Charity Times http://www.charitytimes.com/ct Mind’s CEO Sarah Hughes and motor neurone disease charities fundraiser Kevin Sinfield are among those honoured. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Kings-Birthday-Honours-List-pays-tribute-to-charity-leaders-and-fundraisers.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Kings-Birthday-Honours-List-pays-tribute-to-charity-leaders-and-fundraisers.php Mental health charities are performing particularly well in terms of brand growth and future trajectory, research has found. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charity-brands-with-the-most-momentum-among-the-public-revealed.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charity-brands-with-the-most-momentum-among-the-public-revealed.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Regulators-issue-transparency-plea-to-the-public-when-fundraising.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Regulators-issue-transparency-plea-to-the-public-when-fundraising.php The survey also found that one in three have cut or stopped giving to good causes due to financial pressures. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Two-in-three-Brits-feel-overwhelmed-by-the-number-of-charity-appeals.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Two-in-three-Brits-feel-overwhelmed-by-the-number-of-charity-appeals.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charities-retreating-into-protection-mode-amid-online-hostility-warns-NCVO.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charities-retreating-into-protection-mode-amid-online-hostility-warns-NCVO.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-soapbox-media-teams-understand-sector-press.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-soapbox-media-teams-understand-sector-press.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Code-breaches-found-following-investigation-into-extremely-aggressive-fundraiser.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Code-breaches-found-following-investigation-into-extremely-aggressive-fundraiser.php Labour MP Melanie Ward wants investigations launched into the charities, amid further concerns raised by the government about the financing of "settler violence". http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Regulator-considering-MP-claim-32-charities-funnelled-28m-to-illegal-Israeli-settlements.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Regulator-considering-MP-claim-32-charities-funnelled-28m-to-illegal-Israeli-settlements.php Despite the technology “now mainstream” in the sector, its use is “limited by a lack of resources and technical capability”, the research has found. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Nine-in-ten-charities-using-AI-but-few-exploring-its-true-potential-warns-research.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Nine-in-ten-charities-using-AI-but-few-exploring-its-true-potential-warns-research.php 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. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Virtual-candle-feature-boosts-in-memory-fundraising.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Virtual-candle-feature-boosts-in-memory-fundraising.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Former-Scope-CEO-to-chair-business-group-set-up-to-tackle-disability-exclusion.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Former-Scope-CEO-to-chair-business-group-set-up-to-tackle-disability-exclusion.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/case-study-asthma-lung-uk.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/case-study-asthma-lung-uk.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Working-Families-closes-following-a-sustained-period-of-financial-challenge.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Working-Families-closes-following-a-sustained-period-of-financial-challenge.php The Charity Retail Association says comments made by shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith are “a very old fashioned and outdated view of charity shops”. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Concerns-raised-after-senior-MP-compares-charity-retail-to-vape-shops.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Concerns-raised-after-senior-MP-compares-charity-retail-to-vape-shops.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/monday-movers-8-june.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/monday-movers-8-june.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Jobs-at-risk-at-RSPB-as-it-looks-to-cut-operating-costs.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Jobs-at-risk-at-RSPB-as-it-looks-to-cut-operating-costs.php The decision follows a review of the charity’s retail estate “amid rising operating costs and changing customer habits”. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/British-Heart-Foundation-to-close-almost-one-in-four-of-its-charity-shops.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/British-Heart-Foundation-to-close-almost-one-in-four-of-its-charity-shops.php 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. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Lack-of-buy-in-from-charity-leaders-hindering-philanthropy.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Lack-of-buy-in-from-charity-leaders-hindering-philanthropy.php People in the UK are becoming less generous in terms of the proportion of income given to good causes, the research has also found. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/World-wealthiest-continue-to-be-less-generous-than-those-in-lower-income-countries.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/World-wealthiest-continue-to-be-less-generous-than-those-in-lower-income-countries.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-sarah-lomax-sharing-power.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-sarah-lomax-sharing-power.php 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. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Seven-in-ten-new-regular-donors-recruited-through-face-to-face-fundraising-survey-finds.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Seven-in-ten-new-regular-donors-recruited-through-face-to-face-fundraising-survey-finds.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Anti-poverty-charity-names-interim-chief-amid-health-support-expansion.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Anti-poverty-charity-names-interim-chief-amid-health-support-expansion.php 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. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charity-Commission-does-not-appear-at-all-fit-for-purpose-MPs-to-warn-PM.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Charity-Commission-does-not-appear-at-all-fit-for-purpose-MPs-to-warn-PM.php Dawn Airey has held senior roles at Channel 5, ITV, Sky and Yahoo. http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Media-veteran-to-chair-Arts-Council-England.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Media-veteran-to-chair-Arts-Council-England.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Food-redistribution-charity-relaunches-with-new-name-following-merger.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/Food-redistribution-charity-relaunches-with-new-name-following-merger.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-kate-chivers-birth-companions.php http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/blog-opinion-kate-chivers-birth-companions.php