Scottish Charity Number: SC009538

UK Charity Number: 1001957

Website: www.addaction.org.uk

Stated Aims

PROVIDES A RANGE OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL MISUSERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SERVICES PROVIDED INVLUDE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY DRUG SERVICES, ARREST REFERAL SCHEMES, COMMUNITY BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROJECTS, STRUCTURED DRUG SERVICES FOR DRUG USING OFFENDERS, RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION CENTRES AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS.

Summary

Addaction is an addiction charity, focusing on alcohol and drugs. Its primary aim is to provide services and advice to local authorities, PCTs, councils etc. Consequently, it receives the lion’s share of its revenue from government contracts and grants but it makes no effort to stay out of politics.

Addaction has lobbied for a minimum price for alcohol and makes explicit attempts to influence government policy by commissioning surveys and issuing press releases.

It applauds government action to crack-down on alcohol but insists more draconian action is required:

Several sensible measures have been announced in today’s Queen’s speech to help tackle our excessive drinking culture – particularly on ending irresponsible drink promotions and introducing a mandatory code for an alcohol industry that has clearly failed to police itself.

But the government could and should have gone a lot further. When supermarkets are selling cider for 59p per litre and cans of beer for 23p, banning happy hours can only achieve so much.

Details

Its 2008/09 accounts show a total income of £30,298,160, of which £23,869,943 was spent on staff costs. Its CEO was paid over £100,000.

Addaction’s accounts do not specify individual donors but according to The Guardian: “Addaction is reliant on government contracts for more than 90% of its funding.” It also received £628,805 from the Big Lottery Fund.

UK Charity Number: 294860

Website: www.add.org.uk

Stated Aims

ADD WORKS WITH DISABLED PEOPLE TO PROMOTE AN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE WORLD WHERE DISABLED WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR NIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND PARTICIPATE AS FULLY AS THEY CHOOSE AT EVERY LEVEL OF SOCIETY. ADD WORKS PRIMARILY IN AFRICA AND ASIA.

Context

Took part in the anti-capitalist demonstrations against the G20 conference. Member of the Put People First coalition.

Details

Its 2008/09 accounts show a total income of £2,915,592

• Department of International Development: £1,360,000
• Commission for the European Communities: £970,222
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• Total £2,330,222 (79.9% of all income)

UK Charity Number: 1056565

Website: http://www.aomrc.org.uk/

Stated Aims

THE ACADEMY’S PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS SHARING AND CO-ORDINATING THE WORK OF THE MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES AND FACULTIES. THE ACADEMY PRODUCES GENERIC DOCUMENTS AND BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS IN ITS SUBCOMMITTEES TO SHARE BEST PRACTICE AND ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

Context

Members of the Alcohol Health Alliance which calls for a minimum price on alcohol, higher taxes on alcohol and bans on alcohol advertising.

Details

Its 2008/09 accounts show a total income of £5,064,179, of which:

• The Revalidation Fund: £2,805,902
• Medical Management Fund: £254,149
• Health Inequalities Forum Fund: £6,776
• e-Lth Fund: £233,463
• (All of these organisations are financed by the Department of Health)
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• Total: £3,300,290 (65.2% of all income)

UK Charity Number: 1112671

Website: www.ias.org.uk

Stated Aims:

PROVIDES INFORMATION ON ALCOHOL POLICY TO GOVERNMENT,POLITICAL PARTIES, PROFESSIONAL BODIES, MEDIA & GENERAL PUBLIC. MONITORS MEDIA. UNDERTAKES RESEARCH. PUBLISHES JOURNALS ON THE SUBJECT. PUBLISHES FACT SHEETS. PROVIDES INFORMATION VIA WEB SITE. PROVIDES SECRETARIAT FOR EUROPEAN UMBRELLA GROUP—EUROCARE. ORGANISES SEMINARS/CONFERENCES.

Context

The European Commission employed the Institute of Alcohol Studies to advise it on alcohol policy in 2003. When the report was released in 2006, the term “passive drinking” was born. Its current activities are centred around raising the price of alcohol. It is a member of the Alcohol Health Alliance which calls for a minimum price on alcohol, higher taxes on alcohol and bans on alcohol advertising.

Details

According to the Institute:

“We are lucky in being one of the few organisations that do not depend on the Government or the alcohol industry for funds—so that we can be an independent voice on alcohol policy.”

They also say:

“The Institute does not have a view on whether individuals should drink or not drink.”

They fail to mention that they receive most of their funding (£391,995) from the Alliance House Foundation, a temperance group which states its aim as being “to spread the principles of total abstinence from alcoholic drinks”.

Its 2007/08 accounts show a total income of £430,019

In 2006/07 it received £38,228 from the European Commission (£38,228).

It receives no voluntary donations from the public.

UK Charity Number: 1059686

Website: http://www.weightconcern.com/

Stated Aims

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH WEIGHT CONCERN IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY; (B) TO IDENTIFY MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR OBESITY; (C) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF OBESITY.

Context

Lobbies government for measures to defuse the "obesity time-bomb" that will supposedly explode in 2010. Its campaign revolves around behaviour modification, legislation and requesting more money for obesity programmes.

