As the world has moved increasingly online, so have charities, and it is rare these days to find a charity without a web presence. Some charities, mostly bigger ones, use their sites for fundraising while others make use of the growing number of bespoke charity donations sites such as JustGiving, bmycharity and VirginMoneyGiving.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Charity shopping website, Easyfundraising has announced that it has raised £3m since it launched in 2005.
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.
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The Charity Commission has today launched a mobile version of its website to provide information to the public and charities.
Applications from people wanting to volunteer for Crisis at Christmas have soared by a third this year, an increase the charity has attributed to a new web app that has automated the application process.
The Big Give has relaunched its match challenge this morning after the site crashed at launch yesterday, leaving hundreds of charities and their supporters waiting for their promised matched donation opportunity.
A website that rewards users with a ‘social currency’ for sharing, volunteering or donating to charity launched earlier this week.
The BBC is offering promotional opportunities for charities through its new Things to Do website, calling on charities to sign up as partners to post their upcoming events.
The Charities Aid Foundation has created a donation widget for its customers.
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The National Deaf Children’s Society plans to overhaul its website and online communication strategy to reach a larger audience and improve its services.
An online school for volunteers and organisations for volunteers has been set up by a group of European voluntary organisations.
A lending and borrowing website has launched as a social enterprise and hopes to help charities make and save money through lending, borrowing and hiring.
A-level students were unable to find out if they had a place in university last Thursday when UCAS, a registered charity, had to shut down part of its website due to a higher than anticipated increase in traffic.
Eating disorder charity Beat, was named Exciting Newcomer in the Empowering Young People and Citizens category at the Nominet Internet Awards.
Edward G. Happ, the CIO of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the Charity IT Conference 2011.
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More than 500 charities have signed up to the MyDonate online fundraising service since its launch in April, according to BT.
An online payroll giving service is ready for launch amid Philanthropy Review and government enthusiasm for the potential of payroll giving and calls from fundraising directors for structural changes to the system.
Over half of Scottish charities intend to submit their accounts online with the Office of the Scottish Regulator when the service becomes available in the autumn, while a minority (18 per cent) have indicated they will not.
Charity Commission chair Dame Suzi Leather has suggested that the regulator might look at introducing a Facebook-style application that tells charities what other charities exist nearby that carry out similar activities.
World Jewish Relief has launched its own online gift giving website, Wjapped Up, raising more than £2,000 in its first month.
Microsoft has promised that a new generation of computers will help connect the web to those who are traditionally marginalised from the digital world. Charities will need to make sure it’s not a lost opportunity, says Vibeka Mair.
Children's charity Global Care has launched a charity giving website, Pick the Bucket, which allows users to choose which projects go ahead.
