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A £30k-a-year Oxford University academic has pledged to donate £1m, two thirds of his expected future earnings, to effective overseas charities involved in tackling poverty.

Dr Toby Ord, a practical ethics researcher...

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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 ...

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Dame Vivien Duffield, chair of the Clore Duffield Foundation, has committed £25m, her largest ever single gift, to help fund a purpose-built centre for the...

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Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe stunned staff at a charity shop in Berkshire by handing over a cash donation of £1,000 on 22nd July.

Crowe made the donation after seeing a campaign...

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Sunday Times Giving List-topping hedge fund manager Christopher Hohn gave £484m to the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) through fees earned...

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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...

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A $50m (£35m) matched fund to encourage giving has been set up for Oxford University by an IT entrepreneur, despite the financial downturn.

Dr James Martin will match donations of at...