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Impetus Trust, the venture philanthropy, has won the Charity Award 2008 for Grantmaking. 

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In a lecture in London this week hosted by the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai called on UK foundations to support...

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There are still a limited number of places available at the next funding evening of The Funding Network (TFN). 

Six well-known figures who will each do a six-minute presentation and have six...

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The Big Give has announced the recent addition of high-profile figures to augment their Board of philanthropists drawn from the private, public and charitable...

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Rosa the first fund in the UK devoted to investing solely in women’s causes and charitable initiatives across the country was launched last week.

Set up by former WOMANKIND Worldwide executive...

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Oxford and Cambridge universities have received the largest donations in their histories: a total of £55m, from two former students.

Michael Moritz has donated £25m to Christ Church College, Oxford and...

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The Centre for Social Investment (CSI), University of Heidelberg is starting the European Programme In Civil Society Leadership (EPICS) – a programme which is designed and delivered by leading European ...

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The Conservative administration in London’s City Hall is set to prioritise the concerns of those in the voluntary sector in the capital, according to the deputy mayor of London, Ray...

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September 2nd –5th 2008, Edinburgh

Charles Leadbeater, former advisor to Tony Blair and author of The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur (1997), will be a contributor at the Social Enterprise World...

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A handwritten prequel to the Harry Potter novels which raised £25,000 for charity at an invitation-only auction will be used to raise further philanthropic funds, the buyer has said.

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