CACULA/QUIPUNGO, Angola, 31 May 2017 – At Primary School n.231 in the municipality of Cacula, Huíla province, a young technician named Ernes...
Volunteers' week: tell us about your voluntary work
Celebrate the wonderful work volunteers do and inspire others to get involved in their communities by sharing your volunteering stories and ...
9 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Solutions!)
If your online donation form is ineffective, it warrants immediate attention. The occasional mistake is inevitable, but given the high-volu...
Smart web design for older donors is smart web design, period
One of the most important things to keep in mind in fundraising is the age of donors. Which, for almost everyone, is older than you! The ...
Sleeping Enough to Be Truly Awake
"Human beings are the only species that deprives themselves of sleep. No other species that we see will do this... And what that means ...
2017 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity awarded to Dr Tom Catena
The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity has announced its 2017 laureate as Dr Tom Catena. Dr Catena, a Catholic missionary from Amsterdam, N...
Visiting an Ethiopian HIV charity influenced my social work training | Tom Jones
The foundation’s ability to think creatively and enable practical, positive change is particularly relevant as the UK social care sector fac...
Tesco to trial scrapping 5p carrier bags
Tesco is conducting a 10-week trial to test the impact of phasing out its 5p carrier bags. The trial is taking place in three stores: Aberde...
Charity set up to distribute We Love Manchester funds
Manchester City Council has set up a charity to distribute the funds raised in the wake of the Manchester bombing, following advice from the...
Community Foundation NI made commitments of £9 million
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland approved grants to community and voluntary organisations worth over £9 million in 2015/16. The...
The government is trying to starve refugees out of the UK | Graham O'Neill
At the Scottish Refugee Council we see increasing numbers of destitute asylum seekers as a direct result of government policy. We need a new...
Prescriptive Analytics for Nonprofits—How Data Technology Can Transform the Way We Work
Data is changing how our world operates . As the collection of data becomes ubiquitous and seamless and the analysis of data more powerful, ...
Emotion: feel it so you can help others feel it
How do you communicate emotion to your donors? Easy. Feel the emotion yourself. Okay, maybe not so easy. But feeling it yourself is half ...
Why Is It So Hard to Take Your Own Advice?
Melissa Dahl says she loves to give advice to friends on how to solve their problems but rarely takes her own advice. Sound familiar? It...
The volunteer blood bikers saving lives, NHS time and money
Motorcyclist couriers work throughout the night ferrying blood products, breast milk and test samples to and from hospitals Andy Stacey has...
Whale and Dolphin Conservation launch gaming appeal with GivePenny
Whale and Dolphin Conservation, has partnered with GivePenny, SEGA, Relic Entertainment, and Twitch to launch its first ever gaming focused ...
Report predicts £6 billion funding shift towards social investment
Charities are anticipating a major shift in funding models towards social investment as less income comes from grants and donations, a new r...
H&M raises £1m for Unicef UK through plastic bag charge
H&M UK has raised £1million for Unicef UK through its 5p customer plastic bag charge. Since the 5p plastic bag charge was introduced in ...
Youth programme provides £1 million in grants
The International Fund for Ireland (IFI) has announced grants of nearly £1 million (€1.2 million) to a range of voluntary organisations unde...
Organising disaster relief volunteers: how to get it right | Duncan Shaw
People want to help each other in times of need. We want to make it easier for charities and NGOs to coordinate untrained volunteers in dang...
Charities say 'gag law' stops them speaking out on Tory social care plans
Sector leaders say they feel muzzled by 2014 legislation despite believing policies would prove hugely damaging Charities have been silence...
Red Onions: Transformed by Beauty
Alanda Greene peeled back the outer layer of a red onion. As the sun caught its redness, lit it up like a ruby, she gasped at the startling ...
10 charities that make the most of their About Us page
The good old ‘About us’ us page. It’s often the poor relation to most other pages on a website when it comes to compelling copy and engaging...
