Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) have joined forces to manage a new two-year programme of research on charitable giving.
Publishing an email newsletter to supporters can be a major undertaking for some charities, but newsletter editors now need to avoid using some common words and phrases that will trip spam filters and prevent their newsletter getting through. Do you know which words to avoid?
A chain e-mail criticising the corporate giving policy of Target Stores has emerged in the USA after a local Vietnam Veterans organisation asked for a donation.
Accountancy firm Horwath Clark Whitehill (HCW) is spinning off its management consulting practice, Horwath Consulting as an independent organisation. Horwath Consulting has served a wide range of charity clients, and was particularly active in providing Internet and IT consultancy to charities and membership bodies over the past few years.
Applications are now being accepted for the third round of BT Community Connections, the nationwide community award scheme designed to help communities get connected to the Internet.
The Scottish COuncil for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has launched the "Voluntary Management Essentials website."
The site, a sub-section of the SCVO Web site, says that it offers "a wide range of free, reliable information on all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation in Scotland."
The Scottish Association of Volunteers Managers (SAVM) has launched its Web site.
The SAVM is the professional association for volunteers managers in Scotland, and their new Web site follows in the wake of their conference last month. It was given a start-up grant and three years funding by the Scottish Executive.
