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eBay for Charity to pass 100% of donations to charities through PayPal Giving Fund

MissionFish becomes PayPal Giving Fund

MissionFish, the charitable arm of online trading site eBay, has been rebranded as the PayPal Giving Fund.

Ploink! microdonations service to be free for one year

Ploink

Microdonations service ploink! is to suspend its fees for 2013 as a gesture of goodwill.

Microdonations charity Pennies raises £1 million

Pennies - the electronic charity box

Microdonations charity Pennies has now raised £1 million for partner charities.

Charities missing out on £35.5 million every year through poor online engagement

Bath, United Kingdom,  A third of donors don’t believe that charity websites relate to them on a human level, according to research commissioned by Eduserv, a not-for-pr

Vinspired creates crowdfunding platform for young people's community projects

Vinspired Igniter

Vinspired, the national charity that provides opportunities for young people to do good things, has launched a crowdfunding platform to help young people achieve their own social action projects.

Localgiving's Grow Your Tenner campaign raises £1.2m

Localgiving.com

Local charities in England have received a total of £1.2 million through Localgiving.com's Grow Your Tenner campaign which matched small donations.

JustGiving expects digital donations to peak on 21 December

Online fundraising service JustGiving anticipates that 21 December will see the largest amount donated online in one day in the whole of 2012.

Pure launches new private site face-to-face agency

Pure, the full service agency that specialises in telephone fundraising, has launched 'Clear', a new private site face-to-face fundraising agency.

Nominet Trust offers grants to redevelop 25 charities' websites

Nominet Trust

The Nominet Trust is offering to fund up to 25 charities to help redesign their website using the Raising IT platform.

Kids Company's Christmas Cracker app encourages text donations

Kids Company Christmas Cracker app

Kids Company, the charity that offers support to vulnerable inner-city children, has created a free Christmas Cracker app for mobile devices, offering some seasonal fun in return for a suggested te

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