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Kate Hodge

Best of the web: Wednesday 14 December

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Best of the web: Wednesday 14 December. Photograph: ImageState / Alamy

Huffington Post: Big Society Could Be 'Defeated By Inertia' Warns Public Administration Select Committee

According to a report released by PASC today, big society could be "defeated by inertia"

Third Sector: Value of Big Lottery Fund applications almost trebled in past year

The BLF's Veronika Karailieva revealed that the value of grant applications to the organisaiton had nearly trebled over the past year

Civil Society: Gates Foundation takes leap into social investment in African healthcare

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated a reported $7m to The African Health Fund that invests in health service provision in poor African communities

Chronicle of Philanthropy: Why Wealthy Women Give - to Influence the Young

A recent study released by Bank of America Merrill Lynch has found that rich women are more likely to donate to charity in honour of someone or to set a good example than wealthy men

i-volunteer: Caring but Daring

Volunteer managers could benefit from carefully adapting certain techniques from the corporate world

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