László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion stated that the key roles of social investment are to help modernise national welfare systems and to help overcome Europe's...
Migrants are boosting donations for UK charities thanks to a “remittance culture,” say academics who found that families sending money abroad were more likely to give to British charities than other UK...
Over 55% of more than £4m so far given directly to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) by the public for the Syria Crisis Appeal has come via digital sources, the...
A philanthropic Canadian couple made the largest single gift in University of Calgary history on 12th April to create a new institute to enable the university to take the lead...
More than two out of five (42%) of wealthy entrepreneurs aged under 30 say that, as shareholders of a company, they would regard campaigning for important social issues as at...
Venture philanthropy (VP) and social investment (SI) organisations are becoming more sophisticated in their use of financial instruments to generate social impact, according to EVPA’s second annual survey released on...
European parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill enabling the creation of a new label identifying social entrepreneurship investment funds (EuSEF) this month, as well as introducing Europe-wide regulation...
The German Federal Council passed the Act for the Advancement of Volunteering On 1st March 2013. It aims to improve the legal environment for charitable organisations by limiting the liability...
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) unveiled a new engagement model for CEOs during the annual gathering of its Board of Boards during International Corporate Philanthropy Day on 25th February....