ECONOMICS: Consumer behaviour and choice in Europe
TECHNOLOGY: Google, craigslist launch online volunteering search
FUNDRAISING: 4,000 places to find money
INNOVATION: Lend for Peace
CIVIL SOCIETY: The Reith Lectures, “A New Citizenship”
SHAMELESS PLUG: Music Trust Fundraiser
Economics: Consumer behaviour and choice in Europe
“Consumers in Europe” is a massive 383-page study of consumer behaviour in EU markets. It covers major consumer markets, including health, culture, communications and education. For each market it covers access, choice, satisfaction, switching behaviour and quality. It’s huge and it’s free. Read more
Technology: Google, craigslist launch online volunteering search
Allforgood.org has been launched as part of President Obama’s “United we serve” initiative. The project is a “Google 20% project” built using the 20% of the time Google allows its engineers to work on things that interest them. It carries UK opportunities from volunteermatch, but groups can add their own listings. Read more
Fundraising: 4,000 places to find money
The NCVO and OTS have launched Funding Central this week. It offers a ‘guided search’ facility to connect civil society organisations over 4,000 grant, loan and contract opportunities. The grants appear to be mainly drawn from government and NDPBs rather than independent grant givers. Read More
Innovation: Lend for Peace
Lend for Peace allows people to make small loans to entrepreneurs in the Palestinian territories, promoting peace through economic stability. Like Kiva, they offer financial and social returns, but one of their aims is to make the issues faced by Israelis and Palestinians more accessible and tangible. Read More
Economics: The Reith Lectures, “A New Citizenship”
Harvard Professor Michael Sandel is giving the 2009 Reith Lectures on “A New Citizenship”. His thesis is that we have “drifted from having a market economy to being a market society” and that market norms change people’s behaviours over and above the price mechanism. Among other things, this explains why Britain has higher quality blood donations than the US. Read More
SHAMELESS PLUG*Music Trust Fundraiser
A small music trust based in Norfolk is looking for a fundraiser to help kick off a million pound campaign. Trust and foundation fundraising experience is important, as is passion for the arts and education. To learn more, email briefing@firetail.co.uk
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