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Animal charity shifts fundraising priority from legacies to online

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:16:00 GMT

An East Sussex-based animal welfare charity has launched a new website in a bid to increase online donations and become less reliant on legacy gifts.

4Children reveals new website

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:00 GMT

4Children has launched its new website to provide clearer information about its work and campaigns as it expands its service delivery role as the government’s strategic partner for early years and childcare.

EU plans to overhaul data protection rules announced

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:21:00 GMT

The European Commission has set out its proposal to reform data protection laws that would mean organisations, including charities, would have to notify the data protection authority of a data breach within 24 hours of discovering it.

Scope reveals user-generated rebrand

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:00 GMT

Disability action charity Scope has revealed a user-led rebrand based on inspirational images submitted by its beneficiaries.

BIG and the OCS carry out research into online services

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:56:00 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund and the Office for Civil Society have surveyed civil society organisations about their use of online services to find out how the services help the sector build learning, and develop skills and capabilities.

Charities need to engage with users to improve online giving, says report

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMT

Almost half of users who start an online donation fail to complete it, according to a new report which urges the sector to adopt a more personal approach to online donations.

Beatbullying awarded £1.3m to expand services

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:27:00 GMT

Beatbulling has been awarded £1.3m from the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund to expand its services by setting up a new social action organisation.

CRUK adopts new events CRM software to increase donations

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:16:00 GMT

Cancer Research UK is the first UK charity to implement TeamRaiser software from Convio UK and will use it to manage its Relay for Life fundraising website.

Online fundraising company raises £3m

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:56:00 GMT

Charity shopping website, Easyfundraising has announced that it has raised £3m since it launched in 2005.

Bing campaign hopes to support unsung charities

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:52:00 GMT

Microsoft’s search engine Bing has revealed the first five charities that will take over its homepage this week for the launch of its Help Your Britain campaign.

UK computing charity opts to manufacture product abroad

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:59:00 GMT

Production of a cheap educational computer by UK charity the Raspberry Pi Foundation is underway, but the first batch is to be produced in China to save money.

Blackbaud to acquire Convio

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:25:00 GMT

US software provider Blackbaud has announced it plans to acquire Convio for roughly $312m, forming one of the largest software-as- a- service vendors in the market.

Charities' online donations scuppered by broken Charity Choice links

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:12:00 GMT

Hundreds of charities may have lost the ability to accept online donations after web-based donation service Charity Choice upgraded its website and changed the links from charities' own sites.

Charities at risk of cyber attacks

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:34:00 GMT

Charities need to be more aware of how to protect themselves against different forms of cyber attack, according to the campaigning group for digital freedom Access.

New survey reveals "a profound change in the way charities manage IT".

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A major study by Charity Finance magazine has discovered that the traditional perception of many charity IT professionals as ‘techies’ is set to change as more charities look to outsource software and hardware to external providers or cloud based solutions. Instead the charity IT team of the future will focus on the strategic management of data and information, as well as taking on a more commercial guise in managing multiple external suppliers.

Beatbullying postpones Big March 2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:55:00 GMT

Beatbullying’s digital campaign the Big March 2012 will now take place on 1 March instead of 31 January as was originally planned.

Big Give to review match fund after high demand crashed site

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:20:00 GMT

The Big Give is reviewing last December’s match fund challenge, which raised more than £11.5m, after unprecedented levels of demand forced the challenge to be postponed for a day.

Government to appeal High Court decision on solar payments

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Friends of the Earth has criticised the government’s decision to appeal a High Court ruling which found that the cut to solar panel subsidies was illegal.

Commission launches mobile website

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:36:00 GMT

The Charity Commission has today launched a mobile version of its website to provide information to the public and charities.

CEBF gets CRM system for £1

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:42:00 GMT

Software provider thankQ has given the Charity Employees Benevolent Fund (CEBF) a CRM system for £1.