Tag Archives: Charity Giving

A group of umbrella bodies has called for an early review of the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme after research has uncovered a range of awareness and understanding issues with the programme. NCVO, the Institute of Fundraising, and the Charity Finance Group have published the […]

Teenage Cancer Trust has announced it intends to spend the £5m raised by Stephen Sutton to fund new specialist cancer units, train more researchers, and enable more young people than ever to benefit from its services. The charity has announced that Stephen’s story, which saw […]

  Volunteering changes the negative attitudes of business leaders towards charities and increases their willingness to donate, new research finds. The report, Philanthropic Journeys, published today, is based on a survey of 227 business leaders and philanthropists from England and Scotland, and in-depth interviews with […]

Henry Timms, who launched the annual fundraising event in the US two years ago, says organisers should spend time getting the UK version on the public radar Charities should work hard to spread awareness about Giving Tuesday this year with a view to reaping the […]

The Trussell Trust’s Easter Appeal raised more than £50,000 in two days after a backlash on social media to a Mail on Sunday article criticising the charity. A reporter for the Mail on Sunday had obtained food vouchers from Nottingham Citizens Advice Bureau by claiming […]

Britain faces a North-South divide in charitable giving, reflecting the broader regional divide in the economic recovery, according to research released today by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). In a poll, people in the South East were nearly twice as likely (11%) to be increasing […]

The Lord Mayor has this week announced a new City’s Giving Day which she hopes will raise £350,000 for charities. The event, which will take place on the 11th July, was announced by Alderman Fiona Woolf at City Action’s annual celebration Going for Gold in […]