03/07/09 - view
story
Fink becomes chairman
of ARK trustees
The children’s charity, Absolute Return for
Kids (ARK) has announced that Stanley Fink is to become
chairman of the ARK trustees
03/07/09 - view
story
Cameron promises
to decentralise power
Conservative Party leader David Cameron promised to
decentralise power in a speech to the Local Government
Association Conference, but, in return, asked for
help in getting more for less
02/07/09 - view
story
Redundancies set
to continue at a high rate suggests CIPD
New data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel
and Development (CIPD) shows that the proportion of
HR professionals seeking advice on how to make staff
redundant barely changed between the first and second
quarters of 2009, suggesting
01/07/09 - view
story
Young Foundation
reveals gulf in education system
The Government’s education white paper published
yesterday missed an opportunity to radically change
the education system which continues to fail to impart
the skills most relevant to children growing up in
Britain, according to the Young Foundation
30/06/09 - view
story
Big Lottery Fund
to pump millions into communities
The Big Lottery Fund plans to pump a multi-million
pound package of funding into communities to help
them cope with the effects of the recession and increase
its funding commitment to the Voluntary and Community
Sector following its Big thinking Consultation
30/06/09 - view
story
Consortium to deliver
Communitybuilders Programme
The Department for Communities and Local Government
has announced that a consortium led by the Adventure
Capital Fund, in association with Futurebuilders England
and the Community Alliance, has been appointed as...
30/06/09 - view
story
Social enterprises
plan to grow in recession says poll
London’s social enterprises plan to expand and
grow their business to combat the current recession,
according to a poll by...
30/06/09 - view
story
Research reveals
rise in family foundation charity spending
A comparative study which tracks, for the first time,
the growth and change in family foundations reveals
an increase of 10% in UK family foundation charitable
spending
30/06/09 - view
story
Government sets
out vision to put UK on road to recovery
The Government has launched Building Britain’s
Future, a plan for a fairer, stronger and more prosperous
society, outlining government action to move the UK
from recession to recovery and rebuild trust in the
political system, with a...
29/06/09 - view
story
Equality Bill sets
out to end age discrimination
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has outlined
further proposals for a new legal ban on harmful age
discrimination, which will make sure older people
do not face unfair or substandard treatment
29/06/09 - view
story
College stunned
by funding cut
The National Star College in Gloucestershire, one
of the country’s most well known independent
specialist colleges working with learners who have
severe physical disabilities, is stunned by the Government’s
announcement
26/06/09 - view
story
Ten organisations
named as semi-finalists in Lottery Awards
Ten UK-based organisations have been named as semi-finalists
in the Best Charity/Voluntary Project category of
The National Lottery Awards 2009
26/06/09 - view
story
Compact complementary
to third sector says report
A new report, Mapping third sector quality sector
standards and the Compact, found the Compact
to be complementary to third sector quality standards
26/06/09 - view
story
Brooke appoints
new chief executive
The UK overseas equine welfare charity, the Brooke,
has announced the appointment of its new chief executive
25/06/09 - view
story
Hardship Fund applications
open from the end of July
Applications for the new £16.7m Hardship Fund
will be open from the end of July, Minister for the
Third Sector, Angela Smith, has announced
25/06/09 - view
story
National Audit Office
publishes guidelines to help charities
New practical guidance published by the National Audit
Office aims to save charities and other voluntary
and community organisations time and money by...
23/06/09 - view
story
Cambridge House
celebrates 120 years of community work
Cambridge House celebrated 120 years of community
work in Southwark at the House of Lords yesterday
22/06/09 - view
story
Group will look
at trustee and senior management expenses
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and
the Charity Finance Directors’ Group have set
up an independent expert group on trustee and senior
management expenses
22/06/09 - view
story
Third sector is
showing signs of optimism, says NCVO
The third sector is showing signs of renewed optimism
in the UK economy and a growing number of charity
leaders believe economic conditions in the UK will
improve over the next 12 months
22/06/09 - view
story
ACEVO names winner
of Full Cost Recovery Awards
ACEVO has announced Southern Derbyshire Voluntary
Sector Mental Health Forum as the winner of ACEVO’s
Full Cost Recovery Awards
22/06/09 - view
story
Christian organisations
are putting their staff at risks
Christian voluntary organisations are putting themselves
and their staff at risk by not complying with key
employment legislation
22/06/09 - view
story
More polarisation
among asset management firms
The asset management industry will experience continued
polarisation in 2009, with bigger firms getting bigger
and smaller firms reducing in number
22/06/09 - view
story
CFN opens submissions
on manifesto
New bank accounts and low tax zones for charitable
giving are the focus of the first manifesto for Community
Philanthropists published by Community Foundation
Network (CFN)
19/06/09 - view
story
Third sector organisations
benefit from Capacitybuilders
Over 250 third sector organisations across England
will benefit from the first £1000 bursary awards
made today under the government's Real Help for Communities:
Modernisation Fund, which is being delivered by Capacitybuilders
19/06/09 - view
story
The Government has
turned its back on charities warns SOS
The Government is “turning its back” on
charities since it refuses compensation for charities
caught up in the banking crisis, warned...
19/06/09 - view
story
Campaign means viewers
are more likely to leave a legacy
Due to Remember A Charity’s latest TV advert
campaign, viewers are more likely to leave a legacy
18/06/09 - view
story
United Nations investment
programme gets backing
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
(UN PRI) programme has received support from three
orginsations to create engagement between investors
and companies to promote and respect the rights of
indigenous peoples around the world
18/06/09 - view
story
SCVO warns Commission
on Scottish devolution proposals
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
has warned that the Calman Commission on Scottish
Devolution’s proposals on charity law will create
new complications
18/06/09 - view
story
NCVO and the OTS
launch Funding Central
The NCVO and the Office for the Third Sector (OTS)
has launched Funding Central, www.fundingcentral.org.uk,
the new free website for information about.....
17/06/09 - view
story
Crash occurred because
regulators were form-filling
The financial crash occurred because regulators were
too preoccupied with form-filling and did not see
that the whole financial system was at risk, think-tank...
17/06/09 - view
story
The dark side of
globalisation
While global equity markets have slightly improved
this year a full recovery of the markets and the economy
is not expected any time soon, so says...
