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Mayor of London confirms summer post-Olympics event

17 Jun 2013 | Jonathan Last

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today confirmed that London will host an event on 19 July to celebrate last year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Two per cent too much

Less than half of all Britons (42 per cent) believe people should give away as much as 2 per cent of their income to charity, according to a survey by Charities Aid Foundation.

Super-rich double donations to £2.38bn

Britain's super-rich doubled their generosity by giving away £2.38bn to good causes last year, according to the Sunday Times Giving List 2008.

Intelligent Giving prompts donors to change charity support

Over a third of visitors to donor advice website Intelligent Giving said they had changed the charities they support after using the site.

Pro-life Christian charity to sue Google over rejected AdWords

A Christian charity is filing a lawsuit against Google after the search engine refused to display its pro-life adverts alongside searches for the word ˜abortion'.

It's a shame that government doesn't think harder about the link between spending money & resources and outcomes.

» Shadow minister wades in to Big Society Network funding controversy

BBC director to chair Heritage Lottery Fund

Jenny Abramsky, director of BBC Audio & Music, has been appointed as the new chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Gowers steps down from helm of everyclick

Polly Gowers, founder and chief executive of charity search engine everyclick, is to step down from her role at the head of the organisation.

Payroll giving costs rise for donors

Payroll giving has become less cost-effective for donors than a gift aided donation as a result of the transitional gift aid relief introduced in last month's Budget.

Commission to get extra funding to regulate public collections

Charities minister Phil Hope has confirmed that the Charity Commission will receive extra government funding to regulate the licensing of public charitable collections, though he wouldn't say how much.

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