Archive - Dec 2003 - News Items

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is renaming its Common Investment Funds to reflect better their underlying assets.

From 1 January 2004, the CAF Balanced Growth Fund will be re-titled the CAF UK Equity Growth Fund, and the CAF Income Fund will be re-titled the CAF Bond Income Fund.

Both Funds have been specifically designed to meet the investment needs of

Oxfam is asking supporters for their views on the charity's new Web site design which it launched in October 2003.

The charity is running a short online questionnaire asking for feedback on content, navigation, use of images, and overall impressions.

Sainsbury's new mobile phone recycling scheme will enable its customers to recycle their unwanted handsets and benefit two charities at the same time.

How ethical is your organisation's online fundraising activity? The ePhilanthropy Foundation's new online Code of Ethics Self Test is designed to help you find out.

SCEMES (Schools & Colleges Educational, Maintenance and Equipment Supplies) is offering a LDV MINI-BUS as a prize in a Grand Prize Draw that is open to all UK educational establishments.

The Oswestry-based organisation's prize draw will take place on 7 March 2004. There is no purchase necessary to enter the draw, and entries can be made online or by post.

CharityDays, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that donates money to UK charities, has reached its second anniversary and reports that it "has faithfully delivered on its promise of paying out to its member

Charity Christmas cards might be facing a tough time if the British Computer Society's (BCS) latest research is correct.

Gardening charity The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has raised £85,000 through its first ever Winter Raffle.

One hundred thousand RHS members were asked to buy tickets, and 75,000 were sold, generating £20,000 more income than the £65,000 target.

The pilot raffle was restricted to a random selection of the RHS's 330,000

MedicAlert's appeal for a new IT system has exceeded its £71,000 target and achieved an 8.5% response rate.

The Royal Mail has pledged to donate £1 million to London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games as a gesture of goodwill to all its customers affected by the recent industrial action.