Tesco has cemented its place as the most lucrative charity of the year partnership in the UK, smashing its £10m target for 2012 charity partner Cancer Research UK.

The WRVS, which mobilised women on the home front during World War II, has today dropped the reference to women in its name as it seeks to shed its female identity and reach a more masculine audience.

Resource Alliance chief executive, Neelam Makhijani has called for more emphasis on the role of philanthropy in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals as it develops a post-2015 agenda.

BBC Children in Need’s grant programmes open for application today to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.