Oxfam app is turning its shops into ‘social museums’
Oxfam is trialling an app that links goods to their past, in a bid to turn the charity chain into an “interactive social museum”.The Shelflife app enables customers to find out the stories behind the...
View ArticleCrisis augments charity art exhibition
Charities are often viewed to be behind the curve when it comes to the use of innovative technologies – understandable when their marketing teams work on limited budgets. But homelessness charity...
View ArticleBanks encourage charity donations through cash machines
Banks and ATM operators are attempting to further remove friction in the process of charitable giving, by enabling people to donate money through ATMs.A UK government whitepaper in 2010 sought to...
View ArticleCharity Twitter campaign uses unused characters to drive awareness
Charities are one sector that really appear to be benefitting from the social media boom – after all it offers them a cheap-to-free way to get their messages out to the masses.In the US the Wounded...
View ArticleCancer Research UK seeks wisdom of crowds to analyse data online
Cancer Research UK has set up a website called ClicktoCure which invites anyone to get involved in helping it analyse the cells in slides. The aim of the project is to utilise the power of the crowds...
View ArticleApple’s app sends donations straight to the Salvation Army
The creative minds behind the Donation Box app have found a convenient way for today’s online spender to donate money to the Salvation Army, in a digitally relevant world.As the promo video shows the...
View ArticlePledgeit platform turns charity fundraising on its head
The Pledgeit platform aims to reverse the way in which most people raise money for charity, making the experience more fun for those pledging money.Currently most charity fundraising is driven from a...
View Article‘Smart pumps’ are being developed to tackle water sustainability in Kenya
The mw4d project, a joint venture between the School of Geography and the Environment and the Institute of Bio-Medical Engineering, is currently developing three solutions driven by smart or mobile...
View ArticleGamification forms basis of $1bn digital charity fundraising project
Created by Australian digital agency Vivant, Jaro is a digital gaming platform which centres on the famous question of ‘If you won $1bn, how much would you give to charity?’To encourage people to give...
View ArticleSmirnoff charity track created by brainwaves
Demonstrating the achievements of technological innovations in music, a dance track has been created solely by reading the thoughts and emotions of three disabled men, aptly termed Mindtunes.Backed by...
View ArticleDisaster in The Philippines and the social rescue effort
In Manila, The Philippines, flooding is once again wreaking havoc, causing loss of life, destroying homes and devastating the city's crucial infrastructure.Torrential rain, continuing deforestation and...
View ArticleUK Charity decides which households see its TV ad
A UK charity is the first to target its TV ads in specific houses based on demographics, thanks to Sky’s AdSmart platform.Freedom From Torture’s TV spot, I Am Marie shown above, will only play in the...
View ArticleFlaunt your Mo’ on digital posters underground
Since 2003 the month of November has meant one thing for many people; maintaining a moustache in aid of raising awareness for men’s health.Along with encouraging people to sport facial hair, the...
View ArticleMicro-donation platform makes giving part of your daily life
There are numerous ways of digitally donating money to charity, and with today’s fast-paced consumers the most successful methods will be where the entry barrier is so low it’s almost...
View ArticleMicro-donation service encourages US consumers to give as they spend
There seems to be a broad theme emerging in the internet’s untapped potential to smuggle good habits into our daily routines. Just as recent Stanford University experiment Twitch demonstrated how you...
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