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Refugee charities receive £83,000 from Celebrity Traitors winners
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Monday movers – 2 November 2026
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Wildlife Trusts hit £30m fundraising target for ‘once in a generation’ rewilding project
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Charities among most generous employers for workplace perks, say researchers
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Membership income up but commercial revenue down at NCVO
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Charity leader welcomes ‘important step’ in improving public and voluntary sector links
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Romesh Ranganathan has donated his half of the prize pot to the Refugee Council, while Sebastian “Bash” Croft has handed his share to Choose Love, which supports displaced LGBTQIA+ people.
Posted: 2/11/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments and job moves happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 2/11/26
The public donated £17m of the total needed to buy a 9,500-acre estate in Northumberland for the nature recovery initiative.
Posted: 30/10/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 30/10/26
Posted: 30/10/26
Hybrid, flexible and remote working options are the most prevalent perks offered.
Posted: 30/10/26
Charity leaders are concerned that Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s first budget failed to outline specific support for the charity sector.
Posted: 29/10/26
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s first Budget specifically mentioned the work of the Book Trust and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in helping children to be 'school ready'.
Posted: 29/10/26
Dominik Byrne is chief executive of childhood cancer care charity Azaylia foundation, which was created by the parents of Azaylia Diamond Cain, who died at just eight months old from acute myeloid leukaemia.
Posted: 29/10/26
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Government urged to ‘act before it is too late’ to save charity sector’s ailing infrastructure
Posted: 28/10/26
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Charity Commission is ‘a shining example of how a public body should not conduct itself’, say MPs
MPs are calling for a culture shift at the regulator following its “staggering decision” to take legal action against another public body.
Posted: 28/10/26
Mary-Jane Roberts, CEO of Doctors in Distress, explores the urgent challenges AI presents for small charity leaders, arguing that CEOs must develop the skills to make informed, ethical decisions about its use and potential benefits.
Posted: 27/10/2026
Mary-Jane Roberts, CEO of Doctors in Distress, reflects on the Charity Commission Chair’s annual speech, exploring the loss of vital organisations, the sector’s role in employment and the importance of recognising the collective impact of charities on society.
Posted: 20/10/2026
Posted: 27/10/26
Posted: 27/10/26
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into the running of the charity, which provides services including community transport, social prescribing and wheelchair hire.
Posted: 27/10/26
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Cyber-attack preparation ‘limited or non-existent’ in over two in five charities, survey finds
Charity boards are “far behind companies” in their preparedness for dealing with a potential cyber-attack, a survey of governance professionals has found.
Posted: 26/10/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 26/10/26
The disability charity has published a public apology after it cancelled the London Marathon performance by the choir.
Posted: 23/10/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 23/10/26
The grantmaker insists it will be “maintaining human judgement” in any future use of the technology, as it acknowledges bias and loss of trust concerns.
Posted: 23/10/26
The Kent based charity said that despite having “made progress in reducing its deficit it is still forecasting a loss this year” amid rising costs.
Posted: 22/10/26
The contract means the charity will be able to continue its work to gather evidence to support children's and family services.
Posted: 22/10/26
The Charity Commission’s probe into the financial management of the grantmaking charity was launched after concerns were raised by the National Crime Agency.
Posted: 21/10/26
The London charity, which supports more than 10,000 people, has announced the link up with a 324-home housing association in the capital.
Posted: 21/10/26
The police have confirmed an investigation is ongoing after issues around the charity’s accounts and governance were raised in an independent examiner’s report.
Posted: 21/10/26
Social impact think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has launched a free online guide to help charities evaluate the impact of their systems change work.
Posted: 20/10/26
Victoria and Albert Museum staff have escalated their industrial action over pay and working conditions with strikes set to take place at all its sites for the first time later this month.
Posted: 20/10/26
"For charities, the question is no longer simply whether we can tell an engaging story about our impact. It is whether our claims withstand independent scrutiny and whether we achieve the outcomes we set out to deliver," says Angela Biden, head of data and impact at social mobility charity upReach.
Posted: 20/10/26
The merger between the domestic abuse charity and Let Me Know, which delivers relationship education for young people, begins this week.
Posted: 20/10/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 19/10/26
Posted: 19/10/26
The warning has been made by the National Secular Society in its response to Government plans to hand the Charity Commission greater powers to tackle extremism.
Posted: 19/10/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 16/10/26
Charity Commission chair Julia Unwin has condemned “in the strongest terms the thuggery and intimidation” Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers have faced from far-right protestors.
Posted: 16/10/26
Charity Commission chair Julia Unwin is calling on grant makers and foundations to ‘take note and act’ to ensure more infrastructure bodies do not close, with Directory of Social Change the latest to announce it is to be wound up.
Posted: 16/10/26
“Despite the very best efforts of our staff and trustees, and appeals to key funders, we have been unable to find a way to continue,” said the charity support organisation’s leaders in a statement.
