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New Head of Major Donors and Legacies at NDCS

Ian Govendir has been appointed Head of Major Donors and Legacies at The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

New website to match projects with wealthy philanthropists

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.

Tycoon pledges £1bn to charity

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.

Sir Tom Hunter to open 'Raising funds from the Rich' conference

Raising Funds from the Rich

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.

Former Guardian Media Group CEO to chair Cancerbackup appeal

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.

Free major donor session in London

Terry Axelrod of Benevon in Seattle is running a free one and a half hour session on maximising income from middle and high value donors in London.

DSC publishes guide to Major Donor fundraising

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Charles Handy to address major donor conference

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.

Business leaders fail to pay up to Sharon Stone's appeal

Actress Sharon Stone has criticised business leaders who publicly pledged large sums to help fight malaria but have yet to pay up after 18 months.

Major giving increases my 300% over past three years, says Fundratios

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.

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