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Archive - 2002

November 24th

Advertisement> Creative Masterclasses organised in London in Donor Development and Trading

Gareth Edwards MInstF(Cert) is organising creative masterclasses to help both donor development and trading professionals in their work.

The masterclasses take place on 3rd and 4th December. You can view full details of these and other courses and book them online at www.companysolutions.biz

November 22nd

As we were saying...

...before we were so rudely interrupted. UK Fundraising is now back after an unanticipated and unwanted break.

We are very sorry indeed for this drop in service. Thank you to all those who sent messages of support and encouragement, and to everyone else, thank you for bearing with us.

November 21st

Council leader convicted of charity fraud

Garvin Reed, the former deputy leader of Rotherham metropolitan borough council, faces sentencing today after defrauding the National Local Government Forum Against Poverty of more than £172,000.

November 20th

Blackbaud launches free non-profit marketing e-newsletter

The relationship-building software provider says that "Eureka!" will focus on improving non-profit marketing and fundraising effectiveness.

Eureka! will be published quarterly at no charge and is aimed at fundraisers and marketers in the non-profit sector.

November 18th

Centrepoint to benefit from Celebrity Big Brother

Centrepoint, the national charity for homeless young people, is one of the four charities benefiting from this year's Celebrity Big Brother, which starts on Wednesday 20 November 2002 on Channel 4.

November 13th

Lord Mayor of London announces the beneficiary of his Fundraising Appeal

The new Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Gavyn Arthur QC, last night announced that the beneficiary of his Appeal will be Save the Children. It will support projects in London and across the UK.

PayPal to accept multiple currencies

Online payment system has announced it will soon accept multiple currencies. Charities using the PayPal donate option will therefore be able to accept donations online via these currencies.

Tax reliefs cause charities to lose £78 million in corporate donations

According to CAF (Charities Aid Foundation), charities have lost out by £78 million since changes to tax-reliefs on corporate giving were introduced in April 2000.

New issue of Philanthropy in Europe

The latest issue of Philanthropy in Europe magazine (PiE 12) has just been published.



Continuing the magazine's current focus on corporate philanthropy, this issue takes a look at 22 of Europe's largest family-run companies and what they are doing to serve their communities, as well as a feature on nine family businesses who changed the world for the better.

November 12th

Donated telephony system for hospice

The Paul Bevan hospice has received a donated telephony system from voice and data solutions company Sterry Communications.

The new telephony system replaces the hospice's existing system, which was no longer capable of handling the large amount of incoming calls the Ascot-based hospice was receiving.

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