The 2021 Weston Charity Awards are now open for applications, offering small charities in England the opportunity to win strategic leadershi...
Law Family Commission on Civil Society launches today
Looking into how to unleash the potential of civil society in the 2020s, the Law Family Commission on Civil Society will be run by Pro Bono ...
Student initiative offers Southwark charities & community groups free digital support
Southwark charities and community groups tackling poverty and inequality are invited to apply for free web design, social media, videos, and...
Working behaviours – what’s changed as a result of COVID-19?
Last week marked one year since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded, and it’s fair to say a lot has changed in that time. Yes, we’ve bec...
From Helen Mirren to Harry Styles: celebrities supporting charitable causes
From Helen Mirren and Harry Styles to Christopher Eccleston and Leah Charles-King, many celebs are supporting various causes in the UK – her...
12 corporate partnerships benefitting UK charities with fundraising & other support
From Charity of the Year partnerships to donations of money and goods, here are 12 companies currently supporting good causes around the UK....
First Omaze £1m house winner announced – with £250k raised for Teenage Cancer Trust
A Lincolnshire man has won the first-ever Omaze Million Pound House Draw, with the draw raising £250,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust. Ian Garri...
Average household Christmas spend set to drop but some areas of UK plan an increase
On average, UK households will be spending over £100 less on the festive season than in 2019 and 2018, but in some areas of the UK people ma...
Today is National Day of Conversation: raising awareness of sexual harassment in sector
Today is the National Day of Conversation: a day of digital conversation to raise awareness of sexual harassment of fundraisers in the char...
Charity face masks for Christmas
UK Fundraising's list in May of dozens of face masks that were being sold to raise funds for charities has been one of the most popular ...
Data Collective launches to offer free support for social sector
The Data Collective has launched to provide free training, consultancy, peer support, and community for those using data in the social secto...
Black Friday round up: alternatives supporting charities & good causes
This Friday is Black Friday – the start of the year's big shopping weekend, which ends with Cyber Monday, neatly followed by Giving Tues...
PayPal launches Generosity Network crowdfunding platform in US
PayPal has launched a new fundraising platform in the US that lets people launch campaigns to crowdfund for causes that are important to the...
Majority of charities expect lower donations this Christmas, Big Give survey finds
Nearly two-thirds of charities (63%) expect donations this year to be lower than usual, while at the same time 40% expect to see demand for ...
Charities under pressure from five fronts of demand
The vast majority of charities expect demand to be higher next year while also expecting income to fall, according to the latest edition of ...
Charity Christmas appeal films 2020: the round-up (part one)
With Christmas just a month away, here are the first of this year's appeal films from charities including Christian Aid, RNLI, and GOSH....
National Garden Scheme donates almost £3m despite 2020’s challenges
The National Garden Scheme has donated over £2.88m this year, despite the challenges of the pandemic and all of its gardens being closed dur...
Five tips for a successful Christmas e-card campaign on DontSendMeACard
Five top tips for raising donations in lieu of cards this Christmas with e-card fundraising platform DontSendMeACard.com. Become a charity p...
The show must go on for an online fundraising panto
It won't be long before we can say of 2020 that "it's behind you!" Before then an online pantomime is attempting to come t...
Cultured fundraising: the fundraising behind Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
On the night on the 7th December 2017 Coventry won the title UK City of Culture 2021. As the Fundraising Director, my involvement in the pro...
Salesforce partners with Cherie Blair Foundation for Women to mentor female entrepreneurs
Salesforce Women’s Network and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women have announced that they are partnering to deliver the Foundation’s fla...
2021 UK Digital Benchmarks Study: first charities announced
Rally and M+R have announced the first twenty charities that have signed up for the 2021 UK Digital Benchmarks Study, with three weeks left ...
Parkinson’s organisations launch joint grant funding initiative to make sports more inclusive
Parkinson’s UK is launching a grant funding initiative with Sport Parkinson’s CIC, with the aim of enabling people with the condition to par...
Asda Foundation offers grants to feed communities
Asda Foundation has announced its Feeding Communities Grant round, and is accepting applications, although with an early December deadline. ...
Digital programme opens with grants of up to £10,000 on offer
A new £840,000 digital programme has opened for applications, with grants of up to £10,000 available for charities and other civil society o...
Financial Times moves from seasonal appeal to charitable initiative
The Financial Times has moved from running an annual seasonal charity campaign in the run-up to Christmas to a new format of charitable init...
28 days of hope – positive fundraising stories from Purity Fundraising
Telephone fundraising specialists Purity Fundraising have started publishing a four-week series of positive fundraising stories on its Linke...
Privacy campaigners & academics highlight dangers of programmatic advertising on charity websites
An open letter signed by 38 privacy campaigners and academics is asking the UK charity sector to consider the potential harm that can come t...
In Kind Direct urges businesses to donate essential items to help families over Christmas
In Kind Direct is appealing to companies to help it support families who will be struggling over Christmas by donating essential items. With...
Insights into pandemic’s virtual fundraising event performance revealed in new report
The move to digital and virtual activity seen during the Covid-19 pandemic has created opportunities for charities of all types and sizes, a...
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