Consulting / agencies

The Surrey-based animal charity Retired Greyhound Trust has selected the new CLAWS database from Minerva Computer Systemsto help it keep track of re-homed dogs.

Ivor Stocker, Manager of the Trust, said: "The CLAWS system allows us to track all the dogs from when they get brought
in to when they are settled in their new homes. Until now, we have relied on

Rupert Moyle has joined the VAT team at accountants and business advisors PKF. He brings specialist knowledge of the registered social landlords and charity sectors.

Rupert joins PKF as VAT manager and is based at the firm's London head office, where he will work with clients in the charity/housing sectors on all issues related to indirect tax. PKF has 400 clients in these sectors.

The RNLI events team is asking Web site owners to publicise the charity's fundraising events to a wider audience by
placing links on their site to the charity's loadsmorefun.co.uk site.

The promotion is being carried out by digital marketing agency M-Corp which built the loadsmorefun.co.uk site as well as two other RNLI sites, beachrescue.org.uk and beachsafety.org.uk.

Professional Fundraising magazine reports that creditors to direct dialogue company Open Air Fundraising have rejected its plans to alter its company voluntary agreement (CVA).

Following a meeting about its company voluntary agreement (CVA), Open Air Fundraising has been purchased by Open Air Global Ltd. There was no interruption in the direct dialogue company's business.

Both Open Air Fundraising and Open Air Global Ltd are principally owned by Fruitful Fundraising LLP, the incubator for new fundraising companies.

Global Christian organisation Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Europe has taken action to stop unwanted and offensive e-mails reaching its users around the world by

A year-long trial by Greenpeace International has confirmed that personalised online communications with supporters generate better results.

Working with Think Consulting and Dataforce, Greenpeace International trialled an electronic supporter relationship management tool (eSRM), which enabled supporters to select which kind of messages they wished to receive and how often.

Professional fundraising organisation Fruitful Fundraising has been awarded Investors in People status.

Investors in People is the national quality standard which sets a level of good practice for improving an organisation's performance through its people.

Fruitful Fundraising said that it is the first professional fundraising organisation to receive the award.

The producers of CHARITease and SANCTURease are promoting the products by offering a free Sony AIBO in a prize draw.

The prize draw is open to all charities. To enter charities simply have to fill in the entry form which is available on the database company's Web site.

The closing date for entries is 31 October 2003, and the prize draw will take place 1 November 2003.

The Foundation will be working with Cascaid Consulting, a division of the Cascaid Group, which has been exclusively appointed to develop the major gift fundraising strategy.

The Air Ambulance Foundation (AAF) will focus on three prime sources of income: large donations from wealthy individuals, national companies and major trusts and foundations.