Oxford
Wednesday 14th April, 10:30am to noon

After the Haitian earthquake in January, generous individuals around the world used their mobile phones to give over $40m (£26.9m) to aid organisations. More than $1bn (£673m) in gifts came in the next four weeks, a large percentage of which was donated online.

While the philanthropic world is only just beginning to feel the reverberations of the digital changes so familiar to the music, film and publishing industries, we can expect the impact to be significant.

Speakers:

• Dr Lucy Bernholz, HAND Foundation Philanthropy Fellow; New America Foundation
• Professor Jenny Harrow (Respondent), Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy
• Dame Stephanie Shirley BSc, CEng, FREng (Chair), Ambassador for Philanthropy
• Sarah Smith (Respondent), Bristol University

This free event is at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU

If you would like to attend, please email your name and affiliation to http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=351

Website: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=351

London
Wednesday, 21st April, 11.15am to 5.30pm

With the general election fast approaching, the Charity Tax Group (CTG) has decided to tackle some of the hottest tax issues currently confronting the sector and any incoming government.

Issues include the impact of the economic crisis on any incoming government’s tax plans, changes to European cross-border giving rules and VAT treatment of charities.

Topics and speakers

• The tax options for an incoming Government.
  Peter Fanning, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
• The future of cross-border giving following the Persche case.
  Sam Macdonald from Farrer & Co
• The EU review of VAT on charities and public bodies.
  Peter Jenkins, CTG’s technical adviser and former Global Head of VAT, Ernst and Young
• EU State-Aid rules: The biggest threat to charities’ tax reliefs ever?
  A legal view point from Christopher Vajda QC, Monckton Chambers (invited - to be confirmed)
• Defending the sector’s tax reliefs.
  Francesca Quint from Radcliffe Chambers will explain the rationale behind them.

This free event is at The Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE