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Charity sector consultancy Action Planning is to acquire Sandcliff AB Ltd, the specialist fundraising consultancy to public sector bodies, to offer an integrated service to both voluntary and public sectors. The combined companies will trade as Action Planning.
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U2 singer and Third World campaigner Bono has called on business to do more to help in the fight against AIDS. The call came as Bono launched the new American Express RED card at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched its 2006 Valentine Appeal to raise £1 million to fund 30 new BHF Heart Nurses, with the public being directed to an appeal microsite.

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UK Fundraising's Perfect Pitch HR one-day showcase event is booking up quickly, with the issues to be covered clearly proving important to the charity and nonprofit HR sector.


In order to ensure remaining places are filled we are dropping the £90 charge for non-attendace, to make sure the event on 1 March 2006 in London is packed with as many HR professionals as possible.
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The recent National Council for Voluntary Organisations' (NCVO) PR Forum 'How to work with celebrity supporters' provided infromation for charities on how to approach celebrities for their campaigns.

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A new report from Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) states that Gift Aid has become the UK's most popular method of giving tax-efficiently to charity, with £2.8 billion given to charities through the scheme in 2004/05.

Of this £2.8 billion, £625 million was charitable tax-relief on gifts paid back by Government to charities.
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Software developer for the Not For Profit sector, TISL Developments, has announced that it has started 2006 with the winning of contracts for two new large organisations: Voice and CAYSH (Croydon Action on Young Single Homeless).

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Retailer TK Maxx is teaming up with Cancer Research UK for a second time to host GiveGet this spring and raise funds to help more people survive cancer.

The campaign aims to encourage people to spring clean their homes, clear out their wardrobes and donate items they no longer want or use to help raise funds.
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Quinlan Private, the investment vehicle controlled by financier Derek Quinlan, has pledged $1.35 million to help fund the US-Ireland Alliance, an Irish American charity. Quinlan Private includes many of Ireland's wealthy within its ranks and has been in the news recently for acquiring prestigious buildings in London and New York.

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HBOS plc today announced that I CAN has been chosen by its staff to be the "Charity of the Year" for 2006.

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