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The Give It Back George campaign so far

The Give It Back George campaign has united the charity sector unlike any other issue in recent times.

Age UK curate London Marathon fundraising excitement with Storify

The digital team at Age UK have shared some of the excitement and inspiration of the London Marathon by curating numerous contributions using Storify.com.

Listen to your donors, and this one in particular

There is plenty of free advice on fundraising on the web, but not much from donors. And here is a very good example from the latter type.

A charitable budget?

This is a very tax neutral Budget. What it gives with one hand it takes with the other.

How to get your organisation's new-look Facebook page ready

The new design of Facebook pages takes effect on 30 March 2012. That means your organisation's Facebook page will look quite different from that date.

Two different approaches to a charity's annual report

BHF Annual Report in travel wallet

Annual reports, that trusty mainstay of so many applications to and reports back to funders, used to come in one standard format - printed A4, and probably Foolscap before that.

The two things about fundraising are...

Last week Oliver Burkeman's column in The Guardian magazine asked "Is it true that for every subject, th

Nine mentoring schemes for fundraisers

The number of mentoring schemes available to fundraisers is growing, a most encouraging development.

Six UK charities using Pinterest already

Pinterest is rapidly gaining attention as the current social media site du jour.

The fundraising Fantastic Four: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+

This week the annual CHASE event and exhibition took place in London.

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