The Bicycle Machines of Guatemala
Since 1997, Maya Pedal has been focused on sustainable development in Guatemala. Locals were handed control in 2001. Recycling bicycles from...
Helping Young Adults Successfully Transition out of Foster Care
For children reaching the age at which their foster care ends, transitioning to adulthood can be extremely difficult. While other young adul...
Developer to donate £10k to JDRF for each flat sold
Flats developer Ballymore has pledged to make a donation of £10,000 to diabetes charity JDRF for each flat sold at its Embassy Gardens schem...
In Kyrgyzstan, girls lift shroud of shame on menstruation
VASILEVKA, Kyrgyzstan, 26 May 2017 – Menstruation is a taboo subject in Kyrgyzstan. Girls enter puberty without understanding what is happen...
Charity Commission issues advice on spotting genuine registered charities ahead of Ramadan
The Charity Commission has issued its annual advice to help British Muslims continue giving to genuine registered charities this Ramadan. Th...
Your dream job and dream life may be waiting for you
Pardon me if I get a little bit commercial here. But this is a super-cool job, and I have a feeling the person who should have the job read...
Spotlight on Kids Who Are Changing the World
We live in challenging and stressful times and may wonder how our children must be feeling when we are struggling ourselves.But, even as we ...
Majority of charities have used fundraising income to support public sector contracts, says NPC report
More than half of charities that deliver public sector contracts have to use other sources of income, such as money from fundraising, to do ...
Comic Relief to commission three scoping studies on new funding initiatives
Comic Relief is looking to commission several pieces of scoping work to help inform the development of new funding initiatives. Comic Relief...
Charities have global ambitions, so let's use UN global goals? | Sonja Graham
We never thought to link gender equality or social integration to water-saving projects, but the UN’s sustainable development goals broadene...
Regional, personal, influential – how to harness the power of social media for your campaign
It seems that no charity campaign is complete without the blessing of a celebrity on social media. From ice bucket challenges to no make-up ...
RRS Discovery awarded £50,000 in honour of explorer Henry Worsley
The Headley Trust has awarded £50,000 to the Dundee Heritage Trust for the Royal Research Ship Discovery, in memory of explorer Henry Worsle...
Mandy Johnson is new CEO at Small Charities Coalition
Small Charities Coalition has appointed Mandy Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer. She takes up the role in August 2017, replacing Jo...
London Marathon Charitable Trust launches first national funding programme
London Marathon Charitable Trust has announced its first UK-wide funding programme, aimed at protecting open spaces and tackling physical in...
One year on: a community in Darfur built from the ashes
SORTONY, Sudan, 25 May 2017 – “The site at Sortony is a cramped shantytown in the making. UNICEF, as part of the first multi-agency humanita...
Tony Elischer Foundation launched to nurture fundraising talent
Friends, family and colleagues have today celebrated the launch of Tony Elischer Foundation, a new charity which will support and nurture in...
How to Effectively Engage Lawmakers at Town Hall Meetings
Town hall meetings held by Members of Congress in 2017 have been one part theater, two parts protest, and usually three parts crazy. Normall...
Three ways to make donors really love donating to you
The experience of giving to a charity most of the time ranges between "uninspiring" and "dismal." Lack of attention pai...
Prioritize Your Fundraising Efforts with the New Spring Issue of npENGAGE Magazine
Fundraisers know the importance of a single moment. Every moment you hold your donors’ attention is vital to building their engagement and s...
Who says the private sector has a monopoly on innovation?
Forget grand shiny programmes - our initiative will support Liverpool’s community and social enterprise groups to tackle big social challeng...
Annie Dillard: Living Like Weasels
Annie Dillard tells us we could learn from weasels "something of the purity of living in the physical sense and the dignity of living w...
8 corporate fundraising partnerships for the end of May 2017
Here are eight of the corporate partnerships that have caught our eye this month, providing charities including Fresh Start, Cancer Research...
£4.5m social investment fund to launch for homelessness sector
A £4.5 million social investment fund launches next month for charities and social enterprises across England working to reduce homelessness...
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