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Third Sector Fundraising
Thursday 23 May 2013
The bulletin that brings you the latest fundraising news and best practice, including digital fundraising, legacy fundraising, trust fundraising, street fundraising, direct marketing, corporate partnerships and events.

Latest News

The Co-operative Group and British Gas are among the big winners at the Business Charity Awards
The winners at this year's Business Charity Awards
Divisions of the Co-op picked up three prizes and the energy supplier took Business of the Year at last night's ceremony in London
Eight government departments below national average for payroll giving uptake
Peter O'Hara
Figures obtained by the Geared for Giving Campaign show "unacceptable" failure of many departments to set a good example, says Peter O'Hara of Workplace Giving UK
Camelot chief wants to raise awareness of Lottery's good causes
Dianne Thompson
Dianne Thompson stresses the importance of strengthening the links between National Lottery players and the charity causes they support
National Lottery ticket sales reach all-time high of nearly £7bn in 2012/13
Andy Duncan
Andy Duncan of Camelot attributes the lottery's success to its broad appeal and innovations to develop its channels of distribution
Nesta unveils online directory of UK crowdfunding platforms
Liam Collins
CrowdingIn has been written to help charities find suitable crowdfunding websites and includes a filtering system, says Liam Collins, a policy adviser at Nesta
Local fundraising training scheme for volunteers offered to other CVSs
Parking website that helps churches rent out spaces now has more than 100 clients
Big Lottery Fund grants £67m to advice charities
 
   
 
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In Depth

Analysis: Charity lotteries - high stakes in the game of chance
Charity lotteries
The Health Lottery has set the cat among the pigeons, challenging the National Lottery and putting the rules for charity lotteries up for debate. Jenna Pudelek reports
Editorial: It's time to start the consultation on charity lotteries
Stephen Cook
Rules designed to protect the National Lottery need to be re-examined in the light of the impact made by the Health Lottery, writes Stephen Cook

Digital Campaign of the Week

Age UK
Age UK's Care in Crisis campaign
The charity that helps to support the elderly has launched an interactive video as part of its Care in Crisis campaign

Star Supporters

Ashley Roberts backs Wig Wednesday
Ashley Roberts
Plus Joanna Lumley, Michelle Ryan, Morrissey, Luke Treadaway, Davina McCall, Fabrice Muamba and Mark Foster




DATE for your diary

Twitter Q&A with expert fundraiser Ken Burnett

Tuesday 28 May at 2pm


Third Sector will be conducting a Q&A with expert fundraiser Ken Burnett on Twitter next Tuesday.

The interview is taking place in advance of Sofii's 'Once upon I wish I'd thought of that' fundraising showcase event on 6 June. 

Burnett, a managing trustee at Sofii, will be answering questions on the social media network about his thoughts on fundraising and his favourite campaigns.

Follow @ThirdSector on Twitter to take part.





Fundraising Good Practice

Big Giver: Andrews Charitable Trust
Sian Edwards
Sian Edwards, director of the trust, says it looks for inspirational founders that have strong ideas
Our team: Together for Short Lives
Stephen Ballantyne
Stephen Ballantyne, the director of fundraising at the charity for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions, takes us behind the scenes of the fundraising team
 
 

Latest blogs...

 
 
Gemma QuaintonWhy I feel bad about my latest charity donation

By Gemma Quainton

...and comments

 
 

"Many Scottish charities gain a substantial percentage of their funding from trusts based south of the border. Perhaps the Scottish government might care to suggest how this shortfall may be addressed."

Charles Marshall on the article: "Four in ten Scottish charities 'think independence would hurt funding'"

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020 8267 4695, jenna.pudelek@haymarket.com


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020 8267 4990, rachel.neaves@haymarket.com

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