Humour

It's hard to come up with a fresh approach to a fundraising event. Forever Manchester however has come up with its Backwards Run.

The Community Foundation of Manchester is the latest charity to poke fun at face-to-face fundraising as it indicates that it would not use this method for its Forever Manchester campaign.

The British Red Cross is promoting Red Cross Week 2012, which runs from 6 to 12 May, using a mock 1950s black and white TV advert style, complete with a commentator using received pronunciation.

The changes to VAT announced in the March 2012 Budget include a provision that will remove the zero rating of VAT on alterations to listed buildings.

A delightful collecting device for Misereor at Hamburg airport. Watch the delight on the donor's face - and the fact that the device captures her image as part of the thank-you element.

Blippar.com's 'Hello Boobs' campaign for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel! consisted of a digital outdoor campaign in augmented reality.

This humorous Christmas animation features actress Scarlett Johansson promoting Oxfam America's virtual gifts as good ideas for Christmas presents, contrasting them with the all too frequent unwanted

UNICEF Sweden's humorous Christmas video promotes their virtual gifts catalogue.

A quirky promotional video for the Institute of Fundraising Northern Ireland's annual conference in Belfast on 10 November 2011 on the theme of superheroes - how to be a hero for your charity.

Another video with stuntman Rocky Taylor, the face of the 2011 Remember a Charity campaign to promote legacy giving.