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Three thousand charities have now joined the re-launched eBay for Charity programme, which has seen 300 charity sellers joining every day.

Seventy per cent of charity shops already use eBay, which...

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Teams that provide outstanding strategic advice to donors on philanthropic giving and structures can be nominated for ‘Philanthropy Team of the Year’ in the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners...

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Google.org will align more closely with its parent company to build innovative solutions, says the outgoing executive director of Google’s philanthropic arm, Dr Larry Brilliant.

The new strategy  will focus on...

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Total third sector income rose by 3.3% during 2006/07, driven by an increase in earned income from government contracts, according to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Almanac 2009.

Earned...

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The launch of the Edinburgh University hub of the ESRC Research Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CCGP) in Edinburgh has featured a timely seminar on the impact...

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Social investment bank Triodos has confounded the expectations of recessionary Britain by announcing record lending levels of over £93m to charities and social enterprises in the...

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The European Commission (EC) is conducting a consultation of donors and funders on a possible European Foundation Statute (EFS).

It will consider the difficulties foundations face when operating across borders, and...

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Government commitment to philanthropy is still strong and charitable giving is of great importance to the sector, is one message in the recent Government action plan for third sector organisations...

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  • 25th Feb (London): Nostalgia and giving to charity: Developments and agendas in practice and research, a seminar led by Professor John Ford, will consider how nostalgia may be an important
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has proposed the idea of a Least Developed Country (LDC) patent pool for medicines for tropical diseases, one of four commitments the company has made to improving public...

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