Celebrity

Some celebrities become untouchable. For very different reasons. We won’t hear a bad word about Michael Palin or Dame Judi Dench.
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Poor old Bono. Singer and frontman of rock group U2, philanthropist and campaigner, he is now the object of an online campaign to get him to retire.
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The speed and duration of Obama’s fundraising has staggered commentators around the world.
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Ctrl.Alt.Shift, Christian Aid's attempt to create a "global community of proactive, outspoken agitators seeking change" using the web and social media, has published a humorous video on YouTube to pro
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JK Rowling's 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' looks like it will be her next best-seller.
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Fundraising expert Ken Burnett has written a new book.
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Whenever I come across another online phenomenon, meme or cult site, I often regret that the person or people responsible didn't use their 15 minutes of fame to benefit charity.
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Skipping lightly through the fundraising press, interest group discussions and blogs looking for something of real use to me, I have recently been struck by our (fundraisers) often patronising attitude to celebrity involvement in charities.
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The BBC reports that 80-year-old hotel magnate Barron Hilton is to donate 97% of his $2.3 billion (£1.2 billion) fortune, to the Conrad N
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Bill Clinton (yes, the former President of the USA) got to hear about UK Fundraising on his recent trip to Ireland, courtesy of Lindsey Hood, the website's advertising sales manager.
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