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Report reveals how grantmakers use and share evidence on what works

The Secrets of Success?

The Alliance for Useful Evidence has published a report that looks at how a small group of UK grantmaking organisations use and share evidence on how their funding works.

Commonwealth Games 2014 tickets to include opt-in donation to UNICEF

Commonwealth Games 2014 one year away

The Commonwealth Games 2014 will get underway in Glasgow one year from today.

Royal baby congratulations cards raise funds for charities

Baby boy charity card from CharityGreetings.com

Online charity greeting cards service CharityGreetings.com reports a surge in sales of congratulations and new baby cards from people wishing to send their messages of goodwill to the Duke and Duch

Cancer Research UK to create mobile phone game to seek cures

Cancer cell and lymphocytes by Juan Gaertner on Shutterstock.com

Cancer Research UK has appointed games and software development agency Guerilla Tea to build the charity's first mobile phone game that will combine fun and pinpointing new genetic causes of ca

Tax exiles could buy extra days in Ireland with charitable donations

Wealthy Irish tax exiles could spend extra time in Ireland if they make donations to charity under a proposal made by the government-supported Forum on Philanthropy.

Norse Challenge chooses KidsCan as charity partner

The Norse Challenge

Norse Challenge, next month's Viking-themed extreme 10k obstacle course in Northumbria, has chosen Manchester-based children’s cancer research centre, KidsCan as its official charity part

New Director of Development at London’s Air Ambulance charity

Mark Davies has been appointed as Director of Development at London’s Air Ambulance charity.

Sightsavers to receive $800k grant provided they can match it

Sightsavers International, Inc has been awarded a grant of $880,000 from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to assist the government of Mali achieve the elimination of trachoma by 2015.

18 Bath charities to receive Christmas Market stall for a day

Bath Christmas market - photo: Kan Chan Vong

Bath Tourism Plus is again offering local charities that chance to fundraise at this year's Bath Christmas Market by having a free chalet for one day.

Google for Nonprofits programme is extended to charities in England and Wales

Google for nonprofits

The Google for Nonprofits programme, which offers charities free and discounted access to online collaboration tools, advice, and free Google advertising, has now been extended to charities registe

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