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Charity Hack offers to produce free fundraising campaigns in 12 hours

Under construction tapes - photo: zentilia on shutterstock.com

The first Charity Hack is open for registrations from charities that need access to skills and expertise to create a fundraising campaign.

Fundraisers quizzed on likely impact of Scottish independence on income

Scottish five and ten pound notes - photo: Howard Lake on Flickr.com

Scottish fundraisers are concerned that Scottish independence could have a negative impact on their charities' income, according to a telephone survey by the Institute of Fundraising Scotland.<

Duchess of Cambridge records video appeal for Children's Hospice Week

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge at EACH

Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge, has made her first ever video message to encourage people to support their local children's hospice service.

Winston Churchill to appear on new version of £5 note

Draft design of Winston Churchill on £5: copyright The Bank of England

Sir Winston Churchill is likely to appear on a new version of the £5 note from 2016, so fundraisers should start noticing the new design in their collecting tins and buckets from then on.

Multichannel approach is the 'key to bridging generation gap in charitable giving'

Generational giving: The Next Generation of UK Giving report by Blackbaud

Software and services firm Blackbaud and consultancies Xtraordinary Fundraising and Stratcomare are advising charities to adopt a multi-channel approach to their fundraising in order to address the

Irish charities unite to promote tax-effective giving

Mark Beazley, Executive Director, Dogs Trust & Mary Moorhead, CEO, Mater Fdn

A consortium of 26 Irish charities has launched the Good Form campaign to persuade more donors to give tax effectively, and thereby increase the value of donation to charities at no extra cost to t

Restrictions introduced on charity adverts on London trains

Open Fundraising's train adverts - courtesy: openfundraising.com

The number of charities advertising on trains in and out of London has increased so much that the company that places them is to restrict charity ads to a maximum of 20% of adverts at any one time.

Complaint against CRUK over F2F costs is not upheld

Fundraising Standards Board stand

The Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has rejected a complaint about Cancer Research UK's response to questions about the costs of its face-to-face (F2F) fundraising activities.

55% of DEC Syria Crisis appeal income comes in online

DEC Syria Crisis Appeal 2013

More than half of the money given so far to the Disasters Emergency Committee's (DEC) Syria Crisis Appeal has come via digital sources.

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