Third Sector: Charities can bypass VAT on mail by using private providers, says tax adviser
Peter Jenkins, a VAT adviser at the Charity Tax Group, has said that charities can avoid paying VAT on most of the cost of sending bulk mail by using 'downstream' mailing services
Civil Society: Awareness campaign advertises jobs for 'torturers' in Guardian and Independent
Freedom from Torture has launched a new awareness campaign by placing mock job ads in the Guardian and Independent
Guardian Society: The real motivation for giving to charity
Peter Maple, director of charity fundraising courses at London South Bank University, explains that the most important reason for giving is the relationship with the person who is asking
Spring Giving: Micro-donations – the modern charity collection box
Alison Hutchinson from Pennies and The Pennies Foundation explains how they have harnessed the new trends of using of cards for payments, using mobile phones and the internet for shopping and micro-donations
beautiful bytes: kings, truckers and gamification
A round up of the recent social media news including how Facebook is still the most popular social network and key gamification principles for charities
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