Posted: 15/10/26
The Shine Night Walk event in Bristol takes place this Friday after being rescheduled due to a far right protest taking place on the original date.
Posted: 14/10/26
The charity says its current pay award “represents the absolute maximum level that can be supported responsibly this year”.
Posted: 14/10/26
The National Trust has paused its advertising on TikTok after concerns were raised over the environmental and heritage charity's use of AI generated marketing on the platform.
Posted: 13/10/26
The City & Guilds Foundation has scrapped its planned appointment of a permanent chief executive just days before successful candidate WorldSkills UK boss Ben Blackledge was due to take up the role.
Posted: 13/10/26
Posted: 13/10/26
The debate about digital and in person support is often framed as a choice between reach and relationship. The more useful question is how each can contribute what it does best.
Posted: 13/10/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 12/10/26
Posted: 12/10/26
“A combination of reduced funding, rising operational costs, increased responsibilities for building maintenance and lower ticket sales have left the charity unable to continue its work sustainably,” it said.
Posted: 12/10/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 9/10/26
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Council terminates charity’s £8.57m children's care home contract early amid staffing concerns
The charity “strongly disputes” the local authority’s claims.
Posted: 09/10/26
“Running a small charity right now is a daily act of hope. Despite disappointments like the one in this video, we keep going. Because without hope, we are nothing,” said the director of the charity that runs counselling sessions for parents.
Posted: 8/10/26
A charity is one of two organisations to be charged following the incident at a lake on the edge of Dartmoor, where two people died and a woman was left seriously injured.
Posted: 8/10/26
Communication, skills and training have emerged as the lowest ranked areas of volunteer support in a survey of more than 46,000 people who give up their time to help charities.
Posted: 7/10/26
Posted: 6/10/26
The Liberty Tea Rooms and Community Hub is currently being used by a TV crew as a location for a forthcoming episode of BBC detective show Ludwig.
Posted: 6/10/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 5/10/26
"If people are exhausted, morale is falling and organisational confidence is being eroded, the consequences will eventually affect impact," warns Sharon Bell, the charity CEO who instigated the survey.
Posted: 5/10/26
The ban was put in place two years ago following a Charity Commission probe into the financial management of Fashion for Relief, the charity she founded
Posted: 2/10/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 2/10/26
Fears have been raised that the scams, which involve AI generated military veterans selling items, threaten to undermine public trust in genuine fundraising and support carried out by charities.
Posted: 2/10/26
Think Ahead, which trains mental health specialist social workers, had been reliant on the Department for Health and Social Care funding.
Posted: 1/10/26
Posted: 01/10/26
Governance concerns are cited in almost two in five disclosures, according to latest Charity Commission figures.
Posted: 01/10/26
The charity is subject to a Charity Commission compliance case amid allegations its partners in Gaza have links with terrorist groups.
Posted: 30/9/26
A survey of more than 2,000 adults has revealed that more than half are set to donate money to charities over the next year.
Posted: 29/9/26
A group of 50 charities is warning that currently their engagement with ministers is “fleeting” and “episodic rather than strategic”.
Posted: 29/9/26
Posted: 29/9/26
The recently appointed chair of the Barratt Redrow Foundation discusses his new role.
Posted: 29/9/26
Describing good causes as charity “no longer adequately reflects either the organisations and communities we support or the role the Fund plays", said the National Lottery Community Fund.
Posted: 28/9/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 28/9/26
Charities also are urged to avoid “painting a terrible picture that it feels overwhelming or impossible to address”.
Posted: 28/9/26
“This closure is not a failure” and is instead “a thoughtful and dignified ending to a service that has always prioritised quality, safety and holistic care", said the charity.
Posted: 28/9/26
Charities need to think differently about what leadership development looks like and who it is for, says Cranfield Trust chief executive Dan Francis.
Posted: 25/9/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 25/9/26
Posted: 25/9/26
The worker had “breached clear professional boundaries in establishing and continuing the relationship”, found a Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) panel.
Posted: 25/9/26
The independent rescue charity in Sussex has reported the incident to the UK Coastguard.
Posted: 24/9/26
The "pioneering" donation has been processed within the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme.
Posted: 23/9/26
A survey of 100 charity leaders found that current funding levels are not enough to tackle increases in their spending.
Posted: 23/9/26
“The past few weeks have been intensely challenging and emotional for everyone associated with the charity, and we are deeply grateful for the overwhelming kindness and support we have received,” said its CEO Janet Thorne.
Posted: 22/9/26
Small charities in higher income countries, such as the UK, are among the least confident about their financial and operational success over the next three years, researchers have found.
Posted: 22/9/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 21/9/26
Young wealthy donors are looking for greater evidence of impact and a stronger focus on long-strategy.
Posted: 21/9/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines
Posted: 18/9/26
Posted: 18/9/26
Research has revealed a significant boost in one off donations via mobile in the 72 hours before Christmas Day.
