Woods Group seals buyout of Valldata charity specialist
Charity outsourcing specialist Valldata has been acquired by Woods Consolidated, the company behind fundraising services firm Woods Group, for an…
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Mind hunts agency to help charity with GDPR strategy
Mind, the mental health charity, is seeking an agency to develop a marketing strategy to prepare the organisation for the…
Just 2,617 consumers sign up to the FPS in first month
Fears that the Fundraising Preference Service would trigger a mass opt out of charity communications appear to have been way…
RSPCA blames ‘coding change’ for sharing donor data
The RSPCA has blamed a “coding change” to its supporters’ database for sharing the data of 15,028 opted-out supporters through…
Grade ‘an embarrassment’ and must resign, say critics
Fundraising Regulator chair Lord Michael Grade has been branded “an embarrassment” with a “complete lack of empathy” following the launch…
Charity regulator forced to clear up confusion over FPS
As the Fundraising Preference Service goes live today, the Fundraising Regulator has moved to clear up comments made by its…
Lida launches Blue Cross ‘life enhancing’ pet campaign
Animal care charity Blue Cross is launching a new campaign through Lida designed to raise support by showing the life-enhancing…
Charities berate Lord Grade over FPS media gaffes
Fundraising Regulator chairman Lord Grade has incensed many in the charity sector for a series of gaffe-strewn media interviews in…
Charity agency Bluefrog Ltd goes bust over £2m VAT bill
Charity agency Bluefrog Ltd has gone into liquidation owing over £2.4m – including a VAT bill of £2.1m – but has…
Oxfam launches DRTV ad to push ‘clean water’ solution
Oxfam is launching a DRTV campaign to promote how a simple “Oxfam bucket” – which costs just £3 – can…