Archive - 2008 - News Items

Liverpool care company Alphacare Northwest has discovered that you can't always give money away.

The Annual BEN Ball has raised almost £160,000 for the automotive industry charity.

Two events of keen interest for fundraisers in Ireland have been announced for the New Year.

The Post Office and the News of the World are seeking nominations for the people who do the most for children.

Sales of JK Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, have raised over £4 million in just seven days for the Children's High Level Group (CHDG),

Alan Gosschalk, Fundraising Director at housing charity Shelter, is to leave the organisation following an organisational restructuring this month.

Bóthar, the charity that began the trend towards people buying livestock for the Third World, has expanded from the Irish Republic into Northern Ireland.

The Institute of Fundraising's Legal Review Committee has updated four Codes of Fundraising Practice to ensure they continue to meet current legislation.

"Virtually all or most, of the investment funds of more than 90 American grant making trusts and foundations have been lost" in the giant Ponzi scheme that Bernard Madoff is alleged to have perpetrate