The Department for Communities and Local Government has scrapped its £6.4m third sector strategic partners programme despite being several months into the bidding process.

Blackbaud has confirmed that it has no plans to introduce its Financial Edge accounting package into the UK.

The launch of the Monday lottery last month was plagued by technical problems which saw the registration deadline for the draw extended by four hours. Chariot, administrators of Monday, have claimed that its web operations were disrupted on the first day of draws by an unexpectedly high level of interest, but stressed that while the site was slowed down, at no point did it crash completely.

Charities have been challenged to make donors ˜feel like movie heroes' through their online communications with them. Speaking at Lionheart's IT showcase event last month, Marc Chardon, president and ceo of Blackbaud, said charities should be aware that people's relationship with technology changes over time and that the internet will increasingly replace more traditional fundraising techniques.