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Fundraising recruitment specialists Keystone Recruitment launched their recruitment survey last week.

Keystone's recruitment survey is designed to help the agency get a better idea of current issues and concerns amongst charities about recruiting fundraisers.

The survey is just two pages long, so does not take long to complete. The online survey closes on 25 February 2005.

An NOP study, commissioned by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), has found that a record 81% of adults in the UK say they gave to the tsunami disaster appeals, with just 12% saying they now intended to give less to charity over the next three months.

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Book promotions and handling company The Bookshop Partnership is offering charities 15% of the price at which it sells books to their donors and supporters.

The new affinity scheme lets charities offer their supporters a pre-agreed selection of six-book sets at half the retail price. Charities will receive 15% of the sale price.
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Oxfam closed its Tsunami crisis appeal yesterday, thanking the British public for their generosity in making the appeal the most successful appeal in the organisation's 60-year history.

As a result of the public response, Oxfam says that its work is now fully funded. It therefore found itself in the very unusual position of not needing to ask for any further money for this work.
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Charity Monitor, the four-monthly syndicated tracking study on charity fundraising trends, has ceased publication after nearly 15 years.

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The latest Kage Partnership Fundraising Salary Survey has been published with evidence that average salaries have increased in most job categories since last year, mainly reflecting cost of living rises rather than any major readjustments.

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Fundraising Placements is a new service from Wootton George Consulting offers an interim fundraising solution to charities which are short staffed or wish to test a new area of fundraising.

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The Institute of Fundraising is about to introduce new features to its website offering interactive services to its membership for the first time.

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Ethical Consumer Information Systems Ltd (ECIS) is launching an updated and enhanced version of its Corporate Critic database, which will enable charities and fundraisers to perform instant ethical checks on potential partners, suppliers or sponsors.

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International Development Secretary Hilary Benn has praised staff at The Phone Room for their fundraising efforts for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

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