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A live question and answer session on The Guardian’s website around the Institute for Philanthropy’s paper Philanthropy and Social Media offered philanthropists advice on using everything from Twitter to...

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Gareth Thomas, the new shadow minister for civil society, says government cuts to public funding “risk seeing philanthropic donations being used simply to help organisations survive”. He says this...

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Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd sent an open letter to the voluntary sector last week, setting out the government's objectives for the Big Society. He said: "The Big Society...

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UK foundations gave an estimated £290m to international development and related causes in 2009/10, a new study shows.

The vast majority of the grants were made to civil society organisations in...

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The growth in legacy income for local charities has outstripped national charities by more than double over the last five years, according to a report by Legacy Foresight, the...

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A set of principles on good impact reporting that effectively show funders how charities make a difference has been published by a consortium of charities for sector comment.

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Co-founder of nfpSynergy Joe Saxton has challenged the sector to demonstrate the usefulness to charities of lifetime legacies, also known as charitable remainder trusts (CRTs). “A lot of people...

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A new mobile fundraising platform was launched last week alongside a new ITV Christmas digital fundraising campaign, Text Santa and a call by Give as Your Live to...

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The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Cultural Philanthropy Network has recently launched a series of events and an online discussion exploring key themes in arts...

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DCMS, Arts Council England (ACE) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced further details of...

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