Posted: 18/9/26
But three in four have not accessed any workplace wellbeing or mental health support in the last year and one in ten do not even know if it is available to them.
Posted: 17/9/26
The charity said that it “has proved impossible in the current financial climate” to continue providing its services to the cultural sector.
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Charity Commission should ‘learn the lessons’ from its ‘wholly unacceptable’ legal row, say MPs
Posted: 16/9/26
The Charity Commission has urged charities to ensure they are aware of new accounting requirements.
Posted: 16/9/26
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that gambling minister Vicky Foxcroft will also be responsible for civil society issues, two months after she joined the department.
Posted: 16/9/26
The findings have been published as businesses expect to increase their work with charities over the coming years amid heightened scrutiny of their ESG commitments.
Posted: 15/9/25
Dolly Parton’s charity The Dollywood foundation has announced the launch of an annual day of fundraising in tribute to the late star and philanthropist.
Posted: 15/9/25
Experts praise recent crisis communications by the RNLI against far-right threats, but warn its example shows “why preparation is no longer a nice-to have for charities”.
Posted: 15/9/26
A letter signed by almost 50 parliamentarians has been written by Sarah Hall, Labour MP for Warrington South, where the charity is headquartered, to health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper.
Posted: 15/9/25
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Almost two thirds of the public asked to donate over last month, new fundraising tracker shows
Over the last month just under two thirds of the public were asked to donate to charity by fundraisers, according to a new monthly tracker of fundraising activity.
Posted: 14/9/6
The warning has emerged in research showing how charity governance is struggling to keep pace with the sector's accelerating use of AI.
Posted: 14/9/6
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 14/9/6
The fall has been recorded among FTSE 100 firms over the last 17 years, despite this period seeing them achieve record profits.
Posted: 14/9/6
The findings have emerged in a Charity Times survey into recruitment, succession planning and future leadership pipelines in the sector.
Posted: 11/9/26
The chief executive of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Peter Sparkes has condemned the abuse and threats the charity’s staff have been receiving from “those who would hide behind a balaclava or a keyboard”.
Posted: 10/9/26
Anniversaries for long established charities are not only about celebrating the past, they offer a chance to take stock and look ahead, writes Dog Aid Scotland's chief executive Jamie Simpson.
Posted: 11/9/26
Action is needed to ensure volunteering better meets "the needs of modern communities", a summit involving 50 charity chief executives has heard.
Posted: 10/9/26
The chief executive of a global modern slavery charity with experience of senior roles in the banking sector has been appointed to be the next chief executive of The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Posted: 10/9/26
“The loss of this service will be felt deeply across the suicide prevention sector,” said one charity.
Posted: 9/9/26
Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide has announced it is closing with a loss of more than 120 jobs, citing increasing costs and a fall in funding.
Posted: 8/9/26
PBE chief executive Matt Whittaker is leaving the charity sector focused think tank to take up a newly created role at the Nuffield Foundation.
Posted: 9/9/26
As political loyalties fragment, charities need to look beyond conventional lobbying and demonstrate the public expectations politicians cannot afford to ignore, argues Start Strong director Sally Hogg.
Posted: 9/9/26
The survey findings have been published to promote this year’s Remember A Charity Week, which includes a focus on “the unique and quirky” memories of loved ones.
Posted: 8/9/26
Posted: 8/9/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 7/9/26
“We are critical of the trustees for their failure to effectively oversee the charity’s finances, notably the decision, late in the day, to secure a loan which the charity was unable to repay." said the Charity Commission.
Posted: 7/9/26
The Children’s Society recently revealed it had moved away from the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended minimum salary for workers due to “pressures on our income and affordability”
Posted: 7/9/26
The comedian is to host a fundraising comedy gala for The Felix Foundation at The O2 in London next year, involving Michael McIntyre, Jimmy Carr and Greg Davies among others.
Posted: 5/9/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 4/9/26
Funding has been made available as part of the government’s Civil Society Covenant agenda to improve partnership working between charities and decision makers.
Posted: 4/9/26
Hedley Swain, the chief executive of Brighton & Hove Museum’s Trust is to step down next month.
Posted: 3/9/26
The money is being handed out through the Communities for Children programme, which is backed by BBC Children in Need, City Bridge Foundation, the National Lottery Community Fund and the Pears Foundation.
Posted: 4/9/26
He diverted the money into his own bank account to spend on jewellery, travel and addressing his personal debt.
Posted: 3/9/26
The pledge has been made by courts minister Sarah Sackman during a House of Commons debate on the use by companies and wealthy individuals of “threatening” Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
Posted: 3/9/26
The Victoria and Albert Museum is to close three of its sites this week amid a two day walkout by workers in their dispute with management over pay and conditions.
Posted: 2/9/26
Rebecca Paul MP has been appointed by the Conservative Party as shadow culture secretary.
