Posts Tagged: charity fundraising

The Right to Ask campaign misses the point

The question of whether charities have a “right to ask” the public for donations has been stirring up controversy lately.  The Institute of Fundraising wants to remind the public that fundraisers – whether they stop you on the street, knock on your door while you are in the middle of dinner or phone you at… Read more »

What is it like to be a chugger? I asked one, and this is what he told me

I never used to stop for chuggers. Before I became Third Sector‘s fundraising reporter, I was one of those annoyed members of the public who walked past quickly, avoided eye contact and mumbled “No, sorry” to any fundraiser who tried to stop me.  I still maintain that I will never sign up for a direct… Read more »

Has Gift Aid reform come any closer?

Some experts on giving and philanthropy have been wary about the idea of redirecting to charities the tax rebate that can be claimed by higher-rate taxpayers on Gift Aided donations. Such a move might have unpredictable effects on giving by the rich, they warn – especially in a continuing recession with a new 50 per… Read more »

Full marks for Pell & Bales

There was a bit of lull in the rugby between England and Argentina – in fact, the whole thing was a bit of a lull – so I didn’t object too much to taking a call from a charity on a Saturday afternoon. And when the young woman said she was calling from “P&B on… Read more »

Nude charity calendars: had enough yet?

  Another week, another nude charity calendar. Bright young internet entrepreneurs are the latest to strike coy poses for the London Nude Tech 2010  to raise cash for education charity Take Heart India.   Will anyone buy it?   Yes, according to the charity’s spokesman Lucian Tarnowski: the calendar is fully expected to raise its… Read more »