17/06/09 - view
story
No green shoots
of recovery in jobless figures
Official labour market figures published today by
the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a further
steep rise in UK unemployment in the February-April
quarter
17/06/09 - view
story
Charity Bank recruits
head of Welsh office
Charity Bank has recruited Ian Courtney to head up
its Welsh office
16/06/09 - view
story
CAF Bank warns charities
are struggling to deliver services
CAF Bank, the not-for-profit bank run for charities,
has today published the results of a survey of 280
charities that reveals...
16/06/09 - view
story
Charity Commission
adds information to online register
The Charity Commission, has added information to the
online register of charities to make it clear if a
charity has been the subject of an inquiry or regulatory
case report
15/06/09 - view
story
Social enterprises
can apply for loans
Social enterprises which improve the quality of health
and social care for local communities can now apply
for loans and grants from the Department of Health's
Social Enterprise Investment Fund
15/06/09 - view
story
Tracking the benchmark
is limiting, says JPMorgan
JPMorgan Overseas Investment Trust manager, Jeroen
Huysinga, says tracking the benchmark can limit investment
opportunities
15/06/09 - view
story
Next year before
we see a return to growth, says CBI
While the UK economy is stabilising, with the worst
of the quarterly falls in GDP behind us, it will take
until the beginning of next year before we see a return
to growth, said the CBI
15/06/09 - view
story
Social Firms UK
appoints new chair
Simon Hebditch, formerly chief executive of Capacitybuilders,
has been elected by the Board of Social Firms UK to
be its new chair
15/06/09 - view
story
Charity Commission
get charities to ask serious questions
Charities are increasingly feeling the impact of the
recession - and doing nothing is no longer an option,
according to the Charity Commission....
15/06/09 - view
story
Founder of Orchid
awarded MBE
The founder of Orchid, the only UK male cancer charity
to focus on prostate, testicular and penile cancer,
has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s
2009 birthday honours
15/06/09 - view
story
Charity Commission
publishes guidance for arts charities
The Charity Commission has published practical guidance
and a fictitious example report to help show trustees
of arts charities how to draw up their annual report
and accounts...
15/06/09 - view
story
NCVO gets 7000th
member
The Kent Children’s Fund Network became the
7,000th member of the National Council for Voluntary
Organisations (NVCO)
12/06/09 - view
story
Child Poverty Bill:
major step in fight against child poverty
The Child Poverty Bill is a major step in the fight
against child poverty because it makes government
action no longer just a pledge but actually enshrined
in law, said Clare Tickell, chief executive of Action
for Children
12/06/09 - view
story
No basis to be bullish
on economy says F&C
Due to risk and cyclically sensitive assets such as
equities, credit and commodities enjoying a strong
recovery during the second quarter of the year, there
are hopes that economic recovery is imminent and that
the global recession is close to an end
11/06/09 - view
story
Urgent review of
public sector pensions needed
The Policy Exchange has calculated that the total
liability of unfunded public sector pension schemes
could be £1.1 trillion
11/06/09 - view
story
Ian McCartney named
Parliamentarian of the year
Labour MP Ian McCartney has been named Citizens Advice
Parliamentarian of the year
11/06/09 - view
story
Gartmore cautious
about market prospects
Although UK equities advanced for a third consecutive
month in May, with sectors sensitive to economic expectations,
such as banks, performing well, Ben Wallace, manager
of the new Gartmore UK Absolute Return Fund, is cautious...
11/06/09 - view
story
Economist on challenges
facing UK economy
Andrew Sentence, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee,
has set out the challenges and pitfalls the UK economy
faces
10/06/09 - view
story
King’s Fund
CEO warns the NHS faces cuts
Commenting in response to today’s report from
the NHS Confederation on the financial prospects for
the NHS, the King’s Fund’s chief executive
Niall Dickson warned the NHS faces cuts
10/06/09 - view
story
Capacitybuilders
releases details of new grants
Capacitybuilders has released details of a new grants
programme to provide support to people who manage
volunteers, helping to ensure that volunteers get
the best possible experience
10/06/09 - view
story
Missing People appoints
new chief executive
The charity Missing People has appointed Martin Houghton-Brown,
currently deputy director of business development
at The Children’s Society, as its new chief
executive
10/06/09 - view
story
Confidence in equity
investments revives dramatically
Confidence in equity investments has dramatically
revived in the past three months with 79% of IFAs
advising clients to invest in UK shares
10/06/09 - view
story
Charity leaders
and minister launch recession paper
Stuart Etherington, NCVO CEO, and Angela Smith, the
new Minister for the Third Sector, today co-chaired
the second Recession Summit to help voluntary and
community organisations
09/06/09 - view
story
Charities are unclear
on FSCS
A survey of 280 charities by the Charities Aid Foundation
(CAF) reveals that only a quarter (25%) are certain
they know how much of their funds are protected under
the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
09/06/09 - view
story
Trusts and foundations
are weathering the recession well
UK-based trusts and foundations are weathering the
recession better than many other sectors, with nearly
75% predicting
09/06/09 - view
story
Comic Relief announces
how it plans to spend the £78m raised
The 2009 Red Nose Day has so far raised over £78
million and today Comic Relief has announced how it
will spend this record breaking amount
08/06/09 - view
story
New Minister for
the Third Sector
MP for Basildon and East Thurrock, Angela Smith has
been appointed the new Minister for the Third Sector
08/06/09 - view
story
World Development
Movement appoints new director
The World Development Movement (WDM), the anti-poverty
campaigning organisation has appointed new director
Deborah Doane
08/06/09 - view
story
BBC appoints director
of BBC Wildlife Fund
The BBC has appointed Amy Coyte to the new role of
director of the BBC Wildlife Fund
08/06/09 - view
story
Change in health
secretary not good for health service says King's
Fund
The chief executive of The King’s Fund has revealed
frustration by the changing of the Secretary of State
for Health and feels that it is not in the best interest
of the health service
05/06/09 - view
story
ACEVO welcomes Tessa
Jowell to Cabinet
ACEVO has welcomed Tessa Jowell’s appointment
to the Cabinet, as Minister for the Cabinet Office
05/06/09 - view
story
Co-Operative Bank
launches global co-operative fund
The Co-Operative Bank is launching a global co-operative
development fund aimed at helping to alleviate poverty
in some of the world's poorest communities
05/06/09 - view
story
Mergers can get
charities out of the mire says report
A report that suggests charities should consider mergers
in order to survive the tough economic environment
and be more effective, is challenged by one leading
charity
05/06/09 - view
story
CFDG course returns
for 2009
For a second year, the Charity Finance Directors'
Group is bringing its new training course, Understanding
the Voluntary Sector, back to London
05/06/09 - view
story
Charity Commission
calls on charities to report serious incidents
The Charity Commission is calling on charities to
be more proactive in reporting serious incidents
05/06/09 - view
story
Free advice to charities
on property related issues
In order to provide free advice to voluntary organisations
and charities about property related issues, the Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the NCVO and....