Posted: 2/9/26
Reach Volunteering is to close after placing volunteers and trustees with charities for almost 50 years.
Posted: 2/9/26
During the arson attack in Golders Green earlier this year four ambulances being used by the charity Hatzola were set ablaze and destroyed.
Posted: 1/9/26
Researchers have pinpointed the hardest city in the UK for a charity shop to operate based on low footfall and lack of volunteers.
Posted: 1/9/26
Researchers have pinpointed the hardest city in the UK for a charity shop to operate based on low footfall and lack of volunteers.
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Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 31/8/26
One in ten charity leaders warn the drop in quality of the donations they receive “has been significant” as people increasingly sell their higher quality items on Vinted, eBay and other selling platforms.
Posted: 28/8/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 28/8/26
A vulnerable older person with dementia was wrongly signed up for regular charity lottery payments by a fundraiser, a regulatory investigation has found.
Posted: 28/8/26
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has announced the milestone as it looks to become climate positive by 2030.
Posted: 27/8/26
Financial advisors are urged to “take a values-led approach" rather than a transactional one when talking to wealthy clients about legacy gifting, according to guidance published by charity consortium Remember A Charity.
Posted: 27/8/26
“The health benefits of volunteering are often forgotten or ignored by health decision-makers and planners,” a support service working with services in London is warning.
Posted: 27/8/26
The National Trust is to close its visitor centre cafes at two beauty spots on the Yorkshire coast.
Posted: 26/8/26
A music education charity set up in memory of a teenage victim of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack has issued a warning on social media that unauthorised accounts are fundraising and seeking donations purportedly on behalf of the charity.
Posted: 26/8/26
Posted: 26/8/26
The Duke of Sussex is concluding his decade long involvement with African Parks, which has been hit by a human rights abuse scandal at its park in the Republic of Congo in recent years.
Posted: 25/8/26
The charity has confirmed that 75 workers will lose their jobs after it lost care support work with Kent County Council, where the ruling Reform UK group is currently overseeing an efficiency drive.
Posted: 25/8/26
Age Concern Twyford and District Charity has announced it is to close after 38 years of supporting older people, due to “ongoing financial pressures”.
Posted: 24/8/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 24/8/26
The charity says it has explored “every available avenue to secure a sustainable future” for its centre in Devon.
Posted: 24/8/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 21/8/26
“It is painful to see a charity doing vital work put in this position," said Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis.
Posted: 20/8/26
The Africa Centre says it is considering the move amid declining income and ‘the significant cost of maintaining a large cultural building’.
Posted: 20/8/26
“This increase may be partly due to difficult decisions that charities are having to take in response to financial pressures, as well as wider societal tensions resulting in challenging circumstances facing charities,” warns the Charity Commission.
Posted: 20/8/26
Stoke Air Ambulance was found in breach of the Fundraising Regulator’s code earlier this year and is subject to an ongoing Charity Commission investigation.
Posted: 19/8/26
Fewer than half of registration applications are being approved compared to almost three in four a decade ago, amid an increase in the use of technology by criminals looking to set up fraudulent charities and apply for grants.
Posted: 18/8/26
Staff at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have begun a period of “continuous and indefinite strike action” amid concerns over low pay, according to their union Unite.
Posted: 19/8/26
Charities are facing an existential threat by being cut out of the giving process through the rise of ‘citizen fundraisers’ and increasing use of fundraising by companies, a report is warning.
Posted: 18/8/26
The Fundraising Regulator has found that fundraisers for two linked community interest companies placed “undue pressure” on members of the public to donate.
Posted: 18/8/26
Remaining funds from the John MacDougall Mesothelioma Trust have been transferred to another charity that also supports people with lung conditions, says the late Labour MP’s daughter Julie MacDougall.
Posted: 18/8/26
The findings have emerged in a survey which also found that charities are having to restrict services to tackle escalating demand amid a drop in income.
Posted: 17/8/26
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Monday movers –17 August 2026
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 17/8/26
Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
Posted: 14/8/26
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has launched an emergency appeal for funding to aid the recovery of its 25-hectare area of its heathland in Suffolk that was “badly affected” by wildfire.
Posted: 14/8/26
Businesses are also overlooking “smaller, less visible charities” in their charitable work, according to almost all good causes surveyed for the research.
Posted: 14/8/26
Lorna Fallon, who has been Oxfam’s interim chief supporter officer since earlier this year and director of its retail and trading division since 2021, will take up her new role at the CRA in November.
Posted: 13/8/26
Action is being called for in a government funded report to ensure local government reorganisation and devolution does not harm partnerships between councils and their area’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Posted: 13/8/26
Their research into civil society financing found that there needs to be a distinction “between organisations that can take on” social investment and “those that can’t.
Posted: 12/8/26
Some of the money taken was spent on a holiday, paying off her own credit card and improvements at her home.
