BBC NEWS | UK | England | 'Big Rescue' raises charity cash

BBC NEWS | UK | England | 'Big Rescue' raises charity cash: "RNLI beach lifeguards and lifeboat crews have taken part in rescue demonstrations in the South West to raise money for the charity."

Jet Li's new S'pore charity moves

Jet Li's new S'pore charity moves: "Additionally, an education platform will be set up to build leaders of Singapore non-governmental organisations (NGO)."

Cumberland News | News | Knitted with love for orphans around the world

Cumberland News | News | Knitted with love for orphans around the world: "Margaret Chamberlin, 76, has spent the last two-and-a-half decades giving her time hand-knitting jumpers and cardigans for poverty stricken children in orphanages and hospitals in Third World countries."

'Middle class' charities unlikely to suffer during economic storm

'Middle class' charities unlikely to suffer during economic storm: "Economic turmoil and the stock market crash has left no sector untouched, including charities. But 'middle-class' charities and not-for-profits that have developed strong relationships with their donors will weather the storm best, a Scotiabank forum on philanthropy heard last we"

Self-made man channels fortune into charity - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Self-made man channels fortune into charity - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Not one to keep his millions to himself, he is now one of Australia's largest individual foreign aid donors.

'We just felt we wanted to give something back. My goal is to have 50 per cent of my wealth at any one time working towards a charitable means,' he said.

Ten years ago Mr Killelea and his wife Debbie set up The Charitable Foundation, donating $5 million a year to more than 60 development projects around the world."

How can I be a charity trustee? | Society | guardian.co.uk

How can I be a charity trustee? | Society | guardian.co.uk: "What is a charity trustee?

Charity trustees are the people who have general control of a charity. They are ultimately responsible for the charity although not necessarily the day-to-day running of it. They are sometimes called the board, management committee, or the directors."

Philanthropy, Democracy and Civil society: Tending a Garden Over the Long Term | NGO Pulse

Philanthropy, Democracy and Civil society: Tending a Garden Over the Long Term | NGO Pulse: "The growing number of social movements in South Africa – the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, the Landless People’s Movement, the Coalition for a Basic Income Grant (BIG), and Jubilee 2000, to name a few – have brought greater attention to South Africa’s priorities in terms of enormous poverty and inequality. Many of these have benefited from support from international philanthropy. Over the years, Mott has supported the Homeless People’s Federation, Khulumani – a group of survivors and families of victims of human rights abuses who made submissions to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). TAC is one of the strongest and most widely known social movements, which brought together a groundswell of support for anti-retroviral treatment for those living with HIV and AIDS."

Freedom of Information Act will not apply to charities - Third Sector

Freedom of Information Act will not apply to charities - Third Sector: "Acevo and the NCVO welcome the decision

The Ministry of Justice has decided against extending the Freedom of Information Act to cover charities that deliver public services.
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The ministry ran a consultation between 25 October 2007 and 1 February 2008 on whether to extend the list of 'public authorities' covered by the act to 'contractors who provide services that are a function of a public authority'."

WRS | Philanthropy is business as usual

WRS | Philanthropy is business as usual: "Philanthropy is business as usual
Corporate philanthropy is alive and booming in Switzerland—quite independent of the economic downturn. That’s the finding of a survey by the Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology (ETHZ). Researchers interviewed representatives from 2,000 companies, and report that 76 per cent of firms are continuing to support sport, culture, education and social projects. But when it comes to doing good, the country is split on linguistic lines. Vincent Landon has more:"

Where are India’s great philanthropists? - Telegraph Blogs

Where are India’s great philanthropists? - Telegraph Blogs: "t’s clearly not a question of money: India is the world’s second fastest growing economy and its tycoons are taking over the globe. As Sonia-ji points out, it’s about vision and focus, as the case of tiny, impoverished Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank highlights: the bank was formed to offer micro-loans to the poor to help them create and sustain their own businesses. Founder Muhammad Yunus’s original idea inspired NGOs around the world and won him the Nobel Prize."

