You're currently viewing:
UK philanthropy
Just published: How has UK philanthropy changed over the past decade?
Richer Lives: why rich people give is an in-depth study of what drives rich people to give to charity, based on new research by Theresa Lloyd and Beth Breeze with over 80 wealthy UK donors, …
French foundations make social investment fact-finding visit to the UK
A delegation of 17 French foundations professionals – all members of the French Foundations Centre (Centre Français des Fonds et Fondations – CFF) – spent three days in London this summer to review the social …
UK’s International Development Committee says DFID should work more closely with foundations
Foundations make a huge contribution to development going far beyond money, and it’s a contribution that the UK government’s Department of International Development (DFID) could help to enhance. So says a newly released report on …
Help needed to cross the bridge, says Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011 report
More support is needed in setting up family foundations so that they can become ‘fundamental and widespread’ in the UK. So says the Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011 report, published by the Pears Foundation and …
Should India be receiving aid as well as giving?
In many meetings recently I have gained a lot of traction when I have explained Dasra’s strategy of building local philanthropy in India. There is a real appetite for foundations and philanthropists to support, at …
UK theatre director resigns because of ‘wrong-headed’ government emphasis on philanthropy
There is increasing talk in UK government circles of encouraging philanthropy to step in where government is pulling back. But will it? Not in the view of Nicolas Kent, who announced on 4 July that …
Pincer movement’ against charities’ income threatening ‘big society’ role
According to new research, donations to the UK’s 500 biggest charities fell by £70 million last year, raising doubts about their ability to play the role that prime minister David Cameron has earmarked for them …
New web community to promote UK philanthropy
A new web community has been launched to stimulate philanthropy in the UK. Presided over by the government’s Ambassador for Philanthropy, Dame Stephanie Shirley (and called Ambassador(s) For Philanthropy), the site provides a forum for …
