Over £17.5m has been committed in the first round of funding to a new impact investment fund aimed at early stage social innovations, launched by Nesta.
Philanthropy is enduring, evolving and society is better for it, said Chairman of the National Centre of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Sir Stuart Etherington in delivering the 30th Annual Attlee Lecture...
News that giving in the UK dropped an unprecedented 20% (£2.3bn) in real terms last year to £9.3bn has sparked a ‘Back Britain’s Charities’ campaign aimed at boosting...
The campaigning charity, Legacy10, has launched a report today (November 19th), requested by the Rt. Hon Maria Miller MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, that sets...
The Private Equity Foundation’s (PEF) latest impact report is a testament to the success of venture philanthropy as a model that can make a huge difference to society.
This year 154 social entrepreneurs from across the UK will receive grants and training from the School for Social Entrepreneurs, as part of the Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme,...
A £75,000 innovation lab project that will trial digital fundraising products for Comic Relief, such as smartphone games and apps, was announced by the Nominet Trust last month.
Donors are more likely to identify practical and personal motivations for philanthropy, but prioritise idealistic and altruistic considerations, a report published in September by philanthropy advisors Adessy Assocites suggests.