Awards

The Community Foundation for Ireland has launched its 2012 Philanthropist of the Year Awards.

Data marketing company The REaD Group plc has announced the winners of its 2012 Charity Data Bursary.

British Heart Foundation (BHF) Shops have won the ‘Most Profitable Charity Retail Operation’ award at the recent Charity Retail Association awards.

Ten voluntary and charity projects from across the UK that have received National Lottery funding have made it through to the semi-final stage of The National Lottery Awards.

Seven fundraisers have been elected as Fellows of the Institute of Fundraising. The honours were announced at the Institute's National Convention in London.

Blackbaud Europe has announced the launch of its inaugural Digital Fundraising Awards, in association with UK Fundraising.

The East Anglia regional group of the Institute of Fundraising is to run its own awards ceremony for the first time, "celebrating our Members' good practice and regional excellence".

This week saw the first awards for insight driven fundraising, presented by the Institute of Fundraising's Insight Special Interest Group.

The Twitter hash tag #RiotCleanUp, which helped mobilise positive action after the 2011 riots in England, is on the shortlist for the 2012 Technology4good Awards.

The 2012 Irish Fundraising Awards took place last night at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and were hosted by RTÉ’s Mary Kennedy.