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16 philanthropists join CRUK £100m fundraising board

21 May 2013 | Celina Ribeiro

Cancer Research UK has signed up 16 high-flying philanthropists to the development board to lead its £100m fundraising campaign for the Francis Crick Institute. 

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Tom Henderson, founder and former CEO of Shelterbox and trustee of Shelter for Humanity

The founder of Shelterbox disaster relief charity, who was last year dismissed as its CEO amid claims of conflicts of interest, has launched a new disaster relief charity.

Nick Hurd, minister for civil society and Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development

The UK has today announced £50m in new funding to support those affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, bringing the total funding pledged to £139.5m.

A boy receives medical treatment after the Haiti earthquake, courtesy of Logan Abassi and the United Nations

The most effective way to help in the wake of a disaster is to support existing charities, advises the Charity Commission in a new guide to disaster relief appeals.

Oxfam worker killed in Haiti earthquake

An Oxfam worker is one of the tens of thousands killed in the Haiti earthquake this week.

The clever people who devise tax avoidance and other scams by using charities are quite smart enough to be sure they get through Revenue and other data base scrutiny. The only way to stop or reduce this type of abuse is to come down much more heavily on those who deliberately misuse charities, whether as principals, advisers or beneficiaries.

» Joint registration for HMRC and Charity Commission is getting closer, suggests Hodgson

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