Benefactor gives $102m for Queensland medical research | The Australian

Benefactor gives $102m for Queensland medical research | The Australian: "A FRIENDSHIP formed in Hong Kong between a knockabout Australian tennis player and a fledgling Irish business tycoon more than 40 years ago yesterday led to the biggest single corporate donation in Australian history.

Chuck Feeney, who in recent years has given more than $170million to various medical research establishments, mostly in Brisbane but some in Melbourne, yesterday gave $102m to three medical projects based in Queensland."

Fundraising Standards Board appoints a Wales manager - Third Sector

Fundraising Standards Board appoints a Wales manager - Third Sector: "Local presence aims to improve poor take-up of self-regulation scheme

The Fundraising Standards Board is increasing its operations in Wales in a bid to drive up membership there.

The organisation has appointed a part-time manager who will work to recruit Welsh charities and raise awareness of self regulation."

Charity Village® NewsWeek: Fundraising Q & A

Charity Village® NewsWeek: Fundraising Q & A: "Fundraising Q & A

Cynthia J. Amour By Cynthia J. Armour, CFRE
July 27, 2009

The question:
What do I need to know about Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)'s new Guidance on Fundraising

Exhausted charity rider off to bed after 8,000 km trek - Winnipeg Free Press

Exhausted charity rider off to bed after 8,000 km trek - Winnipeg Free Press: "WINNIPEG - After finishing a gruelling 8,000-kilometre bike ride for charity this morning, Winnipeg cyclist Arvid Loewen knew exactly where he was heading next.


'I’m going to bed!' an elated but exhausted Loewen, 52, said with a laugh after hopping off his bike at about 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot of North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church."

Mobile operators agree to waive VAT for text donors - Third Sector

Mobile operators agree to waive VAT for text donors - Third Sector: "Mobile operators agree to waive VAT for text donors

By Sarah Townsend, Third Sector Online, 27 July 2009

15 per cent boost for charities; sector wants charges reduced as well

The value of a donation to charity by text message is to go up by 15 per cent as a result of a decision by the Mobile Data Association to stop deducting VAT from part of the donation."

Madoff trustee fights Israeli charity for homeless children | Business News | Jerusalem Post

Madoff trustee fights Israeli charity for homeless children | Business News | Jerusalem Post: "A charity for homeless and runaway Israeli children that lost money in Bernard Madoff's fraud has told a US judge that the trustee liquidating the con man's business wrongfully rejected its $4.72 million claim in the case."

Credit card holders 'give a record amount to charity' - Credit Card News

Credit card holders 'give a record amount to charity' - Credit Card News: "A total of £539.2 million was spent on charge and credit cards for charitable causes in 2008, an increase of 11% from the previous year, the statistics from UK Cards Association showed.

Further still, donations on credit cards tend to be higher than those on debit cards."

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Ask any nonprofit executive and they'll tell you unequivocally: volunteers are invaluable. Whether it's helping meet day-to-day objectives, providing event support, or offering significant insight as board members, volunteers are essential to short and long-term mission success. The recent CSGVP substantiates this claim with some interesting figures. Canadians volunteered 2.1 billion hours, a 4.2% increase over previous years, it claimed, with the average number of volunteer hours estimated at 166."

No wedding gifts, just trees!

No wedding gifts, just trees!: "Instead, lawyers Susan de Silva, 50, and Chandra Mohan K. Nair, 60, asked their 200 guests to donate to the Plant-A-Tree scheme instead.

The scheme is an initiative by the Garden City Fund, a charity supported by the National Parks Board, and the Singapore Environment Council, a charity that champions green causes."

Great Kiwi cutbacks - business | Stuff.co.nz

Great Kiwi cutbacks - business | Stuff.co.nz: "Charitable giving: Though we are more likely to give away our coffee habits than cut back on charitable giving, 36% of people said they were giving less. Those earning more are much less likely to reduce their giving (25%).

But not everyone is suffering, or at least has given in to the need to cut back. One in four of us say we have not made cut backs."