The eighth annual fundraising gala for children's charity ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) last week raised £15.6 million from 800 guests in one night for new programmes in health, child welfare and ed
Online giving site TheBigGive.org.uk is creating a £3 million matched fund over the summer to stimulate donations of £3 million from charity supporters in December.
A new report into philanthropy in Ireland indicates that it is not inevitable that major giving will decline during the current recession and an unprecedented fall in the paper wealth of many of Irela
The UK's top 100 philanthropists gave £216m more in 2008 between them than they did the previous year despite the economic downturn, according to the Sunday Times Giving List.
The richest 1,000 people in Britain have collectively lost £155 billion over the past year, with their combined wealth down from £412.8 billion last year to £258.27 billion this year, according to The Sunday Times Rich List, published today.
Lord Sainsbury, the former minister and supermarket business owner, has achieved his ambition stated in 2005 of becoming the first person in Britain to give £1 billion to charity.
An Irish telecoms tycoon has used €1 million of his fortune to found a charity and has set himself a target of €7.5 million to build and repair houses for Haiti’s poor.