According to its website:

The government’s intentions are admirable but they do not know how to change people’s behaviour, and are in danger of wasting money promoting unhelpful initiatives. Weight Concern calls on the Department of Health to spend public money wisely and invest in organisations like our own.

It is a supporter of Sustain, it supports plans for the state to pay people to lose weight, and is extremely vocal on every issue regarding obesity and diet.

Details

Created in 2002 with a Department of Health grant, Weight Concern continues to lobby the very people who fund them.

Its 2006/07 accounts show a total income of £161,414, of which: 

It received just £1,520 in public donations.

(In 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration banned the obesity drug Rimonabault, after it was linked to a spate of suicides. In Britain, Weight Concern publicly defended the drug, claiming the risk of suicide was "low". In addition to its state-funding, Weight Concern is financed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.)

UK Charity Number: 1018643

Website: http://www.sustainweb.org

Stated Aims:

SUSTAIN: THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER FOOD AND FARMING, ADVOCATES FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, IMPROVE THE WORKING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT, ENRICH SOCIETY AND CULTURE AND PROMOTE EQUITY. WE REPRESENT AROUND 100 NATIONAL PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANISATIONS, AND ARE INDEPENDENT FROM THE AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY.

Context

Sustain was founded in 1999 and campaigns for a near-vegan diet, as its coordinator, Jeanette Longfield, told The Ecologist magazine:

Ecologist: So how would we need to change our diet for it to become more amenable to organic farming?

Jeanette: A lot less meat and dairy, and a lot more fruit, veg and cereals.

Ecologist: And if we were to do that?

Jeanette: Then you’d need less land, as a lot of the land is used for growing crops for feeding animals. Which we don’t need.

Details

The charity is a modern-day ‘back to the land’ charity that campaigns for people to consume less meat and milk in favour of more organic food and vegetables. It opposes intensive farming, wants a ban on "junk food" advertising and claims that eating the ‘wrong’ food causes mental illness.

Its 2007/08 accounts show a total income of £1,222,891, of which:

It is also funded by the Plunkett Foundation which is, in turn, funded by the government.

UK Charity Number: 1010397

Website: http://www.wen.org.uk

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY IS TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Summary

Generic wimmin’s group with added green credentials. It claims that "women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change". It conducts environmental and what it calls "environmenstrual" campaigns. Members of Stop Climate Chaos.

Details

Its 2007/08 accounts show a total income of £170,976

It received a further £10,000 from Awards for All (the National Lottery).

(It fared even better in 2007, when it received £60,000 from the Department of the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, as well as £87,786 from the London Boroughs and £17,544 from the Department for Communities and Local Government.)

UK Charity Number: 0327215

Website: http://www.pan-uk.org

Stated Aims

PAN UK WORKS TO ELIMINATE THE DANGERS OF TOXIC PESTICIDES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH, TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USAGE, AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES.

Summary

PAN sprang to attention when it lobbied successfully for a ban on over twenty pesticides and chemicals used in farming. This ban came despite a conspicuous lack of evidence that they are dangerous to the farmers who work with them, let alone people who eat the food. As the BBC reported, this ban could have serious consequences:

Dire warnings were issued about the collapse in Europe’s agricultural production should the legislation go ahead – a 100% fall in carrot production in the UK alone; a devastating effect on pea production; problems for farmers growing wheat and potatoes.

In turn, said the farmers, this would lead to rising prices, just as consumers are looking down the barrel of a nasty recession and concern over world food shortages is growing.

Even Environment Minister Hilary Benn opposed this ban, but then the UK government does not fund PAN. The EU does. 

Details

PAN’s 2006/07 accounts show a total income of £1,266,717, of which:  

As with so many of these fake charities, PAN was largely being funded by the EU in order to lobby the EU. 

UK Charity Number: 1040519

Website: http://www.forumforthefuture.org

Stated Aims

FORUM FOR THE FUTURE WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADING ORGANISATIONS IN BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR. OUR VISION IS OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES THRIVING IN A FUTURE THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY JUST. WE INSPIRE AND CHALLENGE ORGANISATIONS WITH POSITIVE VISIONS OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE; DELIVER PRACTICAL WAYS TO REALISE THOSE VISIONS; AND TRAIN LEADERS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.

Context

Founded by fanatical environmentalist Jonathan Porritt, the Forum for the Future provides a livelihood for unelectable Green Party candidates and retired lefties. Porritt earns £63,671 as its Programme Director and climate change alarmism features prominently with the inevitable demands for greater government interference:

"Action by government and regulators is crucial to reduce the risk of a catastrophic environmental collapse and create the conditions for a truly sustainable economy"

Details

The Forum for the Future is exceptionally well-funded by a wide range of government departments. This is unsurprising since the charity’s objectives of ‘sustainability’ and ‘social justice’ are indistinguishable from those of the present government.

Its 2006/07 accounts show a total income of £4,670,107, of which:

• Central Government: £868,578
• Local and regional government: £775,062
• DEFRA: £109,976
• The Climate Change Project (DEFRA): £241,878
• Tower Hamlets: £42,683
• EU: £23,904
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• Total £2,062,081 (44.2% of all income)

It received just £1,300 in donations from the public.