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NCVO calls for sector spending to remain 'neutral'

10 hours 6 min ago
NCVO has made its submission to the Treasury spending review, calling on the government to ensure the net effect on voluntary and community organisations is “at least neutral”.
Categories: Fundraising news

Graduate tax a 'disaster' for university fundraising

14 hours 41 min ago
The proposed ‘graduate tax’ on university alumni could have a devastating impact on the growing philanthropic movement at universities, according to the sector’s leading body.
Categories: Fundraising news

Graduate tax a 'disaster' for university fundraising

14 hours 41 min ago
The proposed ‘graduate tax’ on university alumni could have a devastating impact on the growing philanthropic movement at universities, according to the sector’s leading body.
Categories: Fundraising news

Management change at Big Lottery Fund

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 17:36
The Big Lottery Fund will see a shift in senior management by the end of the year, it has announced.
Categories: Fundraising news

Bubb chides his members after Newsnight chugging fiasco

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 14:16
Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb has written a stern letter to the CEOs of the top 50 fundraising charities challenging their reluctance to defend the sector on last week’s Newsnight programme about face-to-face fundraising.
Categories: Fundraising news

Gosschalk leaves Bluefrog

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 13:35
Alan Gosschalk has left Bluefrog, less than nine months after joining the fundraising agency, to return to work within a charity.
Categories: Fundraising news

Organisations' websites and social networks to fall under ASA rules

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 11:34
Marketing messages on organisations’ own websites and non-paid-for material on social networks will soon fall under the authority of the Advertising Standards Authority.
Categories: Fundraising news

Organisations’ websites and social networks to fall under ASA rules

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 11:34
Marketing messages on organisations’ own websites and non-paid-for material on social networks will soon fall under the authority of the Advertising Standard Authority.
Categories: Fundraising news

Big Lottery Fund invests in social impact bonds

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 13:14
The Big Lottery Fund has today announced an £11.25m investment in social impact bonds.
Categories: Fundraising news

Politics has little impact on giving

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 11:33
A person’s political allegiance has only minor bearing on their volunteering and donation habits, new research has found.
Categories: Fundraising news

Newsnight chugger-bashing programme exposed nothing more than public ignorance

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 11:22
Tania Mason is frustrated by the ignorance shown in last night’s BBC investigation that “exposed” the fact that charities sometimes hire private companies to supply them with services.
Categories: Fundraising news

BBC Newsnight 'exposé' to say charities spend millions on face-to-face

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 18:57
The BBC’s current affairs programme Newsnight will tonight run a story about face-to-face fundraising in which it will report that donations acquired via by the technique are often wiped out by agency fees.
Categories: Fundraising news

Lottery changes 'must not disadvantage local groups'

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 13:32
Lottery funding under the new regime must not act as a substitute for statutory spending cuts, Navca and the Directory of Social Change have warned.
Categories: Fundraising news

DEC Pakistan Flood appeal raises £35m

Wed, 25/08/2010 - 15:19
The Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for the flood relief effort in Pakistan has now raised £35m.
Categories: Fundraising news

Do I need an armoury to protect me from charity theft?!

Wed, 25/08/2010 - 12:22
Don't be an easy target, says Niki May Young. Protect yourself from charity theft.
Categories: Fundraising news

Oxfam and Shelter share search marketing experience

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 12:30
The Internet Advertising Bureau has teamed up with Oxfam and Shelter to offer a search marketing toolkit designed to help charities and public sector organisations increase their visibility online.
Categories: Fundraising news

Precedent set as Pakistan donations rise in second week

Mon, 23/08/2010 - 18:28
The DEC’s Pakistan Floods Appeal has broken the mould by becoming the first such appeal to see donations rise in the second week.
Categories: Fundraising news

Royal British Legion says Blair donation publicity is "no win"

Mon, 23/08/2010 - 11:58
The Royal British Legion’s chief has defended the charity’s acceptance of a sizeable donation from former Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying that rejecting the gift would have brought at least as much controversy as accepting it.
Categories: Fundraising news

Institute hosts first face-to-face conference

Mon, 23/08/2010 - 11:01
The Institute of Fundraising will host its first ever face-to-face fundraising conference in September at which the issue of opposition to the fundraising technique will be addressed.
Categories: Fundraising news

Where did the week go? Time management help for fundraisers

Fri, 20/08/2010 - 13:04
Ever catch yourself wondering what you do with your time? Tom Eeles has found a new app which can help perenially multi-tasking fundraisers.
Categories: Fundraising news