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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and BIG Lottery Fund (Big) are to provide £100 million in grants for public parks over the next three years.

Cancer Research UK has appealed for volunteers to hold cash collections at over 800 Tesco stores across this UK later this month.

A two-day conference next month will focus on how to develop and increase visitor giving at nature tourism venues.

#Wewillgather is a new social media platform designed "to gather good people to help with any action" in a local area.

The city of Bristol today launches its local currency, the Bristol Pound. A Bristol Pound is worth the same as £1 sterling, but can only be used at local shops that are not part of a national chain.

Localgiving.com, the online giving site which supports local charities and community groups, is offering to match up to £10 of donations made, up to £500,000.

Barclays Community Sport Award is being run for the third year in a row. It aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals that use sport to benefit communities across the UK.

OurClubFundraiser.com is a new online fundraising service that adds elements of gaming to sports to raise funds for local sports clubs.

Last month's Small Charity Week 2012, with its dedicated Fundraising Day on 14 June, has raised over £37,757 for small charities across the UK.

Fundraising consultancy Positive Fundraising is encouraging charities to embrace the opportunities of proximity marketing by using an 'Ad-pod' to deliver marketing messages to nearby mobile phones for