The long-awaited Giving Summit is due to be held  early May, according to Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd. The idea, first suggested nearly a year ago in the Giving White Paper, published by the Cabinet Office, will become reallty by engaging interested parties and invidivuals to push forward on various axpects of philanthropy in order to "focus on widening the base of people who give and on making giving easier."

Philanthropy UK will be involved in pushing the agenda on promoting more philanthropy in the City of London.

The Cabinet Office has not released any further details of the upcoming summit.

When launching the White Paper Hurd said: “We want to help Britain become an even more generous country. It needs a new approach which is all about making it easier to get involved and make a difference.”

The Paper outlined a raft of measures, funds and initiatives to stimulate giving, build infrastructure to support frontline organisations, reward those who give, increase access to better information and advice, and celebrate giving, as well removing some of the barriers to giving. One of its greatest ambitions is to establish social norms of giving.

The policy plan has been broadly welcomed by the sector as a ‘real commitment’ by the government to create a culture of giving.

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White Paper puts giving in the hands of the people