Major gift

The Major Donor Special Interest Group (MDSIG) of the Institute of Fundraising is offering six bursaries this year covering the National Fundraising Convention, training and professional development,

Businessman John Timpson CBE has pledged £1 million to help After Adoption expand its SafeBase parent training programme to families across the UK, to help reduce adoption break-downs.

Lesley Hynes has stepped down from fundraising company Midas after 18 years to establish her own company.

A Northern Ireland company founded by one of Northern Ireland’s wealthiest men, Edward Haughey, is giving £1 million to the University of Ulster.

Dame Vivien Duffield announced this morning that she will grant £8.2 million to 11 cultural organisations in England to open up new creative learning spaces for children and young people.

Atlantic Philanthropies founding Chairman Charles "Chuck" Feeney has became the 59th person to sign the Giving Pledge, the initiative of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet to invite the wealthie

Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent has identified the person it claims is "the foremost Irish philanthropist" - Declan Ryan, who last week made a €10 million donation to build schools in Sri Lanka

The Big Give's third annual Christmas Challenge has raised £6 million in its first two days, doubling over 7,000 donations received.

Arts & Business have announced the five winners of The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy.

The annual Coutts Million Pound Donor Report, published this week, reveals that the number of donations of £1 million or more is the highest in the three years that this data has been tracked.