Charity Council has opened the Nominations for Charity Governance Awards 2012

SINGAPOREANS say businesses aren't doing enough to support social causes, a newly released study found.

Singaporeans gave more to charity over the past decade despite the global financial meltdown and high-profile charity scandals here, a new study has found. The study of data from the Commissioner of Charities was done by Associate Professor Lam Swee Sum, Director of the Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy(ACSEP) and Gabriel Henry Jacob, ACSEP Research Associate.

A Joint Research Programme of the Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP), NUS Business School, and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), NUS Faculty of Law

NUS' study found that individual giving is much more resilient than corporate giving. Reports by ACSEP Director, Professor Lam Swee Sum and ACSEP Research Associate, Mr Gabriel Henry Jacob.

Applications for 2012 Chevening scholarshiops are open. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and administered by the British Council, the British Chevening Scholarships are prestigious scholarships that enable young people from abroad to pursue postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom . These scholarships are offered by the British Government in more than 150 countries. For more information, please refer to: https://www.facebook.com/officialchevening

What are the potential pitfalls or sensitivities to look out for when a company considers plans to start, or increase its philanthropic efforts. Prof Audrey Chia (ACSEP Co-Director) and Prof Dennis Cheek (ACSEP Visiting Professor) provide some tips.

Charity and Philanthropy have been defined in different ways through the ages and in diverse cultures. Prof Dennis Cheek (ACSEP Visiting Professor) explains the difference between the two.