Charitable giving

Four weeks to financial fitness: 28 steps to get your money into shape

From pensions to savings, and broadband to energy bills, check if you have made the right choices

Hilary Osborne, Miles Brignall and Rupert Jones

04, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM

Statement of intent: boy raises £640k with 500-night camp out

Max Woosey, 11, hoped to secure £100 for a Devon hospice but his charity pitch became a marathon

Steven Morris

10, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM

Bruce Grant obituary

Other lives: Engineer and flying fanatic whose later life was devoted to raising money for charity

Barbara Fox

30, Jul, 2021 @4:48 PM

UK charities fear Covid uncertainty will delay fundraising rebound

Volunteers’ hesitancy, inability to plan events ahead and lower demand for places likely to hit charities’ finances

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

16, Jun, 2021 @12:37 PM

‘Sponsor a child’ schemes attacked for perpetuating racist attitudes

Using individual children to ‘sell’ schemes to rich donors is similar to ‘poverty porn’ images of past, say experts, as calls grow to decolonise aid

Karen McVeigh

31, May, 2021 @6:30 AM

UK charity shops hope donation surge will help cover lockdown losses

Closed stores have cost charities more than £28m a month, but once Covid restrictions are eased bosses hope for a spring boost

Harriet Sherwood

31, Jan, 2021 @7:30 AM

Dormant asset scheme to be expanded beyond bank accounts

Insurance, pension and investment assets to be shifted to Reclaim Fund and could aid Covid relief efforts

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

09, Jan, 2021 @8:01 AM

LadBaby reach Christmas No 1 for third year in a row

YouTube stars and campaigners raise funds for food bank charity the Trussell Trust with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

25, Dec, 2020 @4:00 PM

Gathering winter fuel payments | Brief letters

Brief letters: Bats | Brain injuries | No-deal Brexit | Anger management | Winter fuel payments

Letters

13, Dec, 2020 @5:52 PM

Party with one councillor registers one of UK's biggest political donations

Elderly resident leaves surprise £204,888 legacy to Surrey’s Hersham village society

Peter Walker

03, Dec, 2020 @5:40 PM

Nile Rodgers' guitar and a £10,000 prog rock box set: auctions fight for UK music

Two auctions this week will sell off items from Liam Gallagher, Nick Cave and more, to benefit venues and roadies whose livelihoods have been destroyed by Covid-19

Dave Simpson

27, Nov, 2020 @7:00 AM

Mangold-wurzels and their German roots

Brief letters: Vaccine for shielders | Mangold-wurzels | Geordies | Children in Need | Country diary