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Charity database specialists Fisk Brett have launched two new services for not-for-profit organisations - a range of outsourcing solutions, and Right Address, an address cleaning service.

Both new services are available not only to the company's existing clients but to all not-for-profit organisations.
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Canadian-based Venture Initiatives for Philanthropy is attempting to direct some of the revenues from online dating to charities through its SingleswithHeart.com website.

Many online dating websites are generating significant income, so Venture Initiatives for Philanthropy (V.I.P.) decided to create a site that benefited charities.
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CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) has joined forces with newspaper publishers The Kent Messenger Group to pilot a regional awareness campaign to increase charitable donations.

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Kirsty Howard, the young girl who fronts the Kirsty Appeal, which raises funds for the Francis House Children's Hospice, has launched a fundraising wristband.

Wristbands are now on sale for £2 with "all money going to secure the future of Francis House."

Kirsty is reportedly improving after spending the weekend "battling for her life" in hospital.
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Business magazine Forbes has published its second annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It's not a list of the wealthiest women of course, but in many cases there's a good correlation between power and wealth.

Forbes offers some useful methods of exploring the top 100 list. You can view by country, rank and occupation, as well as by name of course.
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A company which has just taken out an annual listing in the UK Fundraising supplier directory has spotted that this has boosted his ranking for important keyword searches on Google.

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Gift Aid expert Barry Gower of GAIN says that he has come up with a way of claiming Gift Aid on sales in charity shops.

Charities are missing out on significant Gift Aid income from sales in charity shops, according to Barry Gower, who says his company can provide an approved method of redressing this.
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High Street retailer Peacocks has partnered with Cancer Research UK for the next two years, with special emphasis on the charity's All Women Together Campaign as part of breast cancer awareness month in October 2005.

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The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has backed an amendment to the National Lottery Bill tabled by the Liberal Democrats and is calling on the Government to endorse it.

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Two funding programmes which form part of the Peace ll extension in Ireland have been reopened. The two programmes are Measures 2.4, Pathways to Inclusion, Integration and Reconciliation of Victims, and 2.7, Developing Low Community Capacity and Promoting Active Citizenship.
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