Donorpoint is a new free standing cash-point-like collecting box that accepts credit and debit card donations, thereby removing concerns over cash security.
Donorpoint has been created by Geoffrey Fenton, Managing Director of Wild Yeast, "The Raising Agent for Charities," and runs on software written by Minerva Computer Systems, based in Cheltenham.
The RNIB has commissioned accessible Web design company Nomensa to create an accessible Blind Date online game for Valentine's Day.
The game is available in both HTML and Flash formats and was designed to demonstrate that Flash animations could be created in an accessible manner. Screenreaders can access a description of the animation in the Flash file.
Online payment system has announced it will soon accept multiple currencies. Charities using the PayPal donate option will therefore be able to accept donations online via these currencies.
The RSPCA has reappointed Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO to its account.
Digital agency Lateral has won the RSPCA's online account and planning and buying agency PHD has won the charity's media account. Both agencies pitched in partnership with Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
Seminars can leave you "terminally bored," admits fundraising consultancy Action Planning. So they are planning a short-cut for their presentation at the CAF Annual Charities Conference this week, "in keeping with the new era of short attention spans."
