National Trust to invest millions in digital output
12 May 2008
The National Trust is creating 21 jobs with the launch of a new digital media department.
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12 May 2008
The National Trust is creating 21 jobs with the launch of a new digital media department.
12 May 2008
Luc Tayart de Borms, managing director of the King Baudouin Foundation, has been elected chairman of GuideStar International.
9 May 2008
The International League for the Protection of Horses has changed its name to World Horse Welfare.
9 May 2008
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about a debt advice service that posed falsely as a not-for-profit organisation.
7 May 2008
Two charity campaigns are among the Advertising Standards Authority's list of the 10 most complained-about adverts in 2007.
As the McCartney divorce proceedings become a faded memory, I still can't help feeling that Heather didn't dent only Sir Paul's bank balance, but also the reputation of celebrities who endorse charities. I am in no position to doubt her sincerity, but surely the emphatic promotion of her charity work has ended up looking incredibly self-serving.
Social inclusion charity Fairbridge gave young people the chance to make films about their lives.
Social networking website Facebook is supposed to be the next frontier for third sector organisations. But for many it's a very lonely frontier.
Beatbullying chief executive Emma-Jane Cross is running a small charity at the forefront of virtual campaigning.
From the Government's raid on voluntary sector lottery money to shore up the Olympics, to a review of Gift Aid and the threat of compulsory volunteering, 2007 has been busy and controversial. John Plummer recalls the most important stories of the year - and the most quirky.
"We must pay attention to branding - even if we see it as a necessary evil."
John Knight on professionalisation of campaigning