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UK-wide pub chain JD Wetherspoon has marked its 10 year partnership with CLIC Sargent by announcing that it has raised over £6 million for the charity, beating its target.

Tate Members, Tate's membership scheme, now has over 100,000 members, making it the largest of all Europe’s galleries and arts venues.

Online fundraising service JustGiving reports that individual fundraisers taking part in organised events reach on average 562 people on Facebook.

UK charities have doubled the number of followers they have attracted on key social media channels, according to the 2012 Social Charity Index, published today by Visceral Business.

Younger people are not donating as much as older people born between the wars, according to research published by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

Thomson Airways, the airline for holiday companies Thomson and First Choice, has now collected £1 million in small change for the Family Holiday Association since January 2009.

Runners in April's Virgin London Marathon raised £52.8 million for good causes, bringing the total raised since the race began in 1981 to £610.7 million.

Online fundraising site Give as you Live has launched a survey to find out more about how and why donors give online.

The majority of Scottish charities are spending more than they are raising, having suffered income drops from funding cuts, according to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).

The Community Foundation for Ireland made grants last year of €1.7 million, down from €2.2 million in 2010, according to its latest annual report.