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I see that the Charity Commission has tweaked its website recently. The Charity overview section includes more detailed information on income, expenditure, assets and grants awarded. This is useful.

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About two months ago I was giving a presentation to fundraisers in Bristol when someone pointed out to me that the Charity Commission had just tweaked its website to allow us to search for Grantmakers

Zoopla Purple Plaques is a new scheme to “identify and recognise properties where current celebrities have lived in the past”. Check out www.zoopla.co.uk/purpleplaques for this free resource.

If you are having trouble researching grant-making trusts and other charities registered in Scotland, you might want to take a look at OSCR Reporter October 2011.

I see from the latest newsletter from Prospecting for Gold that Wealth Watch has a subscription offer, which allows researchers and fundraisers to obtain you a copy of the latest edition so you can se

I was intrigued to hear about The Trust List recently – a new publication from Stuart Sherriff and Chai Patel.

If you want to research grants awarded in the USA, then check out the website of The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

One of the sessions I attended at the Institute of Fundraising Convention yesterday mentioned Sovereign Wealth Funds as a potential hyper donor.

I recently bought a copy of one of the DSC’s new publications – The Guide to New Trusts 2011/1012.