“[T]he call to social action needs to speak to individuals’ motivations and account for the obstacles to giving; to fit with people’s lifestyles and interests.” That this is the big idea in the British Government’s new Green Paper on Giving that was launched in London on Wednesday, shows the influence of so-called behavioural economists like Richard Thaler […]
Britain’s Coalition Government gave another hint today about its Big Society big idea that it hopes will win over the voters, with the launch of an £80 million ($130 million) match fund to get philanthropists to start giving to the arts. Though the fund is a good idea, the government is still tinkering at the edges and more major […]
Now here’s an interesting idea as we go into giving season – an Oxford University philosopher has pledged to give £1 million to charity over his lifetime and wants you to do the same. Not really headline news in a world of billion-dollar mega-gifts you might think, but there are two interesting things about Dr Toby […]