05/06/09 - view
story
NFWI makes chair
appointment
The National Federation of Woman’s Institutes
(NFWI) has appointed
04/06/09 - view
story
CAFAmerica assists
US based public/private partnership
CAFAmerica announced its plans to assist a US based
public/private partnership to distribute over $500,000
to help empower women across countries with significant
Muslim populations
02/06/09 - view
story
Philanthropists
are giving as much during recession
Philanthropists are giving as much, or more, during
the recession, according to a survey by Coutts
02/06/09 - view
story
Charity Commission
publishes guidance to help mosques
The Charity Commission has published practical guidance
to help the trustees of mosques draw up their annual
report and accounts
01/06/09 - view
story
IOF membership at
all time high
Membership of the Institute of Fundraising (IOF) is
at an all time high, with more than
01/06/09 - view
story
Families Need Fathers
says courts are not doing enough
Research released today by child welfare charity Families
Need Fathers shows that parents feel schools and the
family courts are not doing enough to help them
01/06/09 - view
story
NCVO in drive to
strengthen voluntary infrastructure
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
is spearheading a drive to strengthen the role of
voluntary and community sector infrastructure agencies
29/05/09 - view
story
CFDG launches latest
risk survey
PKF Accountants and the Charity Finance Directors’
Group have launched their eighth annual charity survey
to explore aspects of risks affecting the sector
28/05/09 - view
story
Medical research
charities want government help
Medical research charities want the Government to
help them survive the recession, amid warnings...
27/05/09 - view
story
Research reveals
changing attitude to legacy giving
New research from Remember A Charity reveals changing
attitudes to legacy giving
27/05/09 - view
story
Invest in commercial
property say consultants
Long-term investors with no liquidity constraints
should consider increasing their exposure to commercial
property, according to...
26/05/09 - view
story
Business leaders
fail to tackle climate change
Global business leaders failed to make the giant stride
needed to tackle climate change and fell short in
providing the targets and numbers needed...
26/05/09 - view
story
Venture philanthropists
are set to give more to charity
The rise of “venture philanthropists”
in Britain will mean children of wealthy parents can
expect to enjoy less of their inheritance, says one
researcher
26/05/09 - view
story
Youngsters will be
hardest hit by recession
Britain's poorest youngsters will be hardest hit by
the recession as unemployment spikes and local youth
services suffer cuts, a report has warned
26/05/09 - view
story
Social care system
is failing cancer patients
Inadequate social care for people living with cancer
is resulting in costly and preventable admissions
to hospital, according to Macmillan Cancer Support
26/05/09 - view
story
Brits turn to charity
shops survey reveals
A new survey reveals that recession has encouraged
13% of cash-strapped Brits to turn to charity outlets
to help stretch their budget and...
22/05/09 - view
story
Voice4Change England
publishes form to engage more
BME third sector policy organisation Voice4Change
England has published an application form to engage
more involvement in its subscriber scheme
22/05/09 - view
story
CEO pays tribute
to volunteers
The chief executive of a national animal welfare charity
has paid tribute to the crucial work of volunteers,
at the beginning of the 25th annual Volunteers’
Week
21/05/09 - view
story
NCVO calls for a
social investment bank
Stuart Etherington has outlined a proposal for the
establishment of a wholesale level Social Investment
Bank (SIB)
21/05/09 - view
story
Citizens Advice helps
close Employment Tribunal loophole
Tough new measures have been introduced to stop employers
avoiding payments to successful employment tribunal
claimants
21/05/09 - view
story
Thurleigh takes cautious stance as equity markets recover
Investment managersThurleigh remain cautious despite a phoenix-like rise in equity markets during March.
21/05/09 - view
story
Gurkhas now eligible for
settlement in the UK
All former Gurkhas who have served in the British
Army for at least four years will now be eligible
for settlement in the UK, the Home Secretary announced
in Parliament today
21/05/09 - view
story
ASA rules in favour of Compassion
in World Farming ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled
in favour of a national press advert from Compassion
in World Farming
21/05/09 - view
story
Business advisors back think
tank report
Beever and Struthers, the charity accountants and
business advisors, has backed a think tank report
calling on the Government to provide greater support
for charities
20/05/09 - view
story
MP presents bill on powers
of the Compact
MP Tom Levitt, chair of the All Party Parliamentary
Group on the Community and Voluntary Sector presented
a 10 minute rule bill to give legal powers to the
Commission for the Compact
19/05/09 - view
story
Volunteering England name
new chair
Volunteering England, the national development agency
for volunteering, has announced that Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs,
will be the new chair of the organisation
19/05/09 - view
story
Futurebuilders England
makes tenth grant
Futurebuilders England has today made its tenth grant
from its new Small Organisation Tender Fund, leaving
only a further £110,000 up for grabs
18/05/09 - view
story
Volunteering England
announces new president
Volunteering England, the national development agency
for volunteering, has announced that Baroness Hanham,
CBE, will, take on the role of president for the organisation
15/05/09 - view
story
SOS call to government
A group of charities is calling on the Government
to do the right thing and compensate charities left
in limbo as a result of the collapse of the Icelandic
banking system
14/05/09 - view
story
Guidance published to help
RSLs
Guidance is being published today to help registered
social landlords (RSLs) and charity trustees who provide
charitable shared ownership housing
14/05/09 - view
story
United Response joines forces
with European partners
The national learning disability and mental health
charity, United Response, is joining forces with five
European partners to raise awareness about the skills
and abilities of adults with learning disabilities
and make it easier for people to access work and training
13/05/09 - view
story
New Third Sector Task Force
named
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has announced the
16 members of the new Third Sector Task Force on climate
change, the environment and sustainable development
13/05/09 - view
story
Social Enterprise Coalition
positive about summit
Responding to yesterday’s Social Enterprise
Summit, Jonathan Bland, chief executive of the Social
Enterprise Coalition was
12/05/09 - view
story
NCVO team up with CS Healthcare
CS Healthcare, a provider of Private Medical Insurance,
has been appointed by NCVO as its recommended provider
of health insurance to member organisations
11/05/09 - view
story
The BME Third Sector says
racism is still prevalent
The BME Third Sector says racism is still prevalent
a decade on from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry recommendations
11/05/09 - view
story
Twenty healthcare charities
get a share of £300,000
Twenty local healthcare charities were formally acknowledged
last week for their community-based work, as GlaxoSmithKline
awardded a total of £300,000 at the annual GlaxoSmithKline
IMPACT Awards
07/05/09 - view
story
NFWI launches climate change
campaign for women
Women must be represented and take part in government
decision making on tackling climate change in the
run up to the UN Conference in Copenhagen in December,
according to...
