Research carried out by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action has found that more than nine out of ten people in Northern Ireland make donations averaging £12.76 per month and as much as an additional £44 million could be raised if people used Gift Aid.
In Northern Ireland the Big Lottery Fund are giving out £9.8 million through the Young People's Fund over the next three to five years for young people up to 25 years old. This scheme is opening on the 28 September 2005.
The Young People's Fund aims to promote youth inclusion and target resources at those young people at greatest risk of exclusion and offending.
A prisoner wants to get out of Limerick jail and do a runner, according to the Irish Examiner. Not to flee, but rather leg it back in behind bars. And yesterday he told the prison authorities about his plan which is all in aid of charity fundraising.
The Minister for the Information Society, Tom Kitt, is inviting proposals for projects to be funded under the einclusion fund. The fund, of ‚€1.025, was established to support the participation of late adopters of technology.
Northern Ireland-based contact centre, Anderson Manning Associates (AMA), have overhauled their their Charity Services Division following the recent departure of Fintan Bradley.
Age & Opportunity in Ireland has announced advance notice of another Go for Life National Grant Scheme for sport and physical activity for older people. Again this year over E300,000 will be made available to local groups to enable them to get their older members more involved in sport and physical activity.
CCS Europe, one of the world's leading fundraising consultancies, has raised £6 million of its £7 million target for the 'Planning For The Future' appeal. The appeal, which is ahead of schedule, is for the Catholic disocese of Down and Connor for cathedral restoration, priest retirement and lay education.
Fifty Gardaà will depart from Rosslare to begin a charity cycle in Roscoff, France. The group will cycle 900kms ending six days later in San Sebastian, Spain. It is hoped that over ‚€100,000 will be raised for two charities.
A new training programme, 'Making Local Business Your Business,' will hold a one day workshop on Tuesday 13th September at the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast. The programme is designed to help charities make the most of the Payroll Giving Grants scheme.
