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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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DSC opens pre-orders for The Guide to New Trusts 2026/27
The Directory of Social Change (DSC) has opened pre-orders for The Guide to New Trusts 2026/27, a digital-only guide identifying […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Nichols Group offers £20,000 award to support positive change
The Nichols Award 2027 will recognise individuals, community projects, small businesses and social enterprises which are making a meaningful difference […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Givestar raises $12 million for UK growth and US expansion
Givestar, the fundraising platform that links events, fundraisers, donors and charities, has raised $12 million (about £9m). The round was […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Fundraising consultancy and agency developments in September 2026
Fundraising agency and consultancy developments this month include the launch of trustee fundraising training company Fundraising Across the Board, a […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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goDonate: keep campaigns running past Christmas Day
Charities should keep their festive fundraising campaigns running right up to and including Christmas Day, according to new analysis from […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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JustGiving offers £14,000 to London Marathon 2027 fundraisers
JustGiving is once again helping to get London Marathon runners started on their fundraising with some bonus donations. From September […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Mayor of London launches £15.6 million fund to make public spaces safer for women and girls
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £15.6 million fund to work with women and girls on redesigning […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Record £370 million distributed to good causes through Dormant Assets Scheme
Reclaim Fund Ltd has distributed a record £370 million to good causes across the UK in 2025/26 through the Dormant […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Next round of Easyfundraising’s £1,000 Impact Fund grants opens
Easyfundraising is opening the second round of its Impact Fund, offering UK charities and good causes the opportunity to receive […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Applications to housebuilder’s new funding scheme close this month
Schools, charities and community groups across Kent and East Sussex are encouraged to apply for a share of £5,000 as […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Scotland’s finest fundraisers honoured at Scottish Fundraising Awards 2026
Scotland’s fundraising community last night celebrated the outstanding contributions of their colleagues at the Scottish Fundraising Awards 2026 in Glasgow. […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Reach Volunteering reverses closure after nine funders and donors unite to fund it to 2028
Reach Volunteering has reversed its decision to close, three weeks after announcing a managed wind-down. A group of nine funders […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Garfield Weston funds Cranfield Trust leadership
Cranfield Trust has been awarded a grant of £450,000 over three years from the Garfield Weston Foundation to expand its […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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New free portal unlocks Third Sector Trends data
Community Foundation North East has launched an interactive online data portal giving free public access to findings from Third Sector […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Recruitment services come to Great Fundraising. @revolutionise.bsky.social to acquire charity recruitment firm Bruce Tait Associates fundraising.co.uk/2026/09/21/r...
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Revolutionise International to acquire charity recruitment firm Bruce Tait Associates
Charity recruitment firm Bruce Tait Associates joins Revolutionise International on 1 April 2027 when founder Bruce Tait retires.
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Macmillan hits record £265.4 million income
Macmillan Cancer Support raised £265.4 million in fundraised income during 2025, its highest total on record and £26 million more […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Senior charity and fundraising appointments: September 2026
A round-up of senior appointments across UK charities and fundraising organisations, updated every fortnight or so.
