Charity

Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, according to the annual report of the sector charity Music Venues Trust (MVT).Thirty-eight per cent of the 835 venues, most of them small and entirely independent, made a loss, with cost of rent a particular pressure point: venues that rent their premises saw those costs increase by an average of 37.5% compared with 2022.There were 960 grassroots music venues in 2022, but that number dropped by 125 last year, with around half of those closing altogether and the…

A Shiba Inu became the first dog to rush through a video game at an annual charity event and even came close to breaking a world record.Players began speedrunning — or beating video games as fast as possible — on Sunday over Twitch as part of Games Done Quick's weeklong charity event. On Tuesday, a canine participant named Peanut Butter beat the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System game "Gyromite" in 26 minutes and 24 seconds, just over two minutes shy of the world record, Ars Technica reported."I'm very proud of my dog.…

If you are a comic book reader who has a long flight coming up, writer Jimmy Palmiotti has one humble suggestion. He is offering hundreds of pages’ worth of his comics at a steep discount as part of a sale that see proceeds go to the World Wildlife Fund. “It can get you from Japan and back from the east coast,” Palmiotti says with a laugh of the hefty reading material, available via the service Humble Bundle, which allows buyers to adjust how much of the proceeds to go charity and how much go to…

January 16th 2024 New Story8m by @daltonic ENToo Long; Didn't ReadWelcome to this comprehensive guide where we'll build a Web3 Decentralized Charity Platform using Next.js, Solidity, and TypeScript. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a clear understanding of: January 16th 2024 New Story8m by @daltonicENToo Long; Didn't ReadWelcome to this comprehensive guide where we'll build a Web3 Decentralized Charity Platform using Next.js, Solidity, and TypeScript. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a clear…

It's once again that time of year when a bunch of dedicated gamers gather in a conference room to play through their favorite titles as quickly as possible in the name of charity. This year's Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) speedrunning marathon starts on Sunday, January 14. The week-long event is slated to last until the early hours of January 21. You can watch it live below and catch up on any runs you missed over on the .The event will kick off with a sprint through  (maybe don't tune in for that one if you haven't yet…

The charity representing library services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has launched a support programme for at-risk services in the wake of proposed budget cuts across the country, including in Denbighshire, Nottingham and Swindon.On Wednesday, Libraries Connected announced that more than 20 library services, representing around 650 public, prison and mobile libraries, have joined the charity’s scheme, which offers a confidential peer support network, resource library, tailored training and communications…

John Oates may be involved a contentious legal battle with his old bandmate, but that won’t stop him from spreading some cheer and raising awareness for a good cause with a new song, “Get Your Smile On.” Oates said he wrote the breezy tune during the Covid-19 pandemic when he was searching for “any positive vibe I could up with.” He began sketching the song on GarageBand, but as it came together, he “decided to really produce the track the way I would have in a professional recording studio.”  He continued: “I…

Proceeds from the seven-inch vinyl will benefit Dublin Simon Community, an organization fighting homelessness, which the late frontman supported The Pogues are reissuing their drunk tank Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York,” on seven-inch vinyl with proceeds benefiting a charity long supported by late frontman Shane MacGowan.  The new seven-inch is available to pre-order now, and £6 (about $7.50) from each sale will be donated to the Dublin Simon Community, which works to end and prevent…

Glee castmembers have teamed up for a special holiday gift in honor of Naya Rivera, who died in 2020 at age 33. A previously unreleased Rivera song, “Prayers For The Broken,” which she recorded in 2012, was released posthumously on Friday, and it was all thanks to her former co-stars, who received permission to finish the single. The track was released for the annual Snixxmas Charity Fundraiser, which has been organized every year since Rivera died and benefits one of her favorite charities,…

If you've ever played an RPG and thought, "I wish I could go on an adventure that makes the world a better place," well, now you can slay both birds with one sword swipe thanks to Humble's new JRPG charity bundle. The Fight T1D With JRPGs bundle includes up to eight PC games and coupon codes, and a portion of all sales is donated to JDRF to aid their mission of treating and researching type 1 diabetes.The bundle is available in two price tiers. The base $10 option includes Steam codes for the…