Giving / philanthropy

Ireland’s wealthy people are amongst the most generous in the world in donating significant amounts of money and time to charitable causes, according to a new report by Barclays Wealth.

Arts & Business have announced the five winners of The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy.

A new survey on fundraising in Ireland shows that income fell 13% in the last year (2008-2009).

The UK's largest 100 family foundations donated £1.4 billion to charitable causes in 2008/2009, according to the third annual Family Foundation Giving Trends 2010 report produced by the ESRC Centre fo

The DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal has raised £60,800,000, making it one of the three most generously supported appeals the charity has run in its 45 year history.

The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) will soon appoint a development officer for Northern Ireland to help increase the level of independent funding for the voluntary sector.

The Evening Standard's Dispossessed fund has now raised £4.5 million "for London's most vulnerable". Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the the achievement as "fantastic news".

Irish charity Barnardos saw its fundraising income grow by 6% in 2009, according to its latest annual report.

Fundraising difficulties have led to serious problems within the administration of another proposed air ambulance service in Ireland.