The Community Foundation Network (CFN) has won a coveted Charity Award in the grant-making and funding category for its Dispossessed campaign run in partnership with the London Evening Standard.
Legacy income is slightly down according to the latest figures from Legacy Monitor Consortium. Its 51 members, who together account for 53% of the legacies market, received a combined income of...
A new report outlines lessons learned from the development of the world's first Social Impact Bond (SIB) created to fund interventions at Peterborough Prison and cut re-offending. The report is based on interviews with...
A guide to new trusts criticises the Charity Commission, claiming it registers trusts and foundations too easily. It also says that people are registering charitable foundations without giving much thought to...
Was the long-awaited Giving White Paper a cause for celebration? Here Philanthropy UK offers a round-up of reaction to the initiatives in the Paper that aim to create a 'step change' in...
The Government’s long-awaited Giving White Paper is due to publish on Monday (May 23rd) and the weekend’s papers will be full of news on the state of philanthropy in the...
On 9 May the Big Society Bank took a significant step as Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office,endorsed outline proposals for its development by Independent Advisors Sir Ronald Cohen...
The creation of a new fellowship of philanthropists aimed at improving the effectiveness and amount of community giving and boosting donor networking has been announced by Community Foundation Network...
Ok…it’s not the headline that would appeal to the majority of donors but, more importantly, it might appeal to a large number of non-donors, says a new report that is exciting...
A year on from the Prime Minister’s launch of the Big Society programme an independent, cross party commission is calling on government to “fill in the blanks” on Big Society...