Personal philanthropy is generating larger-than-ever amounts of funds for charity in The Netherlands, according to research published by Factary, a non-profit research consultancy.

The Institute of Fundraising is expecting to sign up an extra 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses to Payroll Giving before the end of the year, following a door drop campaign of three million businesses and households.

Julia Unwin, director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, has been appointed as the chair of the Intelligent Funder Fellowship scheme.

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has been granted interim orders against the ME Foundation because of suspicions over a lack of charitable expenditure.