Our weekly round-up of interesting and outlandish information, collected from the corners of the charity sector.

Confection imperfection

So it’s a well-known fact that confectionary should have fillings, and that those fillings should be designed for your pleasure. But I’m not sure that shoving a dildo into a chocolate cake is quite what the people of Glasgow had in mind.

Sadly, that’s what happened this week when staff at Glasgow Council held a bake sale for a Romanian orphanage charity. Sadly, it led to the entire appeal being scrapped in case other cakes had been tampered with.

“The bake sale was being held for employees to buy cakes and help raise money for charity,” said an angry Scot.

“However, the sale was called off and word quickly spread that all cakes had to be binned due to this malevolent act.

“By the close of business, the true nature of things came to light - someone had rammed a sex toy through a chocolate cake.

“As further acts of malice could not be ruled out the rest of the baked goods were binned.”

The council may have caught the culprit on CCTV, it appears. Anyway, they’re going to look long and hard for the individual responsible.

#Nonprofitpickuplines

So the premise here is very simple. Twitter is keen to know what you could say to a charity worker to make them believe they’re your one and only. If you were a direct male, of course. With a large endowment. Looking to make a substantial donation.

Perhaps it would help if you had never had a problem with sustainability, or prematurely withdrawing your funding.

Anyway, without further ado, here are a few of the best suggestions.