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Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus has brought his microcredit concept to the UK to address some of the most entrenched poverty here, beginning in Glasgow and...

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Almost half of charities have at least one vacancy on their board, according to a report, which aims to inspire people to give their time to charities in this way....

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Nominet Trust invests £2m in new projects  

Nominet Trust has announced its latest round of funding, distributing £2m to 13 projects in the largest single funding round the organisation has...

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Two thirds of people who gave to charity in the last three months said they did so because a charity asked them to donate.

A YouGov poll commissioned by the Institute of...

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The world’s top ranking billionaire according to the latest listing by  Forbes magazine , Carlos Slim Helú, hasn’t yet revealed how many of his billions he plans to give away but...

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Philanthropists are being invited to join regional networks to address local issues, develop their own giving strategies and network with philanthropy peers in The Time to Give initiative,  funded by...

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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...

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Olga Alexeeva, who sadly died suddenly last year, was a dynamo and trailblazer, developing the philanthropy of emerging markets first through Charities Aid Foundation and then through her own foundation...

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Children’s charity NSPCC is piloting a free one-day workshop aimed at teen philanthropists.  ‘Future Giving: Will you be counted?' is aimed at young people aged 15-19.

NSPCC development manager Kellie Spooner...

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