Age UK and London Zoo shortlisted in £2m Google competition
News

Age UK and London Zoo shortlisted in £2m Google competition

22 May 2013 | IT | Vibeka Mair

Google has shortlisted 10 UK charities which stand the chance of winning £500,000 as part of its Global Impact Challenge.

Share

Age UK and London Zoo shortlisted in £2m Google competition

« First | previous | Displaying 113 to 120 (of 11801) | next | last »

Constructing a healthy future

Jo Taylor concludes her summary of the lessons arising from the largest survey of its kind about property and the charity sector.

halo_trust_overall_after_250.jpg

Applications to the Charity Awards 2013, sponsored by CAF, are now closed and the shortlist has been announced ahead of the winner's presentation gala on 13 June.

All entries were judged against our ten 'Hallmarks of Excellence'. Find out what our judges were looking for here.

Make sure you sign up for our eNews here to be kept informed throughout the awards.

Cabinet Office appoints new Charity Commission board

The Cabinet Office has announced the six new board members of the Charity Commission that will replace the current governance team at the regulator serving under William Shawcross as chair.

Nick Hurd, minister for civil society

The use of collaborative social investment funding for charities by charitable foundations and private sector organisations has been commended in a Cabinet Office report into achieving social impact at scale.

Big Society indeed. Big bucks for the big players and let the rest of us, operating diligently and frugally, eat dust. I hope this story keeps its legs and congratulate those who continue to dig.

» Cabinet Office paid Big Society Network £98k two months before putting project on hold

NPC and Clinks to help criminal justice charities prove effectiveness

Think tank New Philanthropy Capital and offenders charity Clinks have launched a project to support voluntary and community sector organisations working in criminal justice with their impact reporting.

Wellington School

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has passed five schools in its charity test, but one has failed, having provided “too narrow” an access to the benefit it provides.

Neelam Makhijani,CEO, Resource Alliance, photo credit Barbara Doux

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.

Survey suggests that charities are people's last resort for advice

People rarely think to go to charities first for advice or support, suggest results from an nfpSynergy survey.

« First | previous | Displaying 113 to 120 (of 11801) | next | last »

Directory

Search the Directory

 

The Civil Society Directory is a comprehensive and effective resource for finding organisations and people in the sector.