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DataKind launches UK arm to support charities' use of data

DataKind UK

DataKind, the US nonprofit that helps connect data scientists with charities and voluntary organisations to help improve their work, has created its first international chapter.

CTXchange offers Microsoft Office 2013 to charities

Microsoft Office 2013 standard and professional

CTXchange is now offering the Microsoft Office 2013 standard suite to eligible charities for £15, and the professional suite for £20, plus VAT in both cases.

Charity develops free online Gift Aid module for CiviCRM users

Gift Aid online submission successful - screen from Veda Consulting

Blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research has developed Gift Aid software that will enable it and other charities to use HMRC's new Charities Online electronic submission system wh

Google's Global Impact Awards offer £2m to UK charities

Google Global Impact Awards

Google's Global Impact Awards are offering £2 million to UK registered charities that are using technology to tackle some of the world's biggest problems.

iBid sees more than 100% rise in the number of charity events using silent auction technology

iBid tablet

iBid’s award-winning silent auction technology is raising the roof on charities' event fundraising targets.

Active online fundraisers raise more for their charity, says Blackbaud survey

Using more of the engagement and update functions on an individual's online fundraising page will usually raise more funds, according to analysis by software and services firm Blackbaud.

Lindt Big Egg Hunt campaign uses mobile for consumer engagement in five cities

The Big Egg Hunt - photo: Ell Brown on Flickr.com

Following its success in London last year, the charity Big Egg Hunt is running again but this time across five UK cities over six weeks.

Cardsave Community expands to offer payment services to Northern Ireland charities

Cardsave Community

Cardsave Community, which offers lower cost payment processing services to charities and not-for-profit organisations, has extended its services to Northern Ireland.

Blackbaud acquires MyCharity

MyCharity.ie

Charity technology provider Blackbaud, Inc. has acquired MyCharity, the Irish online fundraising company that serves over 450 charities and more than 14,000 individual fundraisers.

Entries open for Technology4Good Awards

Thumb up image via Shutterstock.com

National e-accessibility charity AbilityNet's patron, Martha Lane Fox, is inviting nominations for the national Technology4Good Awards.

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