Scores of charities don't know whether their applications for grants from the Department of Health have been successful because government staff have moved offices and missed their own deadline. Decisions on the first round of applications for the third sector investment programme, which is replacing the Section 64 general scheme of grants from next year, were due to be made by 3 October.

A chief executive has pledged to get her charity's logo tattooed on her back if it raises at least £20,000 by the end of the year.

They say that talk is cheap, but this week it became a little less so, as the children's charity I Can teamed up with Collins to offer members of the public the opportunity to own part of the English language. 

Charities are encouraged to have their say on how the economic downturn may impact on their activities as the closing date for a major sector survey closes in.