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70,000 jobs lost in Third Sector - institute of Fundraising - how big is my society now?

Simon Morrison at the Institue of Fundraising today quotes a survey on the results of funding cuts in the Third Sector.

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A fundraising robot? Are we redundant?

Fortunately, not just yet but Tim Pryde's fundraising robot called Don8er is alive and well and collecting funds at www.timpryde.com

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Russian Museums & Fundraising

Fundraising in Russia is a fascinating business, with no tax breaks for non-profits or donors, it often seems to bear the burden of the social stigma it had in Soviet times rather than the air of a be

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Riots and a lack of fundraising

The best take on the riots I have read is by Camilla Batmanghelidjh, and I make no apologies for printing it in full below.

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Charities - Morality - News of the World - all in the same headline?

So Barnardo?s, Forces Children?s Trust and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity have taken about £933,000 from NoTW, and I pause to wonder if an act becomes less immoral the larger the amount o

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Free fundraising consultancy next Friday in 4 countries

Yes, it is again time for our monthly First Fridays - the IFC's free fundraising consultancy meetings at The Hub Kings Cross, The Hub Milan, The Hub Amsterdam and City Hall Ottawa!

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In Amsterdam on 4 March?

If so, do drop into the first Dutch First Friday at The Hub Amsterdam (Westerstraat 187, 1015 MA Amsterdam, Netherlands, 020 4274283) from 2.00 - 5.00 when there will be free fundraising advice and di

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?First Friday Fundraisers? take off on Facebook

Whether you are in London, Milan, Rovereto or Ottawa provided it is the first Friday of the month you can get free fundraising advice from IFC?s professional consultants and new cities are on the way!

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Wikileaks v Fundraising

Much as I have enjoyed the Wikileaks revelations, they are essentially diplomatic tittle-tattle and have rarely provided us with new revelations or insights that really changed our perceptions of the

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Fundraising in Russia

The Kremlin at night

Speaking in Moscow a couple of weeks ago at the NGO School Fundraising Masterclass I was fascinating to see how fundraising has evolved from the last time I was there some 20 years ago.

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