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BT storms into the online fundraising market with a no-fee website; Locality wants to help community groups become enterprises, and NCVO members will be asked to donate to the Charity Employees Benevolent Fund when they renew. 

BT enters online fundraising market with fee-free offer to rival JustGiving and Virgin Money
  

BT is hoping to expand the online giving market via the launch of its web fundraising offering myDonate, a launch which sees it compete with established players JustGiving and Virgin Money Giving in the online sponsorship and fundraising arena.

Locality launches five key pledges to help the community sector
  

Locality has committed to mobilising a million people over the next three years, and supporting community groups in building enterprising business models, as part of five key pledges it announced at its launch at the House of Lords yesterday.

Sue Ryder wins five-year county-wide care contract
  

Sue Ryder has picked up a five-year contract to provide all specialist palliative care services in west Berkshire in the first instance of an NHS-run hospice being transferred to a voluntary sector provider.

Alzheimer's charity spent nothing on charitable activities, finds Commission report
  

Alzheimer's UK Research Eduation and Care Ltd "had become nothing more than a fundraising vehicle", the Charity Commission stated in its report into the governance and use of funds at the five-year-old charity.

New charity promotes mass movement for happiness
  

Over 4,000 people, and partners in 60 countries have pledged support for a new charity being launched in a bid to create a happier world.

Addaction seeks payment-by-results to roll out family programme
  

Drug and alcohol treatment charity Addaction is looking to local authorities to fund its Breaking the Cycle family programme on a payment-by-results basis.

Exploring the opportunities of corporate partnerships
  

True Volunteer Foundation sees massive opportunity in the corporate sector. Michael Pandathaman, founder of the charity which is funded nearly entirely through corporate donors and operates using only volunteers and pro bono help, discusses the charity's approach to corporate partners.

Is face-to-face as controversial as we think?
  

Face-to-face is in your face. But is it the controversial issue that many believe it is, and does the sector stand up for it enough? Celina Ribeiro looks at exclusive research about public perception and how the sector responds.

"It saddens yet doesn't surprise me. I began my fundraising career in the Arts. As a consultant and trainer I encourage colleagues to recognise their untapped fundraising potential - the enthusiastic and often well-off individuals attending theatres and galleries daily. However, there is a need invest in obtaining skills and advice to succeed. For the most part I fail to convince."

"They should be spending £15m on the existing community organisations which are doing sterling work in the sector and are just about to go/or have gone under because of lack of core funding."