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Wigan Social Entrepreneur To Train The Public In News Reporting Skills

A pop-up TV studio and newsroom club for kids, a news platform for older people, and training for older people to start their own podcasts are just a few of the projects funded by a UK...more

Social Enterprise Prepares Graduates for the World of Employment

"We just use macaroons to bake a better future for them." That's what Rosie Ginday, the chief executive of Miss Macaroon in Birmingham, England, has to say about her group's 10-week course for people...more

5 Trends Driving the Future of Philanthropy

Donna Orem, the President of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), shares five trends that will propel philanthropy's future courtesy of both FEP and Blackbaud reports. The...more

Vectren Made $2.2 Million in 2011

Vectren Corp. has announced that it awarded nearly $2.2 million in 2011 through the Vectren Foundation and corporate gifts as shown in its recently released annual Foundation report. Vectren Vice...more

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