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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and all-too-brief lifespan

13 Feb 2017

New work focusing on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge reveals very brief shelf life of such viral campaigns, and suggests the nature of ‘virality’ and...

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Coins (cropped)

Willingness to give to charity depends on how inferior or superior you feel

22 Mar 2016

An individual’s likelihood to donate to charity – and the amount they donate – depends on whether they feel superior or inferior to others, which has...

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Volunteer

Opinion: Why new anti-lobbying rules leave small charities out in the cold

16 Feb 2016

Shana Cohen (Woolf Institute) discusses the anti-advocacy clause in government contracts that means charities will no longer be able to use public...

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Tony Smith, volunteer naturalist, talks to students from Brislington Enterprise College

‘Moral identity’ key to charitable time giving

05 Jun 2015

Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving.

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Phil Packer

Veteran walks in Cambridge for charity

30 May 2012

Major Phil Packer MBE will today walk eight miles in Cambridge as part of his BRIT 2012 Challenge. This challenge, which is fundraising for the...

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