So I hear on the grapevine that Disasters Emergency Committee have appointed a fundraising manager. And in a shock move they have selected someone with no experience of fundraising.
Blog: Clever move for DEC or the triumph of internal politics
A new £3m grant programme will encourage British community groups to improve links with communities in the developing world in a bid to improve understanding and tackle global poverty.
Mergers and closures are not inevitable, even in the face of government cutbacks and dropping voluntary income.
Cats Protection and Guide Dogs are both launching new direct mail appeals, asking for help for specific age groups of beneficiaries.
Thousands of mini-grants worth £300 will be given out to directly to young people through a new initiative which aims to address the negative stereotypes around young people in the UK this week.
Minister for the third sector Angela Smith has been challenged to reveal the true cost to charities of the forthcoming music licensing changes, after she claimed in Parliament that the predicted figure...
The Charity Technology Trust has partnered with BT to offer charities the first automated system for collecting credit or debit card details via telephone that is certified as tier-one compliant with the...
Less than six months after announcing it would revolutionise online fundraising by offering its service for free, fundraising sponsorship website Bmycharity has announced it is to shut down after failing...
It is interesting to see that Crisis are yet again in merger discussions. The number of mergers we are seeing in the sector can only be a good thing even if they are driven by necessity.
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