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December 31st

Venturesome's John Kingston awarded OBE in New Year's Honours

Published on 31 December 2009, by howardlake
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John Kingston

John Kingston, Founder Director of Venturesome, the Charities Aid Foundation's social investment arm, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the Voluntary Sector in the

December 28th

BIG Lottery Fund gives £661,864 to 15 community projects

Published on 28 December 2009, by howardlake
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National Lottery 15 Years

Fifteen community projects across the UK have received £661,864 in funding from the Big Lottery Fund to support their "imaginative schemes" designed to enhance facilities, improve local areas and hel

50 pubs mark 5th anniversary of tsunami disaster with appeal

Published on 28 December 2009, by howardlake
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Project ReGift

Fifty local pubs have joined forces to launch a campaign called 'Project Re-Gift'.

December 24th

How often do you donate to your own charity online?

Published on 24 December 2009, by jimraymond
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One of my passions around online fundraising is that the technology is a means to an end.

December 24th

BBC Children in Need launches small grants programme

Published on 23 December 2009, by howardlake
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BBC Children in Need has announced the launch of a small grants programme based on its experience that significant and valuable work can be achieved with a small annual grant of £10,000 or less for u

New guide for charities from the Institute of Risk Management

Published on 23 December 2009, by howardlake
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The Charities Special Interest Group at the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has published a free guide for charities on "Embedding risk management at a time of need".

Welcome to www.stillerstrong.org - is this the future of charity fundraising?

Published on 23 December 2009, by Redina Kolaneci

Right now one exciting charity venture that is making headlines in America is Ben Stiller's (www.stillerstrong.org) charity aiming to raise funds of a school in Haiti.

Does your organisation have a master IT back-up plan?

Published on 23 December 2009, by johnbaguley
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Recently our old to new server migration began to affect our Blackberries ability to receive email and our Intranet went down, which gave us an insight into the problems of interlinked systems.

Obituary: David Thorne, Kidney Research UK

Published on 23 December 2009, by howardlake
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David Thorne

David Thorne, Community Fundraising Manager for Kidney Research UK for 10 years, has died aged 54.

December 22nd

'Twixtmas' offers five seasonal days of charity action

Published on 22 December 2009, by howardlake
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Twixtmas

'Twixtmas' is the name being give to the gap between Christmas and New Year which offers a five-day opportunity to make the world a better place by supporting charities.

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