The business advisory firm, Deloitte has pledged £1m of in-kind support for 16 social enterprises. This is the second wave of the company’s Social Innovation Pioneers programme. It has already...
Prime Minister David Cameron launched the world’s first Social Stock Exchange at the inaugural G8 conference on social impact investing in London today.
The voluntary sector's Early Action Task Force has criticised the Cabinet Office’s decision to allocate some of the £28m Futurebuilders repayment money to the Social Outcomes Fund, which is only...
A package of measures to help the voluntary sector and mutuals compete for contracts to cut reoffending has been launched by the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Justice.
Over 100 voluntary groups have been given The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2013. This national honour was created in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee and to recognise the...
Since February, the Gates Foundation has been encouraging non-US citizens to sign the Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away the majority of a person’s wealth. So far, twelve have...
The Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP) has conducted a study to find out what motivates entrepreneurs to become philanthropic. Professor Charles Harvey presented the findings at a CGAP...
Financial advisers are told to engage their clients in deep and meaningful conversations about philanthropy, rather than just advising them on taxes and philanthropic vehicles, in a paper published by...