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Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund offers £30k each to five young artists

Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund

Sky Arts is again offering five young artists aged 18-30 £30,000 each to fund their work for one year as part of the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund ­in association with IdeasTap.

£30m over five years loan fund announced for Welsh charities' buildings

WCVA/Unity Trust bank fund document

Unity Trust Bank and Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) have announced a loan fund offering £6 million each year for five years to help voluntary organisations finance new premises or

Charity First series adds title on Academies

The Charity First Series of books for the charity sector has added a new title focusing on Academy Schools, covering the process from conversion to successful operation.

Nominations open for 2014 Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value

Unloading sugar cane. Photo: © Nestlé

Nestlé is inviting nominations of innovative initiatives in nutrition, water or rural development for its 2014 Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value.

£29bn raised for good causes in National Lottery's first 18 years

First National Lottery draw show - 19 November 1994

The National Lottery, which was launched 18 years ago this week, has now generated over £29 billion for good causes across the UK. 

Santander Foundation funds more free training for small charities

The Santander Foundation has awarded a grant of £9,600 to The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) to enable them to provide free training to small charities across the UK.

New guide on how European funders support advocacy

Grantcraft's Speaking Up! cover

GrantCraft has published a new guide explaining how European funders support advocacy and campaigning.

£80 million fund for Northern Ireland

The new Social Investment Fund (SIF) in Northern Ireland, which will provide £80 million over the next three years, has begun detailed negotiations on how the money will be spent in local com

Queen's University Belfast receives its largest ever philanthropic gift

Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has been awarded a grant of £15 million by Atlantic Philanthropies. This is the largest gift the university has ever received.

Action Planning conference includes opportunity to win £2,000 in elevator pitch

Lift button - photo: jwardell on Flickr.com

Action Planning's 'New ways of raising money from the Rich' conference on 7 February 2013 will for the first time feature an opportunity to win a £2,000 donation for your cha

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