06/05/09 - view
story
New proposals on DNA database
New proposals to reassure the public that the right
people are kept on the DNA database were outlined
by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today
06/05/09 - view
story
Public sector is becoming
appealing to professionals
For many professionals, employment in the public sector
is becoming an increasingly appealing proposition,
according to recruitment specialists
06/05/09 - view
story
CPRE sets out vision for
the countryside
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has set
out a vision for the future of the English countryside
05/05/09 - view
story
Mergers not the only option
for charities to ride out recession
Mergers are not the only option for charities looking
to ride out the recession, according to a leading
charity law expert
01/05/09 - view
story
Hastings Direct launches
charity insurance comparison site
Insurance company Hastings Direct has launched an
insurance comparison site, www.peopleschoice.co.uk,
which will make a donation to charity for every policy
taken out online
01/05/09 - view
story
ACEVO launches taskforce
to shape Future jobs Fund
ACEVO has launched a taskforce to help shape the £1.4
billion Future jobs Fund announced by DWP in last
week’s Budget
01/05/09 - view
story
NCVO gives members chance
to attend political conferences
The NCVO is giving its smaller members the chance
to attend one of the three main political party conferences
this year through its Party Conference Bursary Scheme
30/04/09 - view
story
Private Equity Foundation
joins forces with think tank
Venture philanthropy fund, the Private Equity Foundation,
has joined with think-tank, the Institute for Public
Policy Research (ippr), to offer policy makers and
practitioners interested in young people not in education
30/04/09 - view
story
ACEVO takes over the running
of the ImpACT Coalition
ACEVO is to take over the running of the ImpACT Coalition,
following talks with the Institute of Fundraising
29/04/09 - view
story
Asset manager says invest
in convertibles
JP Morgan Asset Management says investors should invest
in convertibles while they offer such value, but not
compromise on quality or diversification in chasing
high yields
29/04/09 - view
story
Downturn forcing charities
to put the brakes on recruitment
Despite a growing demand for essential services provided
by the voluntary sector during the recession, the
economic downturn is forcing charity leaders to put
the brakes on recruitment levels, the NCVO latest
quarterly
29/04/09 - view
story
NCVO welcomes Blears announcement
NCVO has welcomed Hazel Blears’ announcement
that the Department of Communities and Local Government
(DCLG) will provide sustainable resources to the voluntary
sector
29/04/09 - view
story
Inspire chief executive
up for leadership award
Inspire’s chief executive, Catriona McPhee-Smith,
is among the finalists nominated for the Women’s
Social Leadership Awards 2009
29/04/09 - view
story
NCVO sets out local government
manifesto
NCVO has set out its local government manfesto. Working
Together to Strengthen Local Communities outlines
five key principles to strengthen relationships between
28/04/09 - view
story
Charities will play a bigger
role in running prisons
Jack Straw has announced measures signalling that
from next year onwards charities will play a much
wider role in the running of prisons and probationary
services
28/04/09 - view
story
CIPD welcomes Government
victory over European directive
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
(CIPD) has welcomed the Government’s hard fought
victory in the battle to see off European Parliament
proposals
27/04/09 - view
story
New director of policy and
campaigns at IOF
Louise Richards has been appointed as director of
policy and campaigns at the Institute of Fundraising
24/04/09 - view
story
Volunteering England welcomes
youth community service
Volunteering England has welcomed the Government's
pilot schemes for community service in schools
24/04/09 - view
story
CCLA warns the budget will
leave charities uncertain
Many charity trustees need to review their cash management
arrangements urgently in the wake of the Budget, the
head of one of the UK's largest charity investment
manager has warned
24/04/09 - view
story
Ministers set out £146m
funding for young community service
New plans to help get every young person in the country
to contribute to their community have been set out
by the Prime Minister
24/04/09 - view
story
Christie charity takes campaign
to Number 10
The Christie charity will be descending on Downing
Street next month to deliver a petition calling for
the return of £6.5 million it lost in the Icelandic
banking crisis
23/04/09 - view
story
Barclays has announced its
intention to increase its lending
Barclays announced today its intention to increase
lending to its UK customers and clients in 2009 by
£11bn, an increase of 6% on UK loan balances
at the end of 2008
23/04/09 - view
story
CAF welcomes the budget
The Charities Aid Foundation has welcomed the budget.
Commenting on the chancellor's speech, John Low, chief
executive of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), said
22/04/09 - view
story
CFDG disappointed by third
sector budget commitments
The Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG) welcomed
the £20m Hardship Loan Fund in the budget but
was disappointed by the lack of firm commitments which
would help the sector in the long term
22/04/09 - view
story
CPRE welcomes budget's green
measures
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has welcomed
the green policies in the budget
22/04/09 - view
story
Budget is "the best
third sector budget for a long time"
ACEVO described the budget as "the best third
sector budget for a long time," although the
body did express disappointment at no support for
charities with funds in Icelandic banks
22/04/09 - view
story
Money set aside for traineeships
in social care is welcomed
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has welcomed
the budget announcement that money is being set aside
for traineeships in social care
22/04/09 - view
story
Budget gives poor kids less
money than a pint of milk
Child Poverty Action Group has said the amount of
money targeted to help poor children in the budget
is disgraceful.
