A live question and answer session on The Guardian’s website around the Institute for Philanthropy’s paper Philanthropy and Social Media offered philanthropists advice on using everything from Twitter to...
Gareth Thomas, the new shadow minister for civil society, says government cuts to public funding “risk seeing philanthropic donations being used simply to help organisations survive”. He says this...
Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd sent an open letter to the voluntary sector last week, setting out the government's objectives for the Big Society. He said: "The Big Society...
The growth in legacy income for local charities has outstripped national charities by more than double over the last five years, according to a report by Legacy Foresight, the...
A set of principles on good impact reporting that effectively show funders how charities make a difference has been published by a consortium of charities for sector comment.
Co-founder of nfpSynergy Joe Saxton has challenged the sector to demonstrate the usefulness to charities of lifetime legacies, also known as charitable remainder trusts (CRTs). “A lot of people...
A new mobile fundraising platform was launched last week alongside a new ITV Christmas digital fundraising campaign, Text Santa and a call by Give as Your Live to...
The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Cultural Philanthropy Network has recently launched a series of events and an online discussion exploring key themes in arts...