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Howard Buffett’s book Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World could have been a vanity project about his philanthropic work to reduce world hunger. Instead,...

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When Bees meet Trees is a research report that addresses a critical gap in the third sector’s response to social challenges:  the role of large social sector organisations in helping...

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Boris Johnson has joined forces with charity, Veterans Aid, to provide support for homeless ex-UK service personnel in London, as part of his on-going commitment to end rough sleeping in the...

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HRH The Prince of Wales appealed to political, business and third sector leaders to secure their support for a new Campaign for Youth Social Action.

Less than a third of...

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Red Nose Day, on 15th March, has raised £75.1m and counting for Comic Relief, the highest total raised on the night in its 25 year history.

The charity is still...

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Dr Rory Brooks and his wife Elizabeth donated £1.33m to The University of Manchester, on 4th March, taking their total donations to the university to £4m since 2004.

The money...

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A novel donor circle that takes advantage of the government’s Community First match fund aims to build a £20m endowed fund over the next 10 years to alleviate child poverty...

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The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales announced earlier in May that it invested £20.6m in tackling disadvantage in 2009.

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UK venture philanthropy pioneer Impetus Trust is to invest £400,000 in Blue Sky social enterprise which runs schemes to reduce prisoner reoffending rates, estimated to cost...

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As part of a ‘first-of-its-kind’ public-private partnership to help fight poverty in New York, George Soros, chairman of the Open Society Institute, has announced a...

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