22/04/09 - view
story
NCVO critical of budget
NCVO has criticised the Chancellor's budget. Stuart
Etherington, chief executive, National Council for
Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) said
22/04/09 - view
story
Budget annoucements for
the third sector
Building on February’s £42.5m Action Plan
to help support the third sector in recession, today’s
Budget announced the following news for the sector:
22/04/09 - view
story
Government looks at 20%
saving on public sector property
As part of its Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP)
the Government is seeking significant savings from
the public sector property portfolio both in the short
and longer term
21/04/09 - view
story
CAF reveals lack of knowledge
on charity tax giving
A new report by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
published today reveals that almost a third (32%)
of UK adults don’t know they can give to charity
tax effectively
21/04/09 - view
story
ICRC concerned over situation
in Sri Lanka
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
is extremely worried about tens of thousands of civilians
in north-eastern Sri Lanka
21/04/09 - view
story
NCVO links up with HSF to
offer members health plan
NCVO has joined forces with HSF health plan to offer
all member organisations access to a market-leading
health cash plan at a discounted corporate rate.
20/04/09 - view
story
Eleven organisations join
third sector partner programme
The Department of Health has joined forces with 11
specialist organisations including Age Concern, the
Men’s Health Forum and the Race Equality Foundation
in a bid to transform the way it works with third
sector organisations
20/04/09 - view
story
Budget should be about saving
jobs says CIPD
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
(CIPD) has advised the Chancellor to present a genuine
‘Budget for Jobs’ by focusing on keeping
people in jobs during the recession
17/04/09 - view
story
Standard & Poor's reviews
ratings in white paper
Standard & Poor's has published a white paper
examining investors' needs and how various business
models for credit rating firms could meet them
17/04/09 - view
story
Black employment provider
faces closure
The Local Employment and Access Project (LEAP) in
London - one of England’s most successful black-led
employment providers - is facing closure due to a
lack of public funding
17/04/09 - view
story
CSR performance fails to
convince employees
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance
is failing to convince employees, with around 50%
of companies disappointed
16/04/09 - view
story
UNISON wants a fairer society
from the budget
Alastair Darling should resist calls to cut public
spending and use next week’s “last chance“
budget to pump-prime the economy and create a fairer
society
16/04/09 - view
story
Charity Commission finds
Prince's Trust guilty
The Charity Commission has said the Prince’s
Trust breached charity law by running a joint fundraising
event with a political body
16/04/09 - view
story
NCVO calls on chancellor
to kick start the SIB with £50m
NCVO is calling on chancellor Alistair Darling to
kick-start the proposed Social Investment Bank (SIB)
with a £50 million Government cash injection
16/04/09 - view
story
Report
looks at communication between charities and funders
New research by charity think tank and consultancy
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) reveals that while
grant-making trusts and foundations use reporting
on results from charities in a number of different
ways, more than a third do not provide funding
15/04/09 - view
story
CAF
urges charities to be classified as a separate depositor
class
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has urged that
charitable organisations should be classified as a
separate depositor class
15/04/09 - view
story
IOF Payroll Giving Action
Plan is released
The Institute of Fundraising’s Payroll Giving
Action Plan has been released, following the independent
root and branch review of Payroll Giving
09/04/09 - view
story
ACEVO calls on charity CEOs
to focus on carbon footprints
ACEVO is calling on third sector leaders to make reducing
their organisation’s carbon footprint a priority
03/04/09 - view
story
Directors guilty of lies
over charity fundraising
Two former directors have been banned for a total
of 18 years from roles as company directors following
an investigation into their conduct as directors of
two Scottish based companies and misleading information
on how much they gave to charity
03/04/09 - view
story
HMRC follow CFDG on tax
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has announced the
changes to the VAT partial exemption system that were
advocated by the Charity Finance Directors' Group
in
03/04/09 - view
story
Steering Group names new
chair
The Steering Group for the Code of Good Governance
has today announced the appointment of its new chair,
Lindsay Driscoll
02/04/09 - view
story
Brennan leads discussions
at G20
Kevin Brennan, the minister for the third sector,
chaired a meeting of third sector leaders to discuss
the role of charities, voluntary groups, social enterprises
and co-operatives in the economic recovery in advance
of G20.
02/04/09 - view
story
NCVO say G20 must involve
civil society
Speaking from the G20 Summit, Stuart Etherington,
NCVO CEO, warned that any recommendations from the
G20 Summit must fully involve civil society
02/04/09 - view
story
Government to ban discrimination
against carers
The Government has today announced that it intends
to ban discrimination against carers by protecting
people who are 'associated with' someone who is disabled
02/04/09 - view
story
IVAR commissioned to assess
Compact Championsovernment taskforce set up
The Institute of Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)
has been commissioned to assess the role and impact
of Compact Champions new government taskforce has
been set up to look at ways that businesses and the
third sector can work together
31/03/09 - view
story
New government taskforce
set up
A new government taskforce has been set up to look
at ways that businesses and the third sector can work
together
25/03/09 - view
story
Charity Commission opens
inquiry into Bangladesh charity
The Charity Commission has opened another inquiry,
this time into the charity called Green Crescent Bangladesh
UK
25/03/09 - view
story
Brennan says build on current
Compact
In a letter from Kevin Brennan, minister for the Third
Sector, and Simon Blake, chair of Compact Voice to
Bert Massie, commissioner for the Compact, they state
that the way forward for the Compact is
25/03/09 - view
story
Bank of England should be
privatised says think tank
The Bank of England should be privatised and once
