Independent Age is to restructure its fundraising and communications teams following an organisationwide strategic review, which has resulted in the development of new services.

Two new schemes have been introduced to try to help charities raise more money via face-to-face fundraising. Gift Fundraising has issued all its street fundraisers with handheld computers (PDAs) following a test for Scope, which saw gift aid declarations rise by almost 10 per cent over a two-month period as a result of using the device.

WSPA is a global animal welfare organisation with partners in over 140 countries, but until recently it only fundraised in nine. Chris Williams explains why it embarked on an aggressive new market expansion programme to recruit monthly donors around the world.

Confidence in the sector is beginning to fall. Donors are more cynical than ever when it comes to trusting charities to spend their cash effectively. Is there anything fundraisers can do about it? Steve Andrews asks the question