A public request for financial support of a charitable cause.

Often this method is used for special charity campaigns.

The mass media are sometimes used as a vehicle to convey the appeal to the public.

Yearly giving, usually to charitable purposes - and commonly by a deed of covenant.

The English equivalent of a general assembly (See Assembly, General).

A meeting of an organisation which all embers are entitled to attend and which under the terms of its charter or constitution must be held once a year for deciding the organisation's main statutory business, such as the election of officers, adoption of the budget and accounts, taking note of reports etc.

An amount of, money paid to compensate for, or offset certain expenses.

The action of apportioning, granting or assigning of something to special purpose or person; A sum so apportioned.

The objects or purposes of an organization.

The aims provide the main guidelines for the organisation's activities.

For the purpose of realising the aims, they may be broken down into objectives. While the objectives themselves may be limited in time and may be terminated by the achievement of certain activities, the aims remain a permanent goal, and, if fully achieved, or if they can no longer be achieved, the organisation must either change its aims or should be wound up.

1. Originally: the relation in which one person acts for or represents another, hence: an establishment or organisation whose purpose is that of doing business for another;

2. A non-governmental organisation (eg voluntary agency);

3. An office of the government or acting for the government;

4. An intergovernmental office.

1. Connection of persons with an organisation.

2. Membership of one organisation in another organisation. Thus an "affiliated member" (see also Members)