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The latest edition of the Directory of Social Change's two-part Guide to the Major Trusts is due for publication on 26 March.

The best charity videos from around the world can win a cash prize and receive promotional coverage on YouTube. Entries are now open to the 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

Yorkshire Building Society has given £175,000 to Alzheimer's Society, its first ever charity of the year. This is the company's largest charitable donation.

Springwise.com publishes a weekly round-up of new business ideas from around the world, and more and more of them seem to have a charitable or social enterprise element to them.

Dorset Community Foundation is offering grants to individuals and organisations working to help elderly and vulnerable people in the county this winter.

Global Children’s Charity Plan UK has begun a year-long programme of public events aimed at increasing the numbers of sponsors supporting the charity and at boosting levels of awareness of the charity

Queen’s University Students RAG in Belfast is inviting applications from charities based in Northern Ireland to be one of the four charities that it will fundraise for throughout 2012.

Sally Flatman, producer of the BBC Radio 4 charity appeal, spoke at a free event yesterday in London in which she shared advice on how to make the most out of the opportunity of the appeal.

Prospect researchers can now explore data on 60,000 donations worth AUS$600m to Australian charities.

A former Coca Cola executive from Northern Ireland has donated $200,000 to the University of Ulster.