again empowered to regulate the banking system. This
is the controversial conclusion of a new research
paper
24/03/09 - view
story
Child Poverty Action responds
to report
Child Poverty Action has responded to the publication
of a Public Accounts Committee report on tax credit
24/03/09 - view
story
Charity Commission investigates
charity of extremist MP
The Charity Commission has today opened an inquiry
into the charitable funds raised for George Galloway’s
controversial appeal: the Lifeline for Gaza, also
known as Viva Palestina
18/03/09 - view
story
Sector should play a part
in creating jobs, says Acevo
The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
(ACEVO) has proposed that as part of the ‘Green
New Deal’ put forward by Gordon Brown, the charity
and community sector should play a crucial part in
creating jobs
18/03/09 - view
story
Futurebuilders launch £4m fund
Futurebuilders
England today launched a new £4m fund to provide
short-term cash flow to organisations who are delivering
public service contracts
17/03/09 - view
story
Charity
Commission reveals how charities are hit by the recession
New figures
released today by the Charity Commission reveal the
deepening impact of the recession on charities in
England and Wales, with more than half reporting they
have been affected
16/03/09
- view
story
BIG
funding for charity dealing with alcoholism
A
project helping vulnerable children and families affected
by substance and alcohol misuse received close to
£479,000 in funding announced today by the Big
Lottery Fund
13/03/09 - view
story
Workforce
Hub calls on volunteers for feedback
The
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has reacted
with dismay to the failure this morning of the High
Court legal challenge to block expansion at Stansted
Airp
13/03/09 - view
story
CPRE
reacts with anger to High Court decision on Stansted
The
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has reacted
with dismay to the failure this morning of the High
Court legal challenge to block expansion at Stansted
Airport
13/03/09 - view
story
MSF
withdraws from Darfur
All
sections of MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF), the international humanitarian aid organisation,
are withdrawing almost all international staff from
projects in Darfur as a result of the abduction of
its staff
13/03/09 - view
story
Charity
Commission consults on risk framework
As
part of its regulatory programme, the Charity Commission
has launched a consultation on a Risk and Proportionality
Framework for its services to individual charities
12/03/09 - view
story
MP
grapples with Britain's 'broken society'
Patrick
Mercer MP will take up the Inner City Challenge next
week, immersing himself in a charity working with
some of Britain’s most damaged families
11/03/09 - view
story
Medical
charity partners with German NGO to tackle Zimbabwe epidemic
Medical
charity Merlin is partnering with German NGO Welthungerhilfe
(GAA) to provide health care for up to 500,000 people
affected by the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe
11/03/09 - view
story
Charity wants £3 billion to halve child poverty
The
Child Poverty Action Group has cited the figure of
£3 billion from government to halve child poverty
10/03/09 - view
story
Duncan Smith warns of tackling Britain's 'broken society'
Radical
proposals to mend Britain’s broken society are
needed more than ever as the recession deepens, former
Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has warned
10/03/09 - view
story
Rising sea levels will spell disaster for the world's
poorest
New
science which predicts a rise in sea levels of one
meter or more by the end of the century would spell
disaster for the some of the world's poorest people,
international agency Oxfam International said today
10/03/09 - view
story
UNISON urges government to protect contracted sector
workers
UNISON,
the UK’s largest public sector trade union,
is today urging the Government to toughen up the rules
protecting contracted out public sector workers
09/03/09 - view
story
NICVA condemns weekend shootings
NICVA,
the umbrella body for voluntary and community organisations
in Northern Ireland, has condemned the weekend shootings
in Antrim
09/03/09 - view
story
Fund manager of £100m Social Enterprise Investment
Fund announced
A consortium
led by Futurebuilders England has been announced by
the Department of Health as the fund manager of its
£100 million Social Enterprise Investment Fund
(SEIF)
09/03/09 - view
story
Prince's Trust faces investigation
Prince
Charles's charity, The Prince's Trust was facing an
investigation into a potentially illegal donation
to the Conservative Party, reported the Mail on
Sunday
09/03/09 - view
story
Marie Curie Cancer Care revamps research
Marie
Curie Cancer Care is planning a significant shift
in its research activities so it can invest more in
research into end of life care and place less emphasis
on fundamental scientific research
09/03/09 - view
story
LSC Mental Health Strategy launched
The
refreshed LSC Mental Health Strategy – The Way
Forward has been launched
06/03/09 - view
story
Disappointment from charity on government opt-outs
A
leading disability charity has welcomed the much needed
step the government has taken towards the adoption
of the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with
Disabilities
06/03/09 - view
story
National
Payroll Giving Awards welcome entries
Employers
with a 2009 Payroll Giving Quality Mark Award are
encouraged to submit an entry to the National Payroll
Giving Awards sponsored by Payroll Giving in Action,
which showcases the best examples of UK employers’
Payroll Giving schemes
06/03/09 - view
story
Inspire CEO wins award
The chief executive of one of Scotland’s largest
charities has won an award
05/03/09 - view
story
ACEVO
launches new website
ACEVO has
launched a new website designed to offer all third
sector organisations tools and guidance to support
them during the recession
04/03/09 - view
story
A
quarter of the UK take time out to volunteer
More
than a quarter of the UK (28%) is taking time out
to volunteer at least once a month according to the
first annual Volunteering Index, a report
uncovering the nation’s voluntary habits from
the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
04/03/09 - view
story
Welsh
charitable report welcomed
A
report giving a unique insight into the Welsh charitable
sector has been welcomed by a group of Assembly Members
(AMs) and their staff who met yesterday in Cardiff
03/03/09 - view
story
SAM
launches Asia Sustainability index
SAM,
the sustainability investing specialist, and Dow Jones
Indexes, a global index provider, today announced
the launch of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific
and...
