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The Treasury will launch a consultation on digital giving next month, Cerys Morgan, deputy director of personal tax, told the Charity Tax Group annual conference on 24th April.

The consultation...

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Two major donations prompted by the Catalyst Arts programme, designed to help organisations get more money from private sources in the face of swingeing cuts in statutory funding to arts...

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Jersey-based former property developer David Kirch topped this years Sunday Times Giving List, published on 21st April, after donating his £100m fortune to his foundation.

Since 2006 Kirch has given a...

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Migrants are boosting donations for UK charities thanks to a “remittance culture,” say academics who found that families sending money abroad were more likely to give to British charities than other UK...

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Over 55% of more than £4m so far given directly to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) by the public for the Syria Crisis Appeal has come via digital sources, the...

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A philanthropic Canadian couple made the largest single gift in University of Calgary history on 12th April to create a new institute to enable the university to take the lead...

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UK universities saw record levels of donors and funds raised in 2011-12, according to the annual Ross-CASE Survey report, the only detailed source of information on higher education philanthropic giving...

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The Wolfson Foundation awarded £5m to the Tate Modern on 12th April towards a £215m development that will create a new building to increase the size of the gallery by...

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Individuals can now buy and sell investments in leading social businesses online through Ethex, the UK’s first not-for-profit stockbroker.

Ethex.org.uk features positive investments (in businesses that offer social, environmental and financial...

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More than two out of five (42%) of wealthy entrepreneurs aged under 30 say that, as shareholders of a company, they would regard campaigning for important social issues as at...

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