And finally

'…And finally' stories appear periodically on Civil Society eNews and are a light-hearted look at the more amusing occurrences in the sector.

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Student designs face-to-face fundraising robot

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 18 Oct 2011
Tags: And finally | Digital fundraising

A product design graduate from Dundee University has built a donation robot which aims to engage with the public in a fun way.

Have a lie-in to donate to charity with Snooze app
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Have a lie-in to donate to charity with Snooze app 1

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 19 Aug 2011
Tags: And finally | Mobile technology

People who use an iPhone as their morning wake-up call can now donate to charity every time they hit the snooze button with a new app developed in America.

Is this what a text from Sir Stuart might look like?
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Sir Stuart sends late-night texts to Nick Hurd 3

Governance | 6 Jul 2011
Tags: And finally

The minister for civil society revealed last night that he receives policy advice from NCVO chief executive Sir Stuart Etherington in the form of “midnight text messages”.

Charity uses software to ensure staff don’t work too hard
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Charity uses software to ensure staff don’t work too hard 5

IT | Gareth Jones | 8 Mar 2011
Tags: And finally | Human resources

In an announcement which will shine like a beacon of hope to the country’s overworked masses, human rights charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide has revealed that it has taken action to prevent staff from working too many hours.

Puffins get equipped with sat nav
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Puffins get equipped with sat nav

IT | 20 Jul 2010
Tags: And finally

One of the things that has always set birds aside from humans is their navigational ability, migrating thousands of miles each year while we land dwellers fiddle with our maps or get sent the wrong way yet again by irritatingly unreliable satellite navigation systems.

Millcaster Tales 'video' version vies for Archers fame
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Millcaster Tales 'video' version vies for Archers fame 4

IT | 14 Apr 2010
Tags: Communications | And finally

KnowHow NonProfit has upgraded its Millcaster Tales soap opera from a written to a “video” production in the hope of becoming “the Archers of the voluntary sector”, with the aid of one of ITV’s drama writers.

Social media upstages traditional debate at NCVO conference
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Social media upstages traditional debate at NCVO conference 2

IT | 27 Jan 2010
Tags: And finally | Social networking

Adam Sampson may have been arguing that the rise of social media is in some ways a threat to campaigning charities, but little did he know that Twitter was upstaging him as he spoke.

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