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Helping you make a difference
  • FIND OUT WHEN your kind of charity event is happening:
    > Countmeincalendar
  • FIND VOLUNTEERING opportunities that suit you:
    > TimeBank
  • CUTE AND EFFECTIVE ways to improve the world:
    > We are what we do
  • GET SPONSORED the easiest way:
    > Justgiving

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Helping you make a difference in a group
  • MEET AND GIVE TO small charities, in a group:
    > The Funding Network
  • FIND LIKE-MINDED do-gooders in your area:
    > BBC Action Network
  • PERSUADE OTHERS to follow in your footsteps:
    > Pledgebank
  • FIND & JOIN A CAMPAIGN group near you:
    > Actions Speak Louder

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Research websites
  • LIST OF EVERY CHARITY and voluntary association (England, Wales):
    Charities Aid Foundation
  • ANNUAL REPORTS of all charities (England & Wales):
    > The Charity Commission Register
  • EVERY LAST DETAIL on every charity (England & Wales):
    > Guidestar
  • SCOTLAND: NEARLY every charity listed:
    > Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
  • NORTHERN IRELAND: the best website about charities:
    > NICVA
  • DETAILED ANALYSIS of specific charitable causes and charities:
    > New Philanthropy Capital
  • DISASTER AND EMERGENCIES - updates and info:
    > Reuters AlertNet
  • LOCAL CHARITIES -contacts to help:
    > Community Foundation Network

    Specialist umbrella bodies

  • INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    > British Overseas NGOs for Development
  • HOSPICES:
    > Help the Hospices
    > The Association of Children's Hospices
  • RIVERS:
    > Association of Rivers Trusts
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For charities and fundraisers
  • FUNDRAISERS: the most comprehensive online hub:
    > Fundraising UK
  • FUNDRAISERS: fun help for newbies:
    > Fundraising & Prospect Research
  • ONLINE CONTACTS BOOK linking journalists and charities:
    > askCHARITY

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Edgy American sites
  • GIVE TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS of all type around the world:
    > GlobalGiving
  • LOAN TO BUSINESSPEOPLE in the developing world. Microfinance for the masses:
    > Kiva
  • RANKING OF CHARITIES by financial risk:
    > Charity Navigator
  • GIVE TO SPECIFIC PEOPLE, from the deserving to the dubious:
    > Reality Charity
  • GIVE TO ONE PERSON, and trust him to give your cash away properly(!):
    > 100 Friends

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Interesting books
  • HOW CHARITIES WORK - digestible, uncontroversial overview of charities
    > How to give to charity by Jessica Williams
  • SELF-HELP FOR CONFUSED GIVERS - a philosophical yet fact-heavy take on how and why to give
    > The More You Give by Mike Dickson
  • WHY CHARITY SUPPORT MUST CHANGE - controversial thinking about the relationship between charities and the State:
    > Who Cares? by Nick Seddon

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