Online fundraising platform JustGiving can now tell us which social media sites drive the most donations and which drive the highest average donations. According to the sites own data, donors reaching JustGiving from Twitter are the most generous in that they give the highest average amount of £30.26. People on Facebook however are more frequently [...]

Through this programme, eligible UK-based charities are able to request donated technology products from Partners such as Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco. The products include operating system software and server software, security software and hardware products such as switches, routers, wireless equipment and firewalls. CTT and TechSoup are actively working to further expand the programme to [...]

One million people have rounded up their pizza, toy and travel purchases to the pound for charity in the first year of the Pennies scheme. In an event in London this morning marking the first anniversary of the initiative, Alison Hutchinson, chief executive of the Pennies Foundation, revealed that just over £250,000 has been raised [...]

A non-profit on LinkedIn is a bit of an oxymoron. As the world’s most popular business networking site, it wasn’t long ago that LinkedIn was no place for a charity. But recently, LinkedIn has seen the value in causes. Users can now add causes they support to their profile. This charitable online identity is something [...]

If the potential of the mobile and other online fundraising options is to be reached, how can fundraisers make sure they have the necessary skills to help deliver? According to the Virtual Promise survey by nfpSynergy, published in 2009, 67% of 187 charities questioned said that inadequate staff skills were an obstacle in helping the [...]