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Philanthropy

  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    HTSI
    HTSI editor’s letter: How to give it in 2024

    This year’s charity special looks at fresh ideas to help familiar causes

    Balineum’s Sarah Watson in the tile-maker’s clay room at Phoenix Tile Studio in the West Midlands
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Graham Tomlin
    Giving is good for everyone . . . and not just at Christmas

    Charitable donations have declined in recent years

    People take part in an annual Santa dash in Liverpool to raise money for charity
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    ‘A WaterAid tap changed my life’

    In Malawi, women bear the brunt of water scarcity. WaterAid plans to remedy that

    Rachel, 12, Merifa, 15, Praise, 13, and Chisomo, 13, at a clean water tap at their school in Chinganji, Malawi, June 2024
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    FT Series
    How To Give It in 2024

    HTSI’s philanthropy special focuses on fresh ideas to help familiar causes

    Arsenal and England footballer Bukayo Saka
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    ‘She’s our guiding light’: Sheila Scott’s many ways of giving

    How a mother of five embarked on a mission to help the homeless

    The Stephenson family in north London
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    What if ticketing fees actually did some good? Humanitix has the answer

    Inside the companies transforming the transactional

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Shell PLC
    Shell and Greenpeace settle ‘Cousin Greg’ lawsuit over protesters boarding vessel

    Environmental group to give £300,000 to charity and stay away from four North Sea platforms for at least five years

    Greenpeace activists in an inflatable boat, carrying a flag that says “Stop drilling, start paying”, approaching a Shell platform
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    18 gifts that give back

    Stylish items that serve charitable causes

    The Swarm of Life by Shane Gross, winner in the Wetlands category at Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, London
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    Meet Gen G(ive) – the stars redefining modern philanthropy

    Eight faces leading the charge for change

    Gen Z philanthropists, from left: Sabrina Carpenter, Paige Bueckers, Charles Leclerc, Yara Shahidi, Avi Schiffmann, Bukayo Saka, Caleb McLaughlin and Storm Reid
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    How to deliver food in a crisis zone

    World aid agencies are struggling to deliver disaster relief. Here’s what can be done

    The Red Cross packs food parcels at the warehouse in Chop, Ukraine. The food is distributed according to needs across the region of Zakarpattia Oblast
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    FT SeriesHow To Give It in 2024
    Operation Gaza: ‘I’m trying to save lives in a war zone’

    Plastic surgeon Victoria Rose shares her experience 

    Victoria Rose in her outpatient clinic at St Thomas’ Hospital in London
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Holiday gift guide 2024
    Alvaro Barrington: ‘So much of living is about an experience’

    The London-based artist would rather give moments to cherish and memories to savour than physical gifts

    A man wearing a brown beanie and a black jumper stands in front of some orange coloured abstract art. He is smiling, and holding a brush and a small pot of orange paint
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
    Miami’s private galleries — the great succession question

    A generation of outstanding collectors has filled the city with lively art spaces. But will they outlive their founders?

    An illustration made up of a montage of images of Miami, together with two arms, handing over a piece of artwork
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    HTSI
    How a Maggie’s cancer support centre saved me

    The international charity now helps more than 300,000 people every year. Fiona Golfar is one of them

    The author speaks to Troy Chase, a clinical psychologist working at Maggie’s
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    FT Wealth
    The tech entrepreneurs translating their business success to philanthropy

    This new class of wealthy elite is shaking up the charitable world with their start-up mentality and technical expertise

    A smiling blonde woman dressed in black, seated in a green chair, with warm ambient lighting and blurred furniture in the background
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    FT Wealth
    The giving moment: what turns people into philanthropists?

    Many wealthy donors use their personal knowledge and experience to smooth the path for others

    A wrestling match taking place outdoors on a blue mat
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Aarti and Sohum Lohia are changing chess, one move at a time

    The philanthropist’s 15-year-old son is one of England’s brightest prodigies. It has spurred her latest crusade

    Aarti and Sohum Lohia at home in London
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    Thangam Debbonaire
    Attacking corporate arts sponsorship is pointless

    Protests damage our cultural life without helping the cause

    Just Stop Oil activists target the ‘Rokeby Venus’ by Diego Velázquez in November last year in London
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Executive MBA
    How a medic used an EMBA to scale up her impact

    Student story: An Executive MBA helped Joan LaRovere develop an AI tool to bring healthcare to ‘medical deserts’

    A professional woman dressed in a beige jacket and dark pants poses in an office environment with large windows showing a cityscape and river outside
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    UK arts
    Wealthy people leaving UK is hurting arts funding, sector warns

    Institutions and charities say some backers plan to relocate because of proposed tax changes

    People look at a display at the Frieze London contemporary art fair
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Seven ways to give this autumn

    Tiny sculptures, envelope-sized artworks and a six-course lunch club

    An envelope artwork for the National Brain Appeal’s A Letter In Mind exhibition and sale
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    OutlookMiranda Green
    Labour’s lofty education goals need outside innovators

    Experiments by academy schools — and without Treasury money — are key to solving problems for deprived families

    Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson holding her painting of sunflowers, alongside pupils Wyatt, aged 4 (left), and Aicha, aged 4, during a visit to the school-based nursery at Ark Start Oval, East Croydon
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Food security
    Malnutrition crisis threatens child health gains, warns Bill Gates

    Foundation says about 40mn children are at risk of stunted growth as climate change worsens food security

    A malnourished child looks on at the nutrition unit of the Gode General Hospital, in the city of Gode, Ethiopia
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    How do we know the money we give to charity will be well spent?

    Some opt for a data-led utilitarian approach; others say treat contributions like an investment portfolio

    An illustration of a hand adding a banknote to a charity ribbon of other banknotes
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Stephen Bubb
    Why we can’t afford to ignore charities

    The voluntary sector offers a cost-effective path to public service reform

    King’s School, Canterbury
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