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Fundraising

The latest news, opinion and analysis about fundraising, grant making and giving.

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Help for Heroes to take over Bmycharity

16 March 2010

Fundraising website will be owned by the charity's profit-making subsidiary

Payments Council told to provide new evidence on abolition of cheques

16 March 2010

Treasury Committee asks for an independent cost-benefit analysis

What's New: National Autistic Society, Canine Partners, Victim Support and Prospect Hospice

16 March 2010

Your round-up of the latest charity fundraising campaigns

Legacy tick box on charity appeals 'distracts from the message'

16 March 2010

Agency says separate requests are more effective

Government funding reporting demands are excessive, says New Philanthropy Capital

16 March 2010

Research organisation calls for 'impact fund' to help charities cope

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Fundraising good practice

Eric and Pampers
Tie-in with major nappy brand 'could reach 10 million people'
Big Giver: Helen Bowcock, the Hazelhurst Trust
The philanthropist likes to get to know the people behind the groups she funds
Our team: Breast Cancer Care
Murray Lindo, the charity's director of fundraising and marketing, takes us behind the scenes in its fundraising department

More Fundraising good practice

In Depth

Computer and credit card

Online fundraising: is it working?

The internet was expected to transform charity fundraising in much the same way as it changed world communications. But the revolution is a slow burner, as Kaye Wiggins reports

call centre worker

Analysis: calling people who are registered with the Telephone Preference Service

Charities and regulatory organisations are confused by guidance given by a representative of the Information Commissioner's Office

Liam Cranley, head of the Impact Coalition

Interview: Liam Cranley, head of the Impact Coalition

Challenging public misconceptions about charities is among the organisation's new plans, he tells Kaye Wiggins

'Online fundraising will change everything'

Azadi Sheridan, the chair of the Institute of Fundraising's Technology Special Interest Group, tells David Ainsworth why donor 'churn and burn' won't work in future

Charities and the economic crisis

The faltering economy is expected to hit charities hard. How likely is it that the sector will survive the recession unscathed?

Self-regulation of fundraising

After a slow start the Fundraising Standards Board is gathering momentum. But what's in it for charities, and how effective is it likely to be in heading off the threat of government-imposed regulation?

The changing face of fundraising

From door-to-door to Twitanthropy, our five-feature special covers emerging trends