Archive - Sep 2002

World Vision's Division Director Mark Grote says that $1.75 million was donated online in 2001.

In an interview with Internet-fundraising.com, Grote describes World Vision's success in online fundraising. Nevertheless, the $1,758,000 raised online in 2001 was still only 1% of the
total amount raised by the non-profit that year.

New Media Age magazine looks at WaterAid's site in its Site Inspection back-page feature.

Reviewer Dominic Dudley is impressed with the revamped version of WaterAid's site. He gives it 80/100, with a high 21/25 for monetisation, and an even higher 22/25 for usability.

The Times in its leader column today is not impressed with the new "modish classifications" for charity registration proposed in the Strategy Unit's review of charity legislation.

Charities are urging the government to ensure that the proposals for reform of the charity sector contained in the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit report, published yesterday, should be implemented as qu

Retailer Spar has pledged to raise £1 million in the third consecutive year of its partnership with the cancer charity.

To date SPAR has raised £670,000 for the charity from fundraising activities and corporate donations.

Ian Kerr of Midas Charity Appeals explains how simple it can be to add a few more potential legators to your tally.

"So far this year I have been involved in designing 3 legacy campaigns. In each I ask trustees to sign a codicil and be quoted as doing so the literataure before it goes to their supporters.

British Telecom's year-long customer research programme donated £1 to the children's charity for every customer survey completed.

The final total is expected to be higher, as the survey has still not been sent to all BT's customers.

The Strategy Unit has reported its recommendations on overhauling the 400-year-old law on charity in England and Wales.

The Strategy Unit report on the legal and regulatory framework of the
non-profit sector is an impressive and thought-provoking document. In CAF's
view, the report raises a number of fundamental issues all of which are

The national charity which helps children communicate has announced Chatterbox Challenge, a new fundraising initiative with support and funding from Tesco Baby & Toddler Club.

Charities raising funds from donated old mobile phones now face a major new player in the market.

Fonebak is a new government-backed campaign to collect and recycle mobile phones. It is the first mobile phone recycling scheme to have the backing of all the network service providers and four major retail chains.