Everyone knows giving feels good, but new evidence suggests it also leads to a healthier life. According to a new study in the Journal of Economic Psychology, giving to charity is correlated with boosting the giver's ‘physical and emotional well being’.

More than a third of people say they have low levels of trust in charities. But the Epic Foundation is a non-profit organisation that wants to improve charitable giving with the launch of Impact – an app that gives donors a clear insight into what charities are doing with their cash.

Gen Y is often labelled as narcissistic and entitled – yet in 2013, 87% of them gave to charity. Over 60% of Millennials have donated via their mobiles, and they want transparency and simplicity when doing so. Are charities paying enough attention to tomorrow’s philanthropists?

Babies born in China in 2015 (the Year of the Sheep) are thought to be unlucky. So unlucky that thousands of mums rushed to have a baby in the more favourable Year of the Horse. Superstitions still hold fast in rapidly modernising China. How can international brands avoid making cultural mistakes?