The Best Will in the World Week gets underway in Ireland in a week's time, running from 22 to 26 October, promoting both making a will and leaving a gift to charity.
Queens University has won the Outstanding University Fundraising Team of the Year award at the Times Higher Leadership and Management Awards in London.
New wording to help define "public benefit" in the 2008 Charities Act for Northern Ireland has been proposed. It should pave the way for full implementation of the Act in 2013.
A report published today by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI) has identified charity fundraising as the principal theme behind many of the concerns about charities it receives.
Lloyds TSB Foundation Northern Ireland increased its grant giving from £1.966 million to £2.129 million last year, according to its latest annual report.