January 2012

Is 2012 the unofficial year of doing more good?

Posted on 26th January 2012

Three major initiatives inspiring and celebrating generosity and giving, backed by major philanthropists, have announced themselves this week, perhaps making 2012 the unofficial year of doing more good. The initiatives call for action now in response to the growing need in communities among charities serving the vulnerable and poor. Mike Dickson, founder of Whizz-kidz, the action-orientated charity that has raised £75m to date to help 7000 disabled children become mobile, this week launched two initiatives:

New donors help climate change philanthropy grow

Posted on 26th January 2012

New donors are helping to boost environmental philanthropy by UK-based trusts and foundations, finds a report published by the Environmental Funders Network (EFN) today (Friday, January 27th). The report, Where The Green Grants Went 5 (WTGGW5), records a big increase in the proportion of environmental philanthropy going to tackle climate change, averaging 21% of green spend over the three years to 2009/10 - up from less than 9% in 2005/06 to 2006/07.

Call for more consolidated research on giving

Posted on 26th January 2012

A call for more consolidated research into giving follows the publication of two surveys that shows different levels of donations for the UK in 2011. According to a new survey from Investec, donations to charity dropped by 12% over the last year, while the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in its Giving UK 2011 survey says donations rose slightly from £10.6bn to £11bn. However, they remained static if adjusted for inflation.

Philanthropy expert gives her predictions for 2012

Posted on 26th January 2012

In this turbulent economic time, we asked philanthropy expert and Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy co-director Cathy Pharoah to predict what might happen in the coming year. She predicts new trends in giving powered by digital development and market sophistication, more competition between charitable sectors as fundraising capacity develops and a greater focus globally. She says a weak economy as predicted is bound to impact on levels of giving. Here are her top 10 predictions:

IoF to promote giving more widely in new strategy

Posted on 26th January 2012

The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) plans to promote giving as part of its new five-year strategic plan but will not include donors in its research to find out what more it could do. It will focus on a consultation with members. A spokeswoman said: “We do see a role for the Institute in helping to increase giving more widely by equipping fundraisers to make the ask from donors in the best way possible, and we would like to see donors in the UK giving to their full potential.”

Philanthropy programme launches to educate advisors

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Posted on 26th January 2012

In a boost to the philanthropy advisory sector, STEP, The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioner and EAPG, The European Association for Philanthropy and Giving, have agreed to work together to provide a jointly developed educational series for advisors. The Philanthropy Programme is underpinned by a programme advisory committee chaired by Lord Janvrin, non-executive director of HSBC Private Bank. It comprises five events and is aimed at providers of philanthropy and major charitable giving advice.

Funding round-up

Giving news

Posted on 26th January 2012

A round-up of the latest news on philanthropic funding includes The Wolfson Foundation's largest ever single grant and donations to create the next generation of world leaders. Philanthropists help fund new world leaders

World Giving Index shows UK is fifth most charitable nation

Posted on 26th January 2012

The UK has become the fifth most generous nation in the world, according to the World Giving Index, published by the Charities Aid Foundation, moving up three places on last year. Generosity is calculated based on people’s responses to three questions: Have you done any of the following in the past month? · Donated to charity

Donors caught up in £70m fraud should have been more aware

Posted on 26th January 2012

Donors caught up in the £70m fraud committed by an advisor who exploited tax benefits around gifting company shares to charity, should have heard alarm bells ringing, says Clive Cutbill, philanthropy and charity tax specialist at Withers Worldwide.

Call for better co-ordination of overseas giving by foundations

Posted on 26th January 2012

Around £292m of UK foundation funding is spent on international development and related causes, representing 9% of UK grant-making, according to a new review. This amount is equal to just under half of the amount spent by the department for international development (DFID) through NGOs.

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January 2012

Is 2012 the unofficial year of doing more good?

New donors help climate change philanthropy grow

Call for more consolidated research on giving

Philanthropy expert gives her predictions for 2012

IoF to promote giving more widely in new strategy

Philanthropy programme launches to educate advisors

Funding round-up

World Giving Index shows UK is fifth most charitable nation

Donors caught up in £70m fraud should have been more aware

Call for better co-ordination of overseas giving by foundations

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