With GDPR coming into full force this month, all organisations involved in handling data, including not for profits and charities, are under...
The Sunray Peace Village
The Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo is Chief of the Green Mountain, Ani Yun Wiwa, the 27th generation holder of the ancestral Ywahoo lineage of the ...
Set of principles launches to help charities improve digital service design
New resources, including ten guiding principles, aimed at helping nonprofits improve their digital service design launch today (31 May). Now...
Horse Rangers Association to benefit from Sapphire Coronation Jubilee coin
The Horse Rangers Association is to benefit from a new gold sovereign coin released to celebrate the Queen’s Sapphire Coronation Jubilee. Th...
24-hour Ramadan telethon raises £2.5million
A 24-hour Ramadan charity appeal has raised £2.5million. Thousands of people from 11 countries including the UK, USA, Pakistan, France, Belg...
Faith-based groups 'increasingly stepping in to plug gaps in NHS'
More than 3,500 churches and 200,000 volunteers are helping overstretched NHS, says study Faith-based organisations are increasingly steppi...
Mid-Year Appeals: Boost Fundraising in the Second Biggest Giving Month of the Year!
June is upon us, and it’s time to create your mid-year appeal! Organizations large and small should capitalize on this opportunity. A mid-ye...
How to make Facebook fundraising work
Fundraising on Facebook is new territory for most. It can work, especially if you follow these tips from the Bloomerang Blog at 5 Tips for ...
Joanna Macy: We Belong
Eco-philosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy has been at the forefront of movements for social justice and environmentalism f...
£4,000 to be won in Localgiving Small Charity Week Challenge
Localgiving has launched a competition to celebrate this year’s Small Charity Week, with £4,000 in prizes to be won. The Small Charity Week ...
IoF launches programme supporting arts, heritage & culture fundraisers
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) has launched a new programme including bursaries to support fundraisers and development professionals wor...
Fundraising Regulator promotes FPS with first public engagement campaign
The Fundraising Regulator has launched its first public engagement campaign with 76,000 leaflets promoting the Fundraising Preference Servic...
Ruth Ibegbuna: ‘Terrifying young people about knife crime is no quick fix’ | Angela Neustatter
More resources are needed to boost teenagers’ confidence and self-belief, says former head of the charity Reclaim Ruth Ibegbuna wonders how ...
How to write fundraising to your grandmother
One of the most sound pieces of advice you can get for writing strong fundraising is this: Always write to you grandmother. Or your mother...
The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
"How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies 'originals': thinkers who drea...
Code of Fundraising Practice GDPR changes now in effect
Updates to the Code of Fundraising Practice made to incorporate the GDPR are now in effect, the Fundraising Regulator has said. The changes ...
Argos raises £3.2m for Macmillan over 3 years
Argos has raised £3.2 million in three years for Macmillan Cancer Support: enough to pay for 56 Macmillan Nurses for a year. Argos staff vot...
Euromonitor International achieves goal of donating 1% of turnover to charity a year
Market research Company Euromonitor International has achieved its goal of committing one percent of turnover, equivalent to £1 million, to ...
Nature, Joy and Human Becoming
"The sudden passionate happiness which the natural world can occasionally trigger in us," Michael McCarthy writes, "may well ...
Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works
"British artist Andy Goldsworthy works in the fields and forests near his home in Scotland using natural elements as his media. His pie...
Tell us about the volunteering you do
In celebration of Volunteers’ week and the work they do we’d like to hear your stories and experiences Volunteers contribute more than £22b...
Peter Levine on Freedom from Pain
In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Peter Levine and Maggie Phillips discuss the prevalence of chronic pain in modern society and how p...
Scourge of philanthrocapitalism | Letters
Guardian readers discuss the role that corporations play in the charity sector and corporate greed in general Having worked in the commercia...
How Awesomeness Syndrome can torpedo your fundraising
Tom Ahern and I had a 20-minute conversation the other day about the ways branding can help and hurt a nonprofit organization. We conclud...
