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The University of Greenwich's fundraising and development team is joined by two new staff members this summer.

Catherine Pettengell and Kate Anderson join the Alumni & Development team, part of the Development & Communications Office, which was created in April 2005 with the arrival of its first Director, Phil Chambers.
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Animal charity The Blue Cross is publishing a direct response video via its website using Vividas' full-screen video streaming service.

To create the online video, full-screen video streaming technology specialists Vividas converted an existing Blue Cross advertisement that was originally designed for traditional broadcast channels.
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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is inviting nominations for the 2007 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize for organisations that have made "extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world". On offer is $1.5 million, the world's largest humanitarian award.

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An amputee has successfully completed the fundraising challenge of a lifetime by becoming the first person to circumnavigate the Irish coast on a jet-ski. Matt Browne's efforts will raise around ‚€100,000 for the Rehab Foundation.
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Online competitive intelligence service Hitwise UK confirms that Sport Relief's website became the most visited in its humanitarian category as people visited to donate to the thousands of runners who took part in their one mile sponsored run on 15 July 2006.

Sport Relief hit the top spot in the week ending 8th July 2006, rising from 4th position the previous week.
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UK Fundraising has launched its latest blog on the issue of face-to-face fundraising, written by a face-to-face fundraiser keen to share his thoughts on the realities of this method of fundraising.

Lewis Honney's blog 'Streetlife' is designed to look at street fundraising from the perspective of someone who actually does it.
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Design agency Smooth is celebrating its fifth birthday by offering charities the chance to win a brand audit, email campaign, brochure design, direct mail campaign and advertising campaign.

To enter the competition charities need to contact Smooth with five reasons why they should win. The closing date is 5 August 2006, and the winner will be contacted by 5 September.
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Businesses have a new way to show their support for charities after the launch of a concept aimed at the UK fundraising sector.

Company Water allows organisations of all sizes to brand their own bottles of natural mineral water with logos, unique promotional messages or any other design.
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