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Wootton George Consulting offers free advice on surviving recession

Strategy and fundraising consultancy Wootton George Consulting has published free advice for charities on how to survive the recession.

Fundraising Standards Board launches new recruitment campaign

(l-r) Elaine Stallard - FRSB Director; Kevin Brennan - Minister for the Third Sector; Michael Dent – Relationship Development Manager, WRVS

The Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has today launch a recruitment campaign to encourage more organisations to join the self-regulatory scheme.

Four Codes of Fundraising Practice updated

The Institute of Fundraising's Legal Review Committee has updated four Codes of Fundraising Practice to ensure they continue to meet current legislation.

Christian charities 'damaged' by Big Give's 'change of rules'

The Big Give

Christian charities the Nexus Trust and Christian Solidarity Worldwide claim that The Big Give changed its rules during its matched funding campaign last week, which adversely affected the total they

New legal fundraising seminars announced

Institute of Fundraising

Bates Wells and Braithwaite Solictors and the Institute of Fundraising have announced a new range of legal fundraising seminars which will be held between January and March 2009.

Gorilla Organization introduces new ID cards for street collectors

Gorilla Organization's authorised collector card - sample
Conservation charity The Gorilla Organization is using secure ID cards from Payne Security to authenticate its official street-based collectors and make it harder for fraudsters to attempt to collect in their name.

Dormant Accounts Act is passed

The Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act was passed by Parliament this week and received Royal Assent yesterday.

Petition launched for charities hit by Icelandic banks' collapse

Naomi House, the children's hospice that is one of the charities affected by the collapse of the Icelandic banks, has launched an online petition on behalf of all charities similarly affected, using t

Bogus charity collectors appear in court

A teenage boy who was caught carrying out a bogus collection for the Irish Wheelchair Association on Dublin’s Dawson Street has been released on probation for nine months.

Intelligent Giving criticises 'ignorant' face to face fundraisers

Intelligent Giving

Charity-advisory website Intelligent Giving claims that many of the face-to-face fundraisers (or "chuggers" as it refers to them on its blog) that its researchers met in a mystery shopper exercise in

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