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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SJOG rebrands as The Do Good Charity
Saint John of God Hospitaller Services (SJOG), a UK social care charity working since 1880 and tracing its roots to […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Richard E Grant fronts Oxfam’s Second Hand September
Oxfam has launched this year’s Second Hand September campaign with the actor Richard E Grant as its face, and has […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Charities rank second worst for payment experience, says Access research
Charities and nonprofits have been ranked second worst of 16 UK sectors for payment experience in new research from Access […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Lidl lets customers vote on £500k for local charities
Lidl is giving customers the power to decide how £500,000 of charitable funding is distributed across local communities, with the […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Sage Foundation Grow launches in UK with North East charities
Sage has brought its global Sage Foundation Grow mentoring programme to the UK for the first time, pairing its own […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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WWF UK’s Nature’s Invoice targets City leaders
WWF UK has taken a new campaign directly to business leaders in London’s financial district, using digital advertising in Canary […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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BBC Proms collection hits record £125,000
The bucket collection at the Last Night of the Proms 2026 has raised a provisional £125,534.53, a new record for […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Julia Rausing Trust gives £3 million to UK Youth Fund
The Julia Rausing Trust has committed £3 million to the UK Youth Fund, topping up an existing £10 million commitment […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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FTSE 100 corporate giving falls despite record profits
Charitable giving by Britain’s largest listed companies has nearly halved as a proportion of profits since 2009, according to the […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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CIOF launches monthly public giving tracker
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIOF) has partnered with CharityTracker to launch a new monthly tracker measuring how often people […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Mary’s Meals publishes free DAF guide
Mary’s Meals has published a free guide aimed at helping other charities understand and engage with Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), an […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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New Neighbourly Mark shows corporate giving
Neighbourly, the corporate community-giving platform, has launched a public-facing badge, the Neighbourly Mark, letting people see the funding, volunteering and […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Waqf Fund buys retail unit to generate £150,000 a year for humanitarian projects
The Waqf Fund, a subsidiary of Human Appeal, has completed the £1.9 million purchase of a freehold retail unit on […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Regulator tells AI advisers and suppliers to reflect its guidance too
The Fundraising Regulator has told organisations that advise, train or sell AI tools and services into the charity sector that […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Resale sites hit charity shop donations
Charity shops are losing their best donated stock to online resale platforms, according to new research from Rathbones, one of […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Blue Earth Summit opens £15,000 BE:IMPACT prize for small and mid-sized UK charities
Blue Earth Summit has opened applications for BE:IMPACT, a new £15,000 prize fund for small and mid-sized UK charities. Six […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Remember A Charity Week 2026 launches
Remember A Charity Week (7 to 13 September) launched today with new survey findings on how people think about legacy, […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Nuffield Foundation opens £500,000 fund to build evidence on youth employment skills
The Nuffield Foundation has opened applications for a new fund offering grants of up to £500,000 to organisations evaluating programmes […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Smee & Ford makes legacy alerts free for all
Smee & Ford, the national legacy notification service, is making registration free for every charity in the UK, in a […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Defender extends Red Cross partnership to 2029
Defender and the British Red Cross have extended their humanitarian partnership to 2029, taking one of the world’s longest-standing corporate […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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London Marathon Foundation commits £3 million to junior parkrun
The London Marathon Foundation is to commit up to £3 million over the next five years to junior parkrun, extending […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Remember A Charity Week returns with bigger resource pack for charities
Remember A Charity Week begins on Monday 7 September and runs until 13 September, bringing together charities, professional advisers and […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Guardian Jobs to close after three decades as a fixture of charity recruitment
Guardian Jobs, the recruitment platform that grew out of the Guardian’s print classified advertising and became one of the principal […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Churchill Fellowships open with democracy strand
Applications for 2027 Churchill Fellowships opened on 1 September, and include a new programme for people with ideas to strengthen […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Unity Trust Bank doubles grants to £100,000
Unity Trust Bank has doubled its annual impact grants programme, with £100,000 now available to community organisations. Applications opened on […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Daily Mile joins the London Marathon Foundation
The Daily Mile Foundation has become a subsidiary of the London Marathon Foundation, in a move the two charities say […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Keynote speakers announced for Scottish Fundraising Conference 2026
Resilience, inclusion and neurodiversity will be the themes of the plenary sessions at Scotland’s largest fundraising conference which takes place […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Complete Fundraising Handbook (8th edition)
The eighth edition of one of the sector’s longest running reference works is published on 7 September 2026, comprehensively revised […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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HMRC reports 240 crypto millionaires in new tax data
HM Revenue and Customs has published figures showing that 240 people reported more than £1 million in capital gains from […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Reach Volunteering to close after 45 years
After more than 45 years of connecting charities with skilled volunteers and trustees, Reach Volunteering has announced that it will […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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SPAR Community Cashback awards £96,000 to 23 groups
SPAR UK has awarded £96,000 to 23 charities and community groups across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Senior fundraising and charity appointments in August 2026
Four sets of senior appointments have been announced across the sector this month, at the UK’s largest community funder, at […]
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UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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New guide helps wealth advisers raise legacy giving
Remember A Charity has published a free good practice guide for wealth advisers, aimed at helping solicitors, private client lawyers […]
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