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March 31st

Lloyds TSB Foundation rejects half of all grant applications

Published on 31 March 2011, by pennystephens
in

Lloyds TSB Foundation rejects about half of all requests for funding purely because they are not eligible and do not fulfil the Foundation's basic criteria.

Tracy Griffin is new Director of Fundraising at Shelter

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in
Tracy Griffin

Housing charity Shelter has appointed Tracy Griffin as Director of Fundraising. She joins Shelter from the NSPCC where she held a dual role of Head of Community and Head of Corporate Fundraising.

Barry & Sandra McGuigan to lead £4m appeal for children with cancer in Northern Ireland

Published on 31 March 2011, by clicsargent
in

Former world boxing champion Barry McGuigan was today revealed as Patron of a new charity appeal that aims to raise £4 million to fund ‘Homes from Home’, where families can stay while their child is b

Building Brighter Futures in Sierra Leone

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in

Twenty years on from the start of the civil war in Sierra Leone, Land Rover is supporting the Red Cross in its work to help people and communities affected to recover and build a brighter future for t

Charity text fundraising training day

Published on 31 March 2011, by Vir2user
in
Text donation image

A training day organised by the Mobile Data Association for fundraisers interested in the use of charity text fundraising will be held on 24th May 2011 at the offices of the industry regulator Phonepa

New book offers over 250 fundraising ideas for schools and charities

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in
Books

Paige Robinson has written a 140 page guide for charities, schools and PTAs, featuring over 250 fundraising ideas.

Media Trust closes Community Newswire today due to cuts

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in
Community Newswire

The Media Trust is today closing its Community Newswire service as a result of the Government spending review.

Resources from Ireland's National Fundraising conference

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in

Yesterday's third annual Fundraising Ireland conference in Dublin was attended by over 300 fundraisers, having sold out a couple of weeks before.

Simon Community and Maxol form partnership

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in

Maxol Oil and the Simon Communities in Ireland have announced details of a new partnership which recognises the Simon Community as the official Maxol Charity Partner for 2011.

Orange offers microvolunteering mobile app

Published on 31 March 2011, by howardlake
in
Do Some Good app

Mobile company Orange today launches its ‘Do Some Good’ volunteer application, designed to help mobile phone users contribute short bursts of volunteering action wherever they are.

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