In September the Reed Foundation will launch a website designed to help wealthy individuals keen to donate between £100,000 to £10 million find an appropriate charitable project.
Sir Tom Hunter, Scotland's richest man, has promised to give away at least £1bn to charity, making what is believed t be the single most generous philanthropic commitment made by a Briton.
Billionaire retailer Sir Tom Hunter, one of the biggest donors to UK charities, is to open this year's 'Raising funds from the Rich' conference, to be held at Central Hall Westminster on 9 October. Hunter recently gained international recognition by teaming up with former US President, Bill Clinton, to form the Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative.
Sir Robert Phillis, former chief executive of the Guardian Media Group and current chairman of All3 Media Limited is to chair Cancerbackup's What Now? appeal, which launches later this year.
Charles Handy, the reknowned author and thinker on management, will be speaking at this year's 'Raising funds from the Rich', the annual conference from Action Planning on how to secure high net worth individuals as major donors.
Income from major donor fundraising has soared by as much as 185.7% over the past year and 300% over 3 years, according to new Fundratios research released by the Institute of Fundraising ('Institute') today.
