Giving/Philanthropy | UK Fundraising

Pandemic prompts new-look Achates Philanthropy Prize for 2020
By Melanie May on 5 August 2020
This year’s Achates Philanthropy Prize has been redesigned in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For 2020,...
0
Crisis crystal ball: the future of fundraising?
By Bernard Ross on 7 July 2020
The pandemic and protests are creating uncertainty in almost every sector, including philanthropy. Many of these...
0
Julia and Hans Rausing donate £16.5 million to Covid-19 causes
By Melanie May on 27 March 2020
Julia and Hans Rausing have announced that they are giving £16.5 million to charities and causes...
0
£1.25bn donated annually by UK Pakistani diaspora
By Melanie May on 12 February 2020
£1.25 billion is given to good causes here and in Pakistan each year by the UK’s...
0
Five tweets for fundraisers on 10 February 2020
By Howard Lake on 10 February 2020
Unintended consequences, participatory grantmaking, more bongs for your buck, where anthropology and fundraising meet, and tackling...
0
Foundation announces Irish philanthropy awards
By Howard Lake on 7 February 2020
Property developer Stephen Vernon has been named the Community Foundation for Ireland’s National Philanthropist of the...
0
Real-life Bristol based Santa Claus works year round to create 500 charity shoeboxes
By Melanie May on 16 December 2019
An 80-year-old tenant at Brunelcare’s ABC Centre, an extra care housing site in Bristol has spent...
0
Columnist attacks ‘misery porn’ fundraising ads
By Howard Lake on 6 December 2019
A leading newspaper columnist on social issues in Ireland has attacked Christmas fundraising appeals as ‘a...
0
Scientist donates proceeds of ovarian cancer drug to establish charitable fund
By Melanie May on 27 November 2019
A Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics at Newcastle University, involved in the creation of Rubraca®, a...
0
2019 Achates Philanthropy Prize winners announced
By Melanie May on 21 November 2019
The Achates Philanthropy Foundation have announced that World Heart Beat Music Academy and Nick Thomlinson have...
0
Lack of faith in charities a barrier to giving for 1 in 4 wealthy individuals
By Melanie May on 19 November 2019
One in four wealthy individuals state a lack of faith in how charities are run and...
0
Certificate in Philanthropic Psychology course launches
By Melanie May on 29 October 2019
The Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy has launched a course to help fundraisers use insights from psychology...
0

Posts tagged with ‘Giving/Philanthropy’