Useful links

• 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

• 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

• 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

• FUNDRAISERS: the most comprehensive online hub:
  > Fundraising UK
• FUNDRAISERS: fun help for newbies:
  > Fundraising & Prospect Research
• ONLINE CONTACTS BOOK linking journalists and charities:
  > askCHARITY
  

• 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
  

• 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