03/03/09 - view
story
Justice
minister appointed as champion of volunteering
Thousands
of people who volunteer in the Criminal Justice System
are to be given a voice in government for the first
time, with the appointment of a Volunteering Champion,
it was announced today
02/03/09 - view
story
Commission
for the Compact research is underway
A
lack of clarity about how Compact principles apply
to European funding programmes has prompted a research
study to be undertaken by the Commission for the Compact
27/02/09 - view
story
Charity
Commission publishes inquiry into Interpal
The
Charity Commission has published the results of its
inquiry into the charity Palestinians Relief and Development
Fund (Interpal) and directed Interpal’s trustees
to review their due diligence and monitoring procedures
relating to their partner organisation
27/02/09 - view
story
The
Prostrate Cancer Charity appoints fundraising director
The Prostate
Cancer Charity has appointed Mark Bishop as its director
of Fundraising
26/02/09 - view
story
Futurebuilders
and Capcitybuilders work together to deliver fund
Futurebuilders
and Capacitybuilders will work together in partnership
to deliver the £16.5m Modernisation Fund element
of the Government’s £42.5m initiative
to help the third sector through the recession
24/02/09 - view
story
Charities
are not prepared to deal with fraudsters
Many charities
are ill-prepared to deal with fraud, according to
independent watchdog the Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP)
23/02/09 - view
story
Charity
Commission publishes survey into mosques
The
Charity Commission has published the first detailed
survey of mosques in England and Wales, which it says,
shows that mosques contribute to their local communities
through a wide range of services and activities in
addition to providing space for worship
23/02/09 - view
story
Recession
hits public and private workers with budget cuts
In a further
sign of the deteriorating state of the economy, the
latest quarterly CIPD/KPMG survey of 892 employers
shows that around two-thirds of UK employers have
either experienced an organisational budget cut in
2008 or are about to experience one
23/02/09 - view
story
Social
care is as important as NHS says survey
Four out
of five adults (79 per cent) believe that social care
is as important as the NHS, reveals a survey out today
by a leading disability charity
20/02/09 - view
story
Overseas
Development Institute appoints new director
Alison
Evans is to be appointed as the new director of the
Overseas Development Institute, the UK independent
think-tank on international development and humanitarian
issues
20/02/09 - view
story
Grant
for volunteer programme
Canine
Partners, a charity specialising in providing highly
trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities,
has today received a grant from the lottery distributor
Awards for All
18/02/09 - view
story
NCVO
Civil Society Almanac launched
New
figures in the UK Civil Society Almanac 2009 launched
today reveals that UK civil society is a larger employer
than both the banking and accountancy industries
13/02/09 - view
story
Sector
leaders come together on tax issues
Sector
leaders attended a meeting with the Financial Secretary
to the Treasury, Stephen Timms, to discuss proposals
for further progress on gift aid reform and to address
the issue of irrecoverable VAT
13/02/09 - view
story
FX
fund raising initiative launched
A fund-raising
initiative to help charities generate free donations
for good causes has been launched by one of the UK's
leading foreign exchange firms
12/02/09 - view
story
New
NCVO Funding Commission launched
Eleven
Funding Commissioners tasked with looking at future
funding of the voluntary and community sector met
for the first time and will report back in a year
12/02/09 - view
story
Triodos
increases its charity lending
Ethical
group Triodos Bank, has increased its lending to charities
and social enterprises by £20 million in 2008
10/02/09 - view
story
Launch
of new index
A new online
index that charts the growth and impact of social
businesses has been launched
09/02/09 - view
story
Government
pledges £42.5 million to sector
The
government today pledged £42.5 million to help
volunteers, charities and social enterprises deliver
extra real help to those that need it most, during
the global economic downturn
09/02/09 - view
story
Cancer
Research UK makes appointments
Terry Mills
and Monica Wilson have joined Cancer Research UK as
associate director and group account manager working
with the charity’s corporate supporters
06/02/09 - view
story
NCVO
chief writes to PM
NCVO CEO Stuart Etherington has written
a letter to the Prime Minister, it reads:
04/02/09 - view
story
£250
million Social Investment Bank is needed says taskforce
A
£250 million Social Investment Bank is needed
by the third sector to transform the role charities
and social enterprises can play in the delivery of
public services, according to a report released by
the Third Sector Taskforce
02/02/09 - view
story
Most
in need are missing out says Charity Commission
Thousands
of people, including those most in need, could be
missing out on essential support both because some
charities have experienced a greater demand for services
than they can supply and because significant numbers
of people would be embarrassed to receive charity
help
28/01/09 - view
story
Charity
Commission publishes Wales charity overview
For
the first time, information about the Welsh charitable
sector has been brought together and analysed to produce
an overview of charities in Wales in A snapshot
of charities in Wales published by the Charity
Commission
27/01/09 - view
story
Landmark
ECJ judgment for charity donations
A
landmark Judgment, released by the European Court
of Justice (ECJ) today, means that cross-border EU
charitable donations ought now to be tax-deductible
across all member states
27/01/09 - view
story
British
public will not let charities fail
"The
British public won’t let charities fail –
they can’t afford to’, Dame Suzi Leather,
chair of the charity regulator for England and Wales
told business leaders at the Cardiff Business Club
26/01/09 - view
story
Charity
sector leaders criticse the BBC and Sky
Leading
figures in the charity sector are united against the
decision by both the BBC and Sky not to broadcast
the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) crisis appeal
for Gaza
26/01/09 - view
story
Majority
of leaders fear sector will suffer
Four
out of five (83%) charity leaders believe that the
economic conditions in the voluntary sector will worsen
over the next twelve months, according to the NCVO’s
latest quarterly Charity Forecast Survey
23/01/09 - view
story
Small
Tender Organisation Fund launched
Futurebuilders
England and the National Programme for Third Sector
Commissioning (NPTSC) have launched the Small Organisation
Tender Fund
23/01/09 - view
story
One
month left for Not for Profit Awards
Not for
Profit organisations in the UK have just one month
remaining to enter the the Bank of Scotland Corporate
£6 million Social Entrepreneur Awards
21/01/09 - view
story
Guy's
makes fundraising appointment
Guy’s
and St Thomas’ Charity has welcomed former director
of fundraising for the Parkinson’s Disease Society
(PDS), Hugo Middlemas, to the post of director of
Fundraising
20/01/09 - view
story
NCVO
demands £100m from government
The
government must provide a minimum of £100M to
ensure that essential support and services provided
by voluntary and community organisations
19/01/09 - view
story
Lenient
sentences for rapists condemned by charities
The
sentences of three thugs who gang-raped a teenager
with learning disabilities before they horrifically
burnt her with caustic soda have been criticised by
leading charities
19/01/09 - view
story
Survey
reveals hard times for single parents
Single parents
are fighting a hardening of attitudes towards them
as well as harsher living conditions as the recession
bites, a survey from single parent charity Gingerbread
shows
15/01/09 - view
story
Last
call for charities to get share of £1.6 million
Applications
for the Spark Challenge, a development and investment
programme to prevent and tackle homelessness through
social enterprise, will close on February 9
15/01/09 - view
story
CAF
wants third sector clarification
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
has welcomed Lord Mandelson’s announcement of
