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JustGiving to drop membership fee for “very small” charities
JustGiving will drop its membership fee for “very small” charities from September, while hiking charges for large organisations
NEWS 2 August 2016 by Gavin Stuart
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Charities to receive £1.6m of unpaid Gift Aid donations
HMRC policy change frees up withheld Gift Aid payments
NEWS 26 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Women more likely to donate to charity than men
Research by YouGov also found women were more involved with fundraising, sponsoring and campaigning
NEWS 26 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
OSCR gains order to freeze charity’s assets
Scotia Aid Sierra Leone's assets have been frozen amid an ongoing investigation by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
NEWS 19 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Charities must embrace technology to attract young donors
Charities must become more tech-savvy if they want to encourage donations from young adults, a report for the Charities Aid Foundation has shown
NEWS 19 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Massive success for contactless donation system
A charity’s contactless donation scheme has proved to be a huge success as it registered 1,500 taps in six weeks
NEWS 15 July 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Complaining about how a charity raises money has been made much easier
A free-phone number and website has gone live
NEWS 7 July 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Fundraising scandals did not lead donors to cancel Direct Debits
Direct Debit charity cancellations in 2015 remained low despite the sector being hit by a series of charity fundraising scandals
NEWS 5 July 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Scotland sets up independent fundraising regulation
Scottish charities have chosen to create their own fundraising self-regulation system rather than buy into new English scheme
NEWS 30 June 2016 by Jordan Ogg
 
£20m boost for Scots equality groups in the wake of Orlando
​Hundreds of groups to get funding to help in address inequality and discrimination
NEWS 17 June 2016 by Robert Armour
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