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Essex-based fundraiser Simone Robinson has opened Cool Cat PR Ltd, a PR and marketing consultancy providing a full communications service to all business sectors including the voluntary sector.

Cool Cat PR has already been asked to provide fundraising advice and support to the Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity.
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Vol-Info, the network for voluntary and community sector information workers in the UK, is asking people working in this capacity to take part in an online survey.

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Members of the Institute of Fundraising are being asked to vote for candidates for its board of trustees.

This year there are five candidates for three vacancies on the Institute's board of trustees.
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The 16 winners of this year's annual Beacon Prize have been announced, all of them recognised for their exceptional philanthropic contributions, through the giving of their time, money and skills in order to benefit specific charitable causes.

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The Big Lottery Fund has launched Advice Plus, its latest funding programme, offering £50 million to support those organisations which provide advice in England to help people avoid or overcome disadvantage and better their quality of life.

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Lloyds TSB Foundation Northern Ireland's next grant deadline is 7th July, with the final applications deadline for 2006 in October. Lloyds provides grants in a wide area under the umbrella of community and education but has recently highlighted a preference for charities with limited resources.
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Zylom.com, the UK's only games and puzzles website dedicated to women, is to sponsor CLIC Sargent's Yummy Mummy Week 2006 in September.

Yummy Mummy Week 2006 runs from 16 to 24 September, and is this year fronted by TV presenter Carol Smillie.
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