Celina Ribeiro
Editor, Fundraising magazine, Civil Society
Celina is the editor of Fundraising magazine and daily contributor to CivilSociety.co.uk. She has been at the publication since June 2008.
Previously Celina worked as a freelance feature writer for newspapers and magazines in Australia and the UK, working for publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the New Statesman. Celina was also a Ken and Yasuko Myer Fellow in 2004, which saw her intern at Manilla-based newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Charity sector self-regulation is ripe for expansion, according to the new chairman of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association.
The Institute of Fundraising sees itself as having a role to play in boosting giving, according to a newly-published consultation document on its proposed new strategic objectives.
Charity shop tax benefits have come under fire from a Tory MP in a backbencher debate about the future of the British high street.
The Health Lottery has raised £8m since launching in October but its claims to have expanded the lottery market as a whole have been disputed by the National Lottery.
The Health Lottery has fought back against criticisms made of it by Sir Stephen Bubb and claimed that the National Lottery in effect gives only 10p in the pound to charities – and most of that in London.
London charities facing a massive reduction in grants from two key London Councils programmes have met in the capital to discuss their response.
Traditionally, dictating where one’s donation is spent was the preserve of deep-pocketed major donors. Now the privilege is being demanded by lower-level donors too. Celina Ribeiro explores the trend and the charities which are accommodating, and benefiting, from it.
A tax adviser has been found guilty of setting up a tax avoidance scheme which attempted to exploit the benefits around giving gifts of company shares to charity.