News

News (UK)

A £1.5m gift by businessman and philanthropist Dr Leonard Polonsky to the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford  will support library digitisation initiatives....

News (UK)

Jamie Oliver’s entry into this year’s Sunday Times Giving List has prompted sector leader Theresa Lloyd to ask why greater numbers of wealthy people do not give to charity.

News (International, UK)

An intervention by the top investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett sets the tone for the theme of this latest round-up of philanthropy in difficult economic times. Buffett told an audience...

News (UK)

Despite the official end of the recession - and despite fundraised income holding up better than expected - anxiety is the main theme of the latest Managing in a Downturn...

News (UK)

A fundraising letter written in 1925 by the famous author, magazine editor and advertising agency founder Bruce Barton that elicited a 100% response rate has many lessons for those wanting...

News (UK)

A national campaign to encourage young Scots to become philanthropists was launched last week by Garreth Wood, son of Sir Ian Wood and trustee of the ...

News (UK)
Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

The news that the UK is still in recession, despite predictions to the contrary, means that we still – unfortunately – need to...

News (International)

Bill Gates has urged billionaires to give most of their wealth to charitable causes.  

“All billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortunes … I think they would...

News (International, UK)

Publicity shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney has featured in a documentary on Irish television to inspire ‘giving while living’.

In ‘Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story’, Feeney talked about how he...

News (International)

The Foundation de Luxembourg has been launched, less than one year on from Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker’s declaration that it was time for the country...

Pages

Search

Topics