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UK Fundraising's Howard Lake will present a half-day roundtable in Dublin on Internet fundraising on 26 May for the European Association for Planned Giving.

At EAPG Ireland's Dublin Roundtable Howard will lead an informal and interactive seminar entitled "Internet fundraising: what works and what doesn't".
He will cover:
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New Philanthropy Capital has published a guide for donors and funders of HIV/AIDS programmes in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda.

New Philanthropy Capital has published its latest report, "Out of the Shadows: HIV/AIDS in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda - a guide for donors and funders".
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NCVO-Approved Consultants Richard Evans Affinity Services are running a series of seminars for fundraisers on prospect research, capital appeals and fundraising from grant-making trusts.

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Blackbaud Inc, the non-profit sector software and services provider, has launched a ticketing division in the UK after acquiring exclusive rights to distribute the Standing Room Only service.

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Diabetes UK has been voted one of the best places to work in the UK at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Financial Times.

The charity came twelfth in the top 50 best employers award, fifth in the category of workplaces of a similar size and was voted the third best non profit organisation to work for in the UK.
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This year's annual Fundraisers' Training Convention, organised by the Institute of Fundraising Northern Ireland, will be held on Thursday 30 June 2005 at the Beechlawn House Hotel, Dunmurry.

The theme for this year's conference is 'Funding the Future'.
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The European Association for Planned Giving (EAPG) is to hold a seminar in Liverpool next month on Major Gift Fundraising.

Hosted by National Museums Liverpool the morning seminar will take place at Albert Dock on 24 May 2005, and will be led by William J. Conner of Brakeley Ltd, London.
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Washington D.C.-based Independent Sector reports that the value of a volunteer hour in the USA has risen from $17.19 per hour in 2003 to $17.55 in 2004.

The estimate is reached using US Bureau of Labor statistics.

If accurate, it means that in 2004 volunteers contributed the equivalent of abuot $272 billion of service to nonprofit organisations.
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nfpSynergy, the nonprofit sector research and policy organisation, is moving offices within London on 27 April.

nfpSynergy is moving a few hundred yards up the Farringdon Road to 40 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0NE.

The organisation's email will be down from 3pm today for 24 hours, and they request that email contact is avoided during that period.
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