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Wednesday Jun 28, 2006
Company giving increases
Following on from Tom's post about Buffett's billions, the FT announced today that charitable donations from business donors increased by 15% to £1.07bn last year.
This is obviously great news and it seems like we may be on the verge of a step change in philanthropy in the UK. Having said that, the nature of partnerships with corporates is also changing rapidly.I think most of the changes are really positive - for the most part companies are willing to engage in open and honest dialogue with charities about how they can work together and create mutually beneficial partnerships.
However, as the nature of charitable giving shifts it's vital that charities have an equal voice, especially when it comes to working with companies. There's already a huge amount of energy and expertise out there in terms of making the right match between corporates and charities and as long as this continues I think we'll see more and more productive, mutually beneficial partnerships. Posted by Sam Thomas ( 3:24 PM ) Link to this post Comments[0]
