How can philanthropists best support disadvantaged children?
Last week BBC Children in Need raised a record-breaking £31 million, which proves there’s a huge amount of continuing backing…
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Charities must make better use of Gift Aid to maximise donation value
Even the least philanthropically minded could not fail to have been moved to delve into their pockets for loose change…
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Record million pound donations show British philanthropy thriving
The number and value of million-pound philanthropic donations in the UK rose to a post-crisis high in 2012, with 197…
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Young Enterprise gives Tenner headstart to budding philanthropists
Philanthropy has traditionally been undertaken by successful, entrepreneurial individuals from the safety of a half-century career. However, Young Enterprise’s new…
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Young keen on philanthropy, but clueless, as exhibition on charity and the City launches
Is philanthropy only for the wealthy or elderly? New research, timed to coincide with a philanthropic exhibition in the City…
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With a heating or eating crisis looming, what can philanthropists do?
The coming winter brings with it serious cause for concern as a number of dangerous trends unfold. The collision of…
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Philanthropists – unlike governments – should take risks with their money
Last week the world looked on as America’s war of high stakes brinkmanship threatened to plunge the world into economic…
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Investing in Hastings Pier won’t leave you at sea
Ever thought of buying something on the south coast? How about a pier? A proper, good, old-fashioned Victorian pier. Perhaps…
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New book Richer Lives should make us happy about philanthropy – but also concerned
Last week saw the launch of Richer Lives: Why rich people give, the follow-up study by Theresa Lloyd and Beth…
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Investing in Hastings Pier won't leave you at sea
Ever thought of buying something on the south coast? How about a pier? A proper, good, old-fashioned Victorian pier Ever…
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Charities need to stick up for themselves
Ed Miliband isn’t the only one on the receiving end of an attempted character assassination. The voluntary sector has also…
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Luke Birch and Jamie Sparks, two 21-year-old university students (Luke at Edinburgh, Jamie at Bristol), from Lincolnshire and London respectively…
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Why did a Brazilian bury his Bentley?
Most people choose to be buried with just their wedding bands and best clothes, but an eccentric entrepreneur in Brazil…
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An easy lesson for philanthropists: How to help disadvantaged kids get into university
Listening to Desert Island Discs this weekend, I was struck by author Zadie Smith’s early life. It was not just…
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Bristol and Plymouth are named UK’s first social enterprise cities
Bristol and Plymouth named UK’s first social enterprise cities It may be the country’s most vibrant city and an international…
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The South West tops the charts for social entrepreneurship, while our buzzing capital city is way down the list Bristol…
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A buy one, get one free offer for tutoring which helps the disadvantaged
While tutoring may be (in some cases) a thousand-pound-an-hour gig, not every tuition firm is in it solely for the…
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Philanthropists expect too much change too quickly, report says
Wealthy philanthropists are ambitious and want to see changes in government policies soon after they have made a donation, but…
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£75 million McCall MacBain donation to Oxford reinforces need for modern philanthropy; plus, biggest gifts to universities
Good news arrived in my inbox this morning (courtesy S McBain): a Canadian billionaire philanthropist and his wife have given…
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’75 million McCall MacBain donation to Oxford reinforces need for modern philanthropy; plus, biggest gifts to universities
Good news arrived in my inbox this morning: a Canadian billionaire philanthropist and his wife have given ’75 million to…
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