Posted: 12/8/26
A wider focus is needed as local authorities and NHS organisations “are among the largest commissioners working with” civil society, says the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA).
Posted: 11/8/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 10/8/26
The charity involved has said it is “cooperating fully” with the Charity Commission’s investigation.
Posted: 10/8/26
The Charity Commission has issued guidance to charities affected by a cyber security incident involving online donations and supporter management firm Beacon CRM.
Posted: 7/8/26
Posted: 7/8/26
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‘Still a long way to go before volunteering becomes the norm’ despite improvement, RVS warns
Government figures show volunteering rates are up, amid increasing interest in initiatives such as the Big Help Out and the Royal Voluntary Service’s GoVo platform, but participation is still behind pre-pandemic levels.
Posted: 7/8/26
Posted: 06/08/2026
Heavy workload, meeting targets and a lack of staffing are the main reasons cited for their high stress levels at work.
Posted: 6/8/26
Posted: 5/8/26
The public is switching their allegiance towards good causes involved in health and children’s support and moving away from those tackling poverty and climate change as their belief in civil society’s importance grows, a report has found.
Posted: 5/8/26
Social enterprise Works4U has issued the warning in a report that analyses councils' voluntary sector spending and the preventative, early help charities and community groups carry out.
Posted: 4/8/26
The aim of this year’s quirky theme is to “reach and engage with new audiences” and “normalise legacy conversation”, according to organisers.
Posted: 3/8/26
According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) the former funeral director “stole money he had received from families who requested that the funds be sent to their chosen charities”.
Posted: 3/8/26
The charity came to prominence in the 1990s when the late Princess walked through a minefield during a visit to its base in Angola.
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Posted: 31/07/2026
The voluntary and charity sector has been named the UK's leading sector for disability inclusion, with almost 3,000 organisations signed up to the government's Disability Confident scheme.
Posted: 31/07/2026
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has pledged to reduce the burden of its grant application processes after new research found applicants want a more streamlined experience and better feedback when unsuccessful.
Posted: 30/07/2026
Charities across the UK have warned they are struggling to pay staff and suppliers after an ongoing outage at CAF Bank left customers unable to access online banking services.
Posted: 29/07/2026
The British Red Cross is implementing a new digital transformation programme, designed to remove the administrative burden on its workforce and improve the experience of more than 14,000 staff and volunteers.
Posted: 29/07/2026
Seven charities supporting babies and families have been awarded grants totalling more than £1.5m from the 1001 Critical Days Foundation.
Posted: 28/07/2026
Almost 100 leaders of UK charities and NGOs have jointly called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to protect the UK's remaining aid budget and reverse cuts to international climate finance.
Posted: 28/07/2026
The UK's aid budget is set to fall by 42% between 2023 and 2027-28, with many longstanding partner countries facing cuts of 80-90% to their bilateral funding, according to a new report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI).
Posted: 27/07/2026
Researchers have looked at how the UK’s best-known charities are performing online amid an artificial intelligence led transformation in searching habits.
Posted: 24/7/26
Posted: 23/7/26
Charities’ ability to deliver or pilot new products or services is described as ‘weak’ by half of the more than 70 innovation leaders in the sector who researchers spoke to.
Posted: 23/7/26
The Charity Commission has confirmed that its forthcoming equality law guidance for charities will not alter last year’s Supreme Court judgement that “sex for the purpose of the Equality Act means biological sex”.
Posted: 22/7/26
The new Prime Minister’s track record in supporting good causes while as Greater Manchester Mayor has been praised by among others NCVO chief executive Kate Lee.
Posted: 21/7/26
The government has announced that £340m in additional funding will be provided to meet the commitment made by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Posted: 20/7/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 20/7/26
“Rising costs for animal food, bedding, veterinary care and utilities, alongside increases in National Insurance and wage costs, have created significant challenges,” said the charity.
Posted: 20/7/26
The Fundraising Regulator asked the public about the good causes they regularly support and those they would not consider backing.
Posted: 17/7/26
Posted: 16/7/26
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Charity Commission CEO should resign following parliamentary contempt ruling, says whistleblower
A sexual exploitation complainant, whose case was at the centre of a legal row between the regulator and the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman (PHSO), has called on David Holdsworth to resign after the publication of a critical House of Commons report.
Posted: 15/7/26
Posted: 15/07/2026
The charity regulator says it accepts the findings of a critical House of Commons Committee of Privileges report “unreservedly” and its board and chief executive David Holdsworth “will be making immediate apologies to the House”.
Posted: 14/7/26
Governance experts are calling for "clearer legal and regulatory guidance as an important first step".
Posted: 14/7/26
Refugee Action’s chief executive Tim Naor Hilton says "attacks on our cause leading to increased caution from some donors" and a drop in refugee resettlement contracting work have contributed to the job cuts.