Global study shows majority of people unconcerned about sharing data
A global study commissioned by the Global Alliance of Data-Driven Marketing Associations (GDMA), the UK's DMA and Acxiom has revealed th...
Walking with Gandhi
In this reflection, an anti-war activist reveals what he thinks is missing from the heart of many of today's nonviolent movements. ...
Nominet Trust becomes Social Tech Trust & launches new £0.5m funding programme
Nominet Trust has become Social Tech Trust, with Social Investment Business as a new member and strategic partner, and a new £0.5 million gr...
Charity Commission reform vital for civil society strategy to work | Nathan Yeowell
The government’s plan could have a massive, positive impact on the sector, but we must be honest about what’s needed The government has jus...
The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
The Why Axis is a colourful examination of why people do what they do – and how effective incentives can spur people to change their behavio...
ICO launches Your Data Matters public information campaign
The Information Commissioner’s Office is inviting organisations to pledge their support for people’s data rights by participating in a new c...
Video in fundraising – square versus landscape
Let's start with a few striking video stats. Did you know, for example, that: People watch more than 100 million hours of video on Faceb...
The "minor detail" in fundraising that can make a big difference
Here's a report of an excellent head-to-head test, reported at npENGAGE: Is Your Online Donation Form Turning Off Donors? . It was on ...
Alabama's Four-Year-Old Superhero
"Terance Perine, Austins father, said his son decided to help the homeless on a weekly basis after watching a show on Animal Planet in ...
DSC publishes toolkit to monitor Charity Commission’s political independence
The Directory of Social Change has created a toolkit to help monitor the Charity Commission’s political independence and guard against encro...
The Tension of Privacy & Personalization
* This blog post is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be legal advice. Please consult your legal counsel with any speci...
GSK Ireland opens 2018 IMPACT Awards grant round
GSK Ireland has launched its 2018 IMPACT Awards which will offer €60,000 in funding to up to 10 community-based healthcare charities. GSK sa...
Why fundraisers want to use jargon -- and why we shouldn't
Let me introduce you to a very useful term: Wat/San . In the international relief and development sector, it means "water and sanitat...
The renowned poet David Whyte has learned to walk on the borders
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Legacy Voice publishes first literature review into legacy giving
Legacy Voice has published a comprehensive literature review into legacy giving with the aim of helping charities and fundraisers make the m...
Free not-for-profit app build on offer from Studio Graphene
Charities have the opportunity to get a not-for-profit app built for free, through a new initiative from Studio Graphene. Build My App is op...
Kamran Mallick: ‘I want to change the world for disabled people’ | Saba Salman
The head of Disability Rights UK on how the organisation is campaigning to remove the kind of discrimination he faced As a child, Kamran Mal...
The one thing you need to know about fundraising
From Mark Phillips of Bluefrog , a mind-bendingly powerful reminder of what what's really happening in fundraising: She is not one of ...
Save the Children did not tell Unicef of sexual misconduct claim against chief
Charity did not reveal investigation into Justin Forsyth when he moved to UN agency, MPs are told Save the Children failed to inform Unicef...
Under the Volcano
Charlotte Du Cann is part of the core editorial team behind The Dark Mountain Project. In this essay, she describes The Dark Mountain Projec...
Irish government announces €190 million funding programme for deprived communities
In Ireland, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Mr. Michael Ring TD, has announced funding of €190 million over five years to ...
Attorney general defies call to give £400m windfall to UK charities
Jeremy Wright wants high court to unfreeze National Fund and use the money to reduce national debt The attorney general has applied to the ...
£10,000 extra available in small grants from Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local charities and community groups through online matching pl...
Donorfy tops Charity CRM Software Survey for third year
Fundraising database and charity CRM Donorfy has been rated top ‘CRM software’ and ‘top CRM supplier’ in the Charity CRM Software Survey for...
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