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The Charity Commission has commissioned research to explore how trusts and foundations are reacting to the recession and the impact this has had on charities...

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A season celebrating Buddhist inspired-arts and the opening of the first gallery for Buddhist sculpture in the UK coincides with a Hong Kong foundation’s move into British philanthropy.

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A new taskforce to raise awareness of climate change in the third sector has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The...

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More than $750m (£517m) will be pumped into small- and medium-sized businesses in the developing world, to reduce poverty by a new group of foundations and for-profit social venture funds, it...

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Companies that work for social and environmental benefit were among those rewarded with Financial Times Boldness in Business Awards.

Selco India, a social enterprise that allows rural people in India to access...

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Liz Liston-Jones has been appointed as deputy director for social enterprise and finance at the Office of the Third Sector.

Liston-Jones will oversee social...

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In December 2008 Philanthropy UK wrote about the slide into recession and speculation abounding within the national and third sector press, and amongst charities, about...

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Award winning social entrepreneurs will share $5.35m (£3.74m) of unrestricted funding from the Skoll Foundation.

The seven organisations that have won a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship...

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The establishment of a new interdisciplinary research centre reflects the strong growth of the estimated 12,000 strong charitable foundation sector in Switzerland.

The Centre for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS)...

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A Futurebuilders England consortium has been appointed as fund manager of the £100m Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) by the Department of Health.

The fund will offer grants and loans to...

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