Civil Society Fundraising magazine

Marks & Spencer has extended its shwopping clothing collections scheme into the workplace, launching dedicated 'shwop drops' for businesses throughout the UK from next year.

The winner of a EuroMillions lottery ticket worth £63.8m failed to claim their prize in time, meaning the winnings and their accrued interest have been shifted into the National Lottery's good causes pot.

Animal health company, Merial, asked its media company to produce a fun festive video to accompany its Christmas campaign, Share the Joy, and competition for charities to win £2,000.

The first day of The Big Give’s annual Christmas matching challenge has gone ahead without any problems.

Simon Gillespie is to leave his post as chief executive of the MS Society to take the reins at the British Heart Foundation from next April.

Kiva has announced a partnership with TripAdvisor that will see the travel review site donate $250,000 (more than £155,000) to the microlending platform.

Pope Benedict XVI has issued a document updating the legislative framework for the service of charity in the Catholic Church.

Virgin Rail Group, which was today appointed as operator of the InterCity West Coast franchise, has pledged to give all its profits for the service to good causes.

The government has outlined five years of additional spend on the gift aid small donations scheme in its autumn statement.  

A guide to giving to good causes at Christmas has been released this week, following research which suggests that people still feel generous despite the economic climate.

Detailed figures on door-to-door and face-to-face complaints received in 2011 show the biggest cause for complaint is fundraiser conduct.

A winning lottery ticket holder has until 11pm tonight to claim a £63.8m EuroMillions jackpot, or the money goes to good causes.

William Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission, has said face-to-face fundraising, or 'chugging', is a “blight on the charitable sector”.

The government has rejected Lord Hodgson’s recommendation to allow large charities to pay their trustees without authorisation from the Charity Commission.

The chair of the British Council has questioned whether the arts community has made a strong case for giving to arts and culture and called on arts fundraisers to improve the way they communicate the cause.

The chair of the British Council has questioned whether the arts community has made a strong case for giving to arts and culture and called on arts fundraisers to improve the way they communicate the cause.