Posted: 13/7/26
A charity governance expert is urging the Charity Commission to publish sector specific guidance around revised equality rules and gender.
Posted: 13/7/26
The ‘hibernating’ accounts of several of the UK's most well known charities that no longer post on X continue to be referenced by MPs on Elon Musk’s controversial social media platform, research finds.
Posted: 10/7/26
The latest Charity Digital Skills Report found financial constraint is the biggest barrier among around two thirds of charities to improving their use of artificial intelligence and other technology.
Posted: 9/7/25
Posted: 9/7/25
Charity chiefs’ salaries are being described as “appalling” and “ridiculous” by the public, Charity Commission published research involving focus groups has found.
Posted: 9/7/25
Human rights, religious and equality charities are among the worst affected by vandalism, the spread of misinformation and threats to staff, trustees and volunteers, research published by the Charity Commission has found.
Posted: 8/7/26
Posted: 08/07/2026
Charity job candidates say flexible working is now almost as important as salary when choosing an employer to work for
Posted: 8/7/26
Tributes have been paid to the chief executive of education charity NCFE, David Gallagher, who has passed away at the age of 45 following a short illness.
Posted: 8/7/26
The charity is looking at “how we can provide this much-needed service, in some guise, moving forwards”.
Posted: 7/7/26
Your weekly roundup of appointments happening across the charity sector.
Posted: 6/7/26
Charities, social enterprises and community groups across four UK cities are set to benefit from £67.5m in extra funding in the coming years, following two separate announcements.
Posted: 6/7/26
The co-founder of the impacted music charity, which helps seriously ill children, says the former worker’s actions are “a profound betrayal of public trust”.
Posted: 3/7/26
A centre for blind veterans that closed last year is reopening this week as a substance abuse detox centre after it was bought by a mental health and addiction charity.
Posted: 3/7/26
Posted: 3/7/26
The charity infrastructure body’s new strategy also outlines plans to “move away from a model focused mainly on delivering services”.
Posted: 2/7/26
Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is looking to close its home support service putting 119 jobs at risk.
Posted: 2/7/26
Despite a 10% increase in Gift Aid payments to charities last year concerns remain over a slump in the number of self-employed people declaring a donation on their tax returns.
Posted: 2/7/26
The figures have been revealed in analysis of 25 of the UK’s largest mass participation charity branded events.
Posted: 1/7/26
A single interface overhaul significantly cut the animal welfare charity's response times on cruelty cases.
Posted: 1/7/26
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of charitable funds and Gift Aid claims have not been accounted for, Charity Commission investigations into two charities have found.
Posted: 30/6/26
“No new volunteers to replace the ageing group, our van off to the knacker’s yard and the final straw" the ending of council funding, has forced the community support charity's closure.
Posted: 29/6/26
Posted: 25/06/2026
The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) has reduced its membership fees for leaders of smaller charities and scrapped its joining fee, in a move designed to make support and networking more accessible across the sector.
Posted: 25/06/2026
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Louise Dawtry: 'If we want sustainable charities, we need to get serious about how work feels'
Organisational culture isn’t an add on or something we dust off when times are easier, Louise Dawtry says.
Posted: 24/06/26
People with previous fundraising experience or a personal connection to a charitable cause are significantly more likely to consider donating to Cancer Research UK ahead of this weekend’s Race for Life events, according to new YouGov data.
Posted: 24/06/2026
Teenage Cancer Trust has appointed Julie Worrall as its new chief executive, following a period serving in the role on an interim basis.
Posted: 23/06/2026
The DPO Centre has launched a UK-wide survey to assess how charities are responding to the new charity soft opt-in rules introduced under the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA).
Posted: 22/06/2026
Charities in the UK are ‘sleepwalking’ into a succession crisis and boards are not prepared for it, Charity Recruit has warned.
Posted: 22/06/2026
The charity has been supporting survivors of abuse and trauma for the last 30 years.
Posted: 19/6/26
Jude Sheeran has held senior roles in technology and AI firms for the last decade.
Posted: 18/6/26
Posted: 18/6/26
‘Leadership wellbeing’ and succession planning are also highlighted as major concerns.
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The average charity worker would have earned thousands more during 2025 if their earnings had kept pace with wage growth in the private sector, research has found
Posted: 17/6/26
More than four in five children’s hospice charities are forecasting an operating deficit in the current financial year, research is warning.
Posted: 17/6/26
The charity has been supporting communities for the last 40 years but says financial challenges have left it ‘without a viable path forward’.
Posted: 16/6/26
Two national charities that support people with allergies are to merge.
Posted: 16/6/26
Mind’s CEO Sarah Hughes and motor neurone disease charities fundraiser Kevin Sinfield are among those honoured.
Posted: 15/6/26
Mental health charities are performing particularly well in terms of brand growth and future trajectory, research has found.
Posted: 15/6/26
The survey also found that one in three have cut or stopped giving to good causes due to financial pressures.
