at 5:55PM in Charities 13 replies 2.9K views

Former_MSE_Guy

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"UK Disaster Relief is raising money for people who have lost their homes, possessions and businesses ..."

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Charity set up for riot victims

Errata

Guy - Is this the same charity http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1136164&SubsidiaryNumber=0
which was set up in 2010?
If so, or if not, is there a website?

poppy10_2

Errata wrote: »

Guy - Is this the same charity http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1136164&SubsidiaryNumber=0
which was set up in 2010?
If so, or if not, is there a website?

Yes, that is the same charity, and the official website is http://ukdisasterrelief.blogspot.com/

Errata

Thanks Poppy, the link you've given is for a blog, not a website.

poppy10_2

Errata wrote: »

Thanks Poppy, the link you've given is for a blog, not a website.

A blog is a form of website. Not sure what you mean. Anyway, the link given is the official home of the UKDR on the web.

Errata

A website isn't the same as a blog. Blog means biography log. An example of a website is the one you're posting on, or look at AgeUK for an example of a charity website.

poppy10_2

Errata wrote: »

A website isn't the same as a blog.

No, but a blog is a website. Just like a coin isn't the same as a penny but a penny is a type of coin.

Have a look on wikipedia (which is also a website, just like blogspot, twitter, gmail and MSE):

A blog (a blend of the term web log)[1] is a type of website

Paul_Varjak

Given the short time frame, is not surprisng this charity is using blogspot.com to host its website - its the fastest was of getting an internet presence, with a unique URL.

The Uk Disaster Relief Charity has been set up by two individuals who are also associated with the Charities Advisory Trust. The Charities Advisory Trust owns the following domain names:

ukdisasterrelief.com
ukdisasterrelief.co.uk
ukdisasterrelief.org

They could, of course, point any or all of these three domain names to ukdisasterrelief.blogspot.com. It would only take a few minutes to do this.

georgeukdr

You can also donate to UK Disaster Relief via their Charity Giving page - go to the Charity Giving website and search for UK Disaster Relief. This is another really easy way to give money, and individual fundraisers (running marathons for example) can also set up their fundraising account on here to raise for UKDR.

Errata

Paul_Varjak wrote: »

Given the short time frame, is not surprisng this charity is using blogspot.com to host its website - its the fastest was of getting an internet presence, with a unique URL.

The Uk Disaster Relief Charity has been set up by two individuals who are also associated with the Charities Advisory Trust. The Charities Advisory Trust owns the following domain names:

ukdisasterrelief.com
ukdisasterrelief.co.uk
ukdisasterrelief.org

They could, of course, point any or all of these three domain names to ukdisasterrelief.blogspot.com. It would only take a few minutes to do this.

What short time frame? The charity has existed for two years.

Paul_Varjak

Errata...

I think you will find that many charities/companies are often created with no immediate intention of operating.

No doubt, the problems caused by the London riots fell within the scope of their charitable objectives and they decided to commence raising funds to meet those objectives.