Age UK and London Zoo among shortlist for £2m Google charity competition
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Age UK and London Zoo among shortlist for £2m Google charity competition

22 May 2013 | Vibeka Mair

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

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NSPCC website refresh leads to big rise in child abuse reports

NSPCC has reported an eight-fold increase in users of its online helpdesk for suspected child abuse following a major website revamp.

Green party candidate clones RAF Trust website

The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust received an unwelcome imitation when Green Party candidate Kevin Lister cloned its Air Tattoo website in an attempt to deter visitors to the show.

Charities Security Forum launches mentoring scheme

The Charities Security Forum has proceeded with plans for a mentoring scheme to enhance knowledge and practice across the non-profit sector, particularly at the smaller end.

Children's charities welcome Facebook 'panic button'

Facebook has bowed to pressure from campaigners and included the option for a ‘panic button’ on UK users’ homepages, allowing them to report inappropriate behaviour to the child protection watchdog CEOP.

NGOs need to look more closely at expense claims from their staff, in particular from UK staff based overseas as expatriates, and from staff who travel from the UK to field offices and projects overseas.

» VSO to slash overheads by a third

GOSH and Sightsavers lead the way in online legacy fundraising

Great Ormond Street Hospital and Sightsavers have been named as the best exponents of online legacy fundraising, but there remains more to do for many other charities.

Vodafone gives charities 100 per cent of SMS donations

Vodafone has become the first mobile phone operator to commit to passing on to charities 100 per cent of donations via its text message services.

First aid charity addresses PCI DSS with network monitoring solution

St John Ambulance is tackling the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard by implementing a new system designed to monitor the security performance of its network.

Charities enter the music download market

Charities are set to benefit from the proceeds of music downloads with the launch of a new website fairsharemusic.com.

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