Posted: 12/6/26
Posted: 11/6/25
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Regulator considering MP’s claim 32 charities ‘funnelled' £28m to illegal Israeli settlements
Labour MP Melanie Ward wants investigations launched into the charities, amid further concerns raised by the government about the financing of "settler violence".
Posted: 10/6/26
Despite the technology “now mainstream” in the sector, its use is “limited by a lack of resources and technical capability”, the research has found.
Posted: 10/6/26
Offering donors the chance to light a virtual candle to a friend of family member can boost in memory funds and encourage repeat giving, evaluation has found.
Posted: 10/6/26
The Charity Retail Association says comments made by shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith are “a very old fashioned and outdated view of charity shops”.
Posted: 8/6/26
The decision follows a review of the charity’s retail estate “amid rising operating costs and changing customer habits”.
Posted: 8/6/26
Many charities ‘lack the skills’ to use technology to improve fundraising and engagement with supporters, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising research into high-value giving has also found.
Posted: 5/6/26
People in the UK are becoming less generous in terms of the proportion of income given to good causes, the research has also found.
Posted: 5/6/26
The survey of more than 100 charities also suggests charities should be spending more of their fundraising budget on their largest source of income, legacies.
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The regulator’s reputation is in the ‘junk bond basket’ among MPs after its ‘blundering’ into a legal spat with the parliamentary ombudsman, claim Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee members.
Posted: 3/6/26
Dawn Airey has held senior roles at Channel 5, ITV, Sky and Yahoo.
Posted: 3/6/26
The new organisation has a combined income of more than £36m a year.
Posted: 2/6/25
The “bigger, bolder brand expression” has been designed so it can “work harder across all channels, particularly digital platforms”.
Posted: 2/6/26
This year’s total is up by more than £1m on 2025’s event.
Posted: 1/6/26
Large charities dominate public procurement contracts that are delivered by civil society, government commissioned research has revealed.
Posted: 1/6/26
The survey of more than 1,200 charity representatives found that more than one in four want support meeting challenges such as attracting regular giving and averting staff burnout.
Posted: 1/6/26
Posted: 29/05/2026
The 19th century house in North Wales was one of five activity centres put up for sale and has been bought by a local family.
Posted: 29/5/26
Nuffield Foundation’s Racial Diversity UK Fund is backing projects looking at “inter-generational changes, continuities and challenges in a racially diverse UK”.
Posted: 29/5/26
Charities in Edinburgh working to tackle poverty, the impact of climate change and racism are to share £15m in funding from a collaboration of funders.
Posted: 28/5/26
Charities in Scotland "face a funding system that isn’t fit for purpose and partnerships with the public sector that are too often weak,” said Anna Fowlie, chief executive of SCVO, which carried out the research.
Posted: 27/5/26
But researchers warn that ‘cultures of timidity and reticence’ are holding back charities from countering the rising threat of far-right views in the UK.
Posted: 26/5/26
Better partnerships with charities are needed to help mayoral strategic authorities more effectively “mobilise philanthropy”, says a report.
Posted: 22/5/26
Camphill Milton Keynes Communities will take over adult disability care and support services run by William Blake House, which entered into administration last month.
Posted: 22/5/26
“Grant-making practices are not abstract. They affect − and can damage and diminish − people’s working lives,” say researchers.
Posted: 21/5/26
“Our services have never felt more needed. But now, they are at risk of being drastically cut or shut down if we cannot raise this funding," said the charity.
Posted: 20/5/26
Posted: 20/5/26
The research also found that the richest give less of their earnings to good causes compared to those in poorer areas.
Posted: 20/5/26
The decline during 2025 had been ‘widely anticipated’ following an ‘exceptional’ total the previous year, according to analysts.
Posted: 19/5/26
Props used for A League of Their Own have found new homes among dozens of good causes after the Sky show ended in December last year.
Posted: 18/5/26
Police aim to ensure “as much of the stolen money as possible can be returned”.
Posted: 18/5/26
The fund will offer grants to charities to develop their own artificial intelligence tools to counter emerging concerns with the technology.
Posted: 15/5/26
The charities share trustees with William Blake House, which entered administration earlier this year owing HMRC £1.5m.
Posted: 14/5/26
The two North East of England charities say they “will be stronger together to meet the increasing demand for care and deliver services long into the future”.
Posted: 13/5/26
The Charity Commission is to look into the financial management and governance of an independent Christian school that was placed into administration last month.
Posted: 13/5/26
Support is rated at just one out of ten among nearly a fifth of small charities and almost two thirds say accessing help “is difficult or a struggle”, a survey by Charity Excellence Framework has found.
Posted: 12/5/26
The match funding platform is inviting charities to apply for its next Christmas Challenge, which last year raised a record £57.4m for good causes.
