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Think the limit of an away day is a paintballing trip or a strategic thinking session run by an overpaid expert who is too fond of ‘blue sky thinking’? Think again.

Yesterday I met with Kylee Ingram who has developed Team Tap, a mobile app that lets spectators at sports and other events raise funds by competing to achieve the largest number of taps or bumps on

The London Marathon looms large in many charities' fundraising calendar, given that it is currently the largest single one-day fundraising event.

How can charities say thank you to donors, supporters, event participants, members and anyone else who deserves those two words?

Telephone fundraising specialists The Phone Room have shared details of their recent successful campaign for the Chichester Festival Theatre's latest capital fundraising campaign.

We've already announced Fundraising Day, part of the 2013 Smal

Stuart Glen, Fundraising Manager at Kilbryde Hospice, recently asked UK fundraisers via Twitter for examples of good tribute fund campaigns by charities.

This week's NFPtweetup, at which charity staff meet up to share experiences of and ideas for using digital media and tools, focused on gamification and how charities could use it.

The British Heart Foundation has worked with augmented reality app specialists Blippar to try to persuade smokers to quit and use the money saved for something else.

Yesterday the Institute of Fundraising held its first one-day conference for fundraisers in the arts, heritage and cultural sectors.