The UK government's Department for International Development is to match fund UK public donations to Islamic Relief's 2012 Ramadan appeal, up to £5 million.
Telecomms company Vodafone is urging its employees to raise £1 million for UK charities over the summer using JustTextGiving, the mobile giving service it has developed and funded in partnership with
Localgiving.com will match fund £375,000 in donations to local charities across England during March. Each charity can have up to £2,500 in donations matched.
Standard Chartered and the UK Government will each double the value of donations from UK readers to this year's Financial Times Seasonal Appeal in aid of Sightsavers.
The University of Leeds' Big Match campaign has generated nearly £25,000 in pledges from alumni in just over a week, with £11,000 of that being raised on one night (26 October).
In response to the typhoon, a tsunami and two earthquakes that struck parts of the Asia-Pacific region within five days of each other, philanthropist Alec Reed created a matched fund on theBigGive.org
The project to rebuild Belfast's Lyric Theatre has received a boost with the offer of a £500,000 grant from a US-based charitable foundation, on the condition that the theatre raises £800,000.
