Nicola Hill

The total number of donors who gave to universities in 2010-11 was 204,250, an increase of 10% since 2009-10 and 24% since 2008-9. UK universities received £560m in philanthropic cash income in 2010-11, up from £517m in 2009-10. Ten per cent of the cash income came from legacies in 2010-11, according to this year's Ross-CASE survey report, Giving to Excellence: generating philanthropic support for UK Higher Education 2010-2011, based on figures compiled by the National Centre for Social Research.

UK cash machine network LINK plans to enable users to make charitable donations through any of its 64,500 nationwide ATM sites before the end of the year. LINK head of development Graham Mott said:“With more than 10 million LINK ATM transactions a day, this is a real opportunity to raise significant sums of money for good causes. LINK cash withdrawals can exceed £10bn per month in value and at its busiest the company processes over one million transactions an hour."

The Vodafone Foundation has announced that 500 people have won a place on its World of Difference UK programme. They have been chosen from more than 5,000 people who registered their interest in taking part.

Artists Antony Gormley, Gillian Wearing, Tracey Emin, Sir Anthony Caro and Jonathan Yeo have donated work that is on display at Somerset House in London and will be auctioned for charity on April 22. The proceeds will go to support Crisis, which focuses on taking action to end homelessness. Most of the artists have created new pieces specifically for the show, reflecting on themes of homelessness such as isolation, poverty, mental illness, property and safety.