Major gift

Professor Andrew Hamilton, the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, has announced that the new target for the University's fundraising campaign is £3 billion.

Disability charity Scope added another variant to the sponsorship model by inviting people to sponsor a new charity shop.

Investment banker Jonathan Ruffer and his wife Jane have donated £1 million to the County Durham Community Foundation to help tackle social deprivation and create jobs in the area.

The University of Leicester is to receive a £7 million donation, the largest in the University’s history since its inception in 1921.

The Major Donor Special Interest Group (MDSIG) of the Institute of Fundraising is offering a training bursary to major donor fundraisers.

Prospect research specialist FR&C has published a list of over 200 Australian donors who have given over $1 million to charity.

International children’s charity Hope and Homes for Children has received $1 million from The "Jewels for Hope" auction which was held at Christie's in Geneva earlier this year.

Cancer Research UK and the University of Southampton have each received a donation of £10 as an anonymous gift from one of CRUK's supporters.

Prospect research and wealth intelligence company Wealth-X has listed the 10 richest individuals in the European Monetary Union.

The University of Oxford is to receive £75 million from venture capitalist Michael Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman.