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This post originally appeared on Spear’s. The original article can be found here> The scale of Greece’s financial crisis is alarming, but tough times aren’t reserved for national governments. Struggling charities can confront philanthropists with …

The UK government is ‘the most open and transparent in the world’, according to research by the World Wide Web Foundation. This announcement was greeted gloomily on all sides. Those who wish to see greater …

There are 17 weeks left until the UK’s General Election, but we are already pretty clearly in an election campaign. The parties have been unveiling their posters, showing us their picture of what they want …

The UK should make more of a fuss about its philanthropists. Private donors give away billions of pounds every year, from the armies of people with monthly direct debits for chosen causes to the mega-rich …

Strategic philanthropy is too simplistic for a complex world, according to John Kania, Mark Kramer and Patty Russell, writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Setting a goal and working tirelessly towards it might work …

‘We make a difference’. This is probably one of the most commonly heard statements in the charity world. But have you ever stopped to think about what it really means?  Charities and funders make a …

As anyone who works in the non-profit sector knows, charities are facing severe cutbacks in funding from government and other sources, while more people are in need of charities’ help as a result of the …

Imagine this scenario: a charity succeeds in diverting a young person away from crime and into a job. The costs of police action, court cases and prison are all avoided. The young person now earns …

Payroll giving is one of the easiest ways for people to give regularly to charity. But it is also something that a lot of countries are really bad at, particularly us Brits. In the US …

People often talk about being afraid of change. But the ability to change is, perhaps, one of the most striking characteristics of the charity sector. The most effective charities are those who find a balance …