Archive - 2002

The Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG) has given an enthusiastic welcome to the Strategy Unit Report 'Private Action, Public Benefit'.

The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) and Community Fund are engaged in merger discussions. Voluntary sector publishing and training organisation The Directory of Social Change argues this represents a threat to the independence of a key source of charitable funding.

Warren Tranquada and John Pepin explain the lessons that should be applied when an organisation creates a new nonprofit or for-profit spinoff.

Children's charity NCH has won lottery funding for the first time for one of its lead projects.


NCH recently reviewed its policy on applying for lottery funding, with particular reference to the current position of the Methodist Church.

This review of policy means that NCH's Caerphilly Children's Centre is to be

Online donations can be made not only via a charity's Web site but also by the various online giving sites, such as AllAboutGiving.org.

This year, £13,000 alone was given to the BBC Children in Need campaign through Charities Aid Foundation's AllAboutGiving.org. Over 300 people made donations online at the site to children's charity.

Charities Aid Foundation has published the first edition of an e-mail newsletter for users of its AllAboutGiving.org Web site.

No ban.

Red Cross has not banned Christmas

In response to misleading and inaccurate reports in the media, Sir Nicholas Young, Chief Executive of the British Red Cross, explains about Christmas decorations in British Red Cross shops.

The Giving Campaign has announced two new staff members.

Phillip Mind joins The Giving Campaign as Campaign Manager for Strategy and Operations on secondment from the Treasury. His key role will be to lead the Campaign in raising financial advisers' awareness of tax-effective giving and developing planned giving products.

Ian Kerr of Midas Charity Appeals offers an idea for boosting Christmas card sales next year.

There is muttering this Christmas about how little charities receive from the sales of their cards and their falling sales.

Direct marketing data provider MarketingFile.com has announced seven lists of Media and Communications Executives plus a list of Millionaires at Home from Dudley Jenkins.