Archive - 2005

American online constituent relationship management solutions (eCRM) provider Convio reports that its nonprofit clients have increased their online income by 250% during 2005 compared to 2004.

A computer error in Greenpeace's direct debit donations system has caused about 10,000 UK donors to be debited a hundred times their usual monthly amount, according to the BBC.

The error added two noughts to the sums to be deducted automatically from the bank accounts of about 10,000 UK supporters. Direct debit donors typically give Greenpeace between £3 and £10 a month.

Owen Belman, head of consumer banking at Standard Chartered UAE in Dubai, has raised over $6,000 in the first two days after publishing his sponsorship web page promoting his charity marathon run next month.

Following the EU budget negotiations last week a further ‚€200 million has been secured for Peace III (or the Special Programme to Support Peace and Reconciliation in NI and the Border Counties). It was thought that the second round of EU funding (Peace II) would be the last for this programme.

Last year the goat was the ethical Christmas present of choice at Oxfamunwrapped.com and some of the other 'alternative' charity gifts catalogues. This year the most popular gift at Oxfamunwrapped is a pack of vouchers for 100 school dinners.

Having published its Corporate Responsibility Report 2005, mobile phone company O2 is now offering to donate £10 to charity for each person that provides it with feedback on the report.

O2 will donate £10 "to a charitable cause" for every person who completes the short online questionnaire. There is a further incentive of a prize draw of books for every completed entry.