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Miniature Earth - statistics made compelling

Published on 25 January 2008, by howardlake
in

Statistics are hard to make interesting and appealing, but creative video can achieve it.

Help the Aged shows you can do it

Published on 23 January 2008, by johnthompson
in

Just days after announcing a three year strategic partnership with B&Q, Help the Aged, in a collaborative tie-up with the NSPCC, will check-in as Morrisons Charity of the Year 2008. Having been runner-up in its 2007 pitch, the Charity took a strategic decision to join forces with the UK’s best known children’s charity thus presenting an irresistible special offer to the supermarket chain.

UK Fundraising still ranked top at search engines for 'fundraising'

Published on 22 January 2008, by howardlake
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Having launched a completely redeveloped version of UK Fundraising earlier this month, it was time to check whether it could still be found on the major search engines.

I'm pleased to report that the site's performance for searches on the word 'fundraising' is still outstanding.

Google.com
Position: 1st
http://www.google.com/search?q=fundraising

Google.co.uk
Position: 1st

Don't gloss over the chance to win £30k for your charity!

Published on 21 January 2008, by johnthompson
in

The Mail on Sunday’s You Magazine has teamed up with Clarins to reward inspirational British women who work selflessly to help underprivileged or sick children, whether on a professional or voluntary basis. The winner of the Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman 2008 will receive a cheque for £30,000 for her charity. Previous winners include Camilla Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.

Charity Commission website improvements

Published on 21 January 2008, by FinbarCullen
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In 2006, I was told that the Charity Commission proposed to improve its website (making it as good as the advanced search facility available via Guidestar UK?). In July 2007, the website relaunch actually saw a search function removed!

Celebrities - who likes them?

Published on 20 January 2008, by johnbaguley
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Skipping lightly through the fundraising press, interest group discussions and blogs looking for something of real use to me, I have recently been struck by our (fundraisers) often patronising attitude to celebrity involvement in charities.

Who's giving away £1 million, and when?

Published on 18 January 2008, by FinbarCullen
in

There has been some discussion recently on the prospect research email group on Johnny Depp and his millions. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prospect-research-uk/)

Failure to reclaim Gift Aid loses sector £1 billion?

Published on 16 January 2008, by howardlake
in

Third Sector magazine's front page story today reports that 'Failure to claim Gift Aid 'cost sector £1bn in 2007'.

Bangers and cash?

Published on 16 January 2008, by johnthompson
in

As the British Heart Foundation (BHF) launches a virtual world games website to combat “junk food advertising”, the NSPCC is promoting its fundraising partnership with Richmond Sausages through a virtual Banger Rescue game. The focus of the Banger Rescue game is to navigate as many sausages as possible onto two hungry looking children’s plates using one’s keyboard arrows.

Roll over Beethoven...

Published on 15 January 2008, by johnthompson

Third Sector reports that Guide Dogs for the Blind has discovered that pups perform better during training after listening to classical music. My mutts, Jackal and Heidi, have long known about the therapeutic benefits of the classics and regularly tune into Classic FM…it really chills them out!

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