Posted: 12/5/26
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Good Law Project turns to Jersey to continue operating outside of regulator’s ‘political guardrails’
The campaigning organisation is using the Jersey legal system as it changes ownership to a trustee led model, which allows it to continue to be run away from the Charity Commission's regulatory powers.
Posted: 11/5/25
Around 70 jobs are at risk after the charity announced plans to close its Isle of Wight inshore centre as it consolidates its lifeboat manufacturing operation.
Posted: 11/5/25
Just under half say they “often feel stressed out” at work.
Posted: 8/5/25
“The financial pressures facing the charity have intensified to a point where it is no longer possible for us to operate sustainably,” it said.
Posted: 8/5/25
The Fundraising Regulator has warned charities to ensure they avoid harming public trust in fundraising when they use a new ‘soft opt in’ provision that allows them to contact supporters without prior consent.
Posted: 7/5/25
One in three entry level roles offer a salary below the Real Living Wage amid a ‘recruiter-led’ market and concerns that artificial intelligence is eroding career prospects in the sector.
Posted: 6/5/25
Big Give’s Earth Raise match funding campaign raised £10.9m for the 332 environmental charities that took part.
Posted: 6/5/25
The charity is seeking £90,000 to avert closure after it was unsuccessful in gaining further support from long-term funder the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund.
Posted: 5/5/26
The 2026 TCS London Marathon has raised a record breaking £87.5m for charities, including the event's official partner Marie Curie.
Posted: 5/5/26
One respondent said that “the person creating the issue was removed” after their “unprofessional behaviour” over three years “nearly broke the board”.
Posted: 1/5/25
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Julia Unwin: Recruiting trustees through personal contacts ‘narrows the mind sets of boards’
She has used her first speech as Charity Commission chair to raise concerns that just 6% of trustees are being recruited via a job advert.
Posted: 30/4/26
The report found that while artificial intelligence (AI) use among charities “has continued to accelerate, governance has not kept pace".
Posted: 29/4/26
Small and medium sized charities that have been targeted by ransomware criminals experienced almost eight attacks on average over the last year, more than any other similar sized organisation.
Posted: 28/4/26
"We are at a breaking point" due to "critical cash flow issues", the charity had warned.
Posted: 28/4/26
‘Civil society needs to be meaningfully brought into the heart of government’ pledged Keir Starmer at the meeting.
Posted: 27/4/26
Money, and a violin worth £150,000, has been handed over to good causes by the Charity Commission following its investigation into two charities run by sanctioned oligarch Vitacheslav Kantor.
Posted: 24/4/26
The Charity Commission warns that figures to be published later this year “suggest that the upward trend may be continuing”.
Posted: 24/4/26
Posted: 23/04/2026
“Charities must design for mobile-first giving and reduce friction during the donor journey,” says the chief executive of the online platform involved in the analysis.
Posted: 23/4/26
The funder has made the pledge following a refresh of its strategy around supporting babies and toddlers.
Posted: 22/4/26
Posted: 21/04/2026
Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Matt Jukes wants charities to work with businesses, faith leaders and politicians to speak out against extremism following a spate of attacks on London’s Jewish community.
Posted: 21/4/26
King Charles III has agreed to be a patron of the Queen Elizabeth Trust, which is supported by a government endowment and has a focus on developing and transforming public spaces.
Posted: 20/4/26
Posted: 17/04/2026
“We were heard and understood,” said one charity leader attending the meeting.
Posted: 17/4/26
Charity sector groups organisations are warning Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy that proposed new anti-extremism powers for the Charity Commission risk harming legitimate advocacy.
Posted: 16/4/26
Posted: 15/04/2026
Staff at hospice charities are warning the Prime Minister and MPs that services are at “breaking point”.
Posted: 15/4/26
Two UK charities supporting people experiencing homelessness are to share £523,000 following an overhaul by the global health firm of its funding for good causes.
Posted: 14/4/26
Sentebale says it has experienced “false narratives circulated through the media”, while the royal, and a former trustee who is also being sued, reject the charity’s claims.
Posted: 13/4/26
Match-funding platform, Big Give, has rebranded its environmental fundraising campaign, with charity leaders set to benefit from more than £10m in donations.
Posted: 10/04/2026
Total UK ODA Official Development Assistance) fell by over £1 billion to just 0.43% of GNI in 2025: a 7.4% decrease on the previous year, new figures show.
Posted: 10/04/2026
Bowel Research UK has appointed Kathryn Pretzel-Shiels as its new chief executive following her period as interim CEO since October 2025.
Posted: 09/04/2026
Posted: 09/04/2026
A man has been arrested on suspicion of theft after about £200,000 raised towards a scouts trip to Canada was stolen.
Posted: 09/04/2026
The Fundraising Regulator has published new guidance clarifying that religious giving such as collections, offerings and tithes is subject to the Code of Fundraising Practice.
Posted: 08/04/2026
Posted: 08/04/2026
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