a series of measures to help businesses through the
recession, however
15/01/09 - view
story
CPRE
blasts government
The Campaign
to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has condemned the
government's decision in favour of expansion at Heathrow
15/01/09 - view
story
Investment
manager appoints new roles
Charity
investment manager Rensburg Sheppards has increased
its capacity through the recruitment of John Hildebrand
and Elliot Bancroft to its charities team
15/01/09 - view
story
Young
people to get work boost
Thousands of young people are to receive
support to find work with major national employers
15/01/09 - view
story
New
FRSB CEO welcomed
The
appointment of Alistair McLean, the new chief executive
of the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB), has been
welcomed by Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of the
Institute of Fundraising
12/01/09 - view
story
Consultancy
creates charity advice report
Wootton
George Consulting has published advice for charities
on how to survive the recession
09/01/09 - view
story
BIG
funds international projects
Charities
projects in India and Asia will be helped to build
more sustainable futures following funding of more
than £6.7 million from the Big Lottery Fund
(BIG)
08/01/09 - view
story
CAF
America recommends UK charities fundraise in the US
CAFAmerica,
part of the Charities Aid Foundation international
network, urges UK charities to make the most from
the changes in the exchange rate
08/01/09 - view
story
BBC
raises over a hundred of million through appeals
BBC
audiences have raised £113m for charitable causes
in the year 2007/08
07/01/09 - view
story
Charity
investments see 19% fall
UK
charities' investments lost 19 per cent of their value
last year, according to an index compiled by financial
services group, State Street
06/01/09 - view
story
CFDG
launches new training course
The Charity
Finance Directors' Group has launched a new training
course, Understanding the Voluntary Sector
for anyone who is new to the voluntary sector
06/01/09 - view
story
Carers
Week appoints media officer
Carers Week,
the annual campaign for greater recognition and rights
for carers, has appointed Sushila Snell as media and
campaigns officer
05/01/09 - view
story
Knighthood
for Terrence Higgins chief
Nick Partridge, head of the UK’s largest HIV
charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), has received
a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours
05/01/09 - view
story
RoSPA's
Cave gets awarded MBE
Janice Cave, the director of public affairs at the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, has
been awarded an MBE
05/01/09 - view
story
Top
author calls for more access to braille
To
mark the launch of a campaign to raise £2 million
in order to re-house the nation’s leading Braille
printing press, best selling author Ian Rankin has
called on writers, publishers and retailers to improve
accessibility of fiction and non-fiction in braille
29/12/08 - view
story
CIPD
warns of worst year in two decades
The Chartered
Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has
warned that 2009 is shaping up to be the worst year
for jobs in two decades
19/12/08 - view
story
HLF
announces £15million in heritage projects
The
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced its latest round
of awards totalling £15.6m for a range of heritage
projects across the UK
18/12/08 - view
story
Charity
Commission open inquiry into Catz Club
The
Charity Commission has opened a formal inquiry into
the charity Catz Club, also known as Schoolfriend
18/12/08 - view
story
DSC
awards announced
A
charity working with the local community in Malawi
to improve health, education and sanitation, has been
awarded an Everyday Impact Award by the Directory
of Social Change (DSC)
17/12/08 - view
story
Charity
Commission publishes guidance
The
Charity Commission has published on its website supplementary
public benefit guidance for charities whose aims include
preventing or relieving poverty, or advancing education
or religion, and those that charge fees
15/12/08 - view
story
Britain
needs more volunteers says Blunkett
Former
home secretary David Blunkett has claimed that Britain
needs more volunteers, suggesting that it is the preserve
of the middle class
15/12/08 - view
story
Call
on Government to help carers
The
Princess Royal Trust for Carers – the UK’s
provider of services for carers through its 144 network
members - is urgently calling for the Government and
statutory services to help create more joined up services
for young and adult carers
11/12/08 - view
story
Sport
volunteering on the rise
The number
of adults in England who regularly volunteer in sport
has risen by more than 120,000 over the past two years,
according to new research
10/12/08 - view
story
Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents welcomes reports
The
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has
welcomed the publication of two major reports which
show the UK is leading the world on preventing deaths
and injuries to children
08/12/08 - view
story
Capacitybuilders
commissions new research
Capacitybuilders
has commissioned a partnership comprising of the newly
established Third Sector Research Centre, BMG Research,
Guidestar Data Services and Sustain Consultancy to
undertake the largest evaluation of the government's
investment into the sector
08/12/08 - view
story
National
Deaf Children’s Society winsa award
A
website designed by the National Deaf Children’s
Society (NDCS) has won the Interactive Media Awards
(IMA) Best in Class 2008.
05/12/08 - view
story
Donations
will go down over the next year says survey
Yet
another survey shows hard times ahead for charity
doinations, but children's charities are top of giving
list
03/12/08 - view
story
Commission
pushes green agenda
The Charity
Commission has published a report promoting more environmental
responsibility among charities
03/12/08 - view
story
HSE
launches consultation
The
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation
on its new strategy: ‘The Health and Safety
of Great Britain\\Be Part of the Solution’
01/12/08 - view
story
Third
sector will benefit from SME support package
The Minister for the Third Sector, Kevin Brennan,
has confirmed that third sector organisations will
benefit from the support package for SMEs
28/11/08 - view
story
Voluntary
sector is "dangerous for democracy"
"The
voluntary Sector is dangerous for democracy”,
warned Guardian columnist and chairman of the National
Trust, Simon Jenkins
24/11/08 - view
story
CFDG
gives mxied response to pre-budget report
The
Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG) has welcomed
parts of the Chancellor’s pre-budget report,
which is set to aid charities to the tune of around
£70m
20/11/08 - view
story
Avoid
credit at Christmas warns charity
Cash-strapped
families who turn to credit to pay for Christmas could
be setting themselves up for a New Year debt disaster,
children’s charity Action for Children has warned
19/11/08 - view
story
CFN
chair states the case for local giving
The
incoming chair of the Community Foundation Network
(CFN), the UK’s largest independent community
charitable grant-maker, has rejected recent reports
that claim the charitable sector could face crisis
as a result of the credit crunch
18/11/08 - view
story
Minister
for the Third Sector will reward social change
Minister
for the Third Sector Kevin Brennan will reward an
individual or organisation whose clear vision for
social change has achieved outstanding results at
the Social Change Conference on December 8 2008 in
central London
17/11/08 - view
story
New
coalition launches Race for Justice
A new coalition
of voluntary and community-based organisations launched
the Race for Justice Campaign in England and Wales
17/11/08 - view
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Acevo
puts forward 16 point plan ahead of third sector summit
Ahead
of the Government/third sector summit being held on
November 24, hosted by NCVO and co-chaired by Third
Sector Minister Kevin Brennan, ACEVO has called for
a ‘great debate’ on how Government can
support the third sector through the recession
17/11/08 - view
story
Winner
of Women of the Future Awards announced
Melody
Hossaini, a campaigner for youth rights, has been
honored in the Women of the Future Awards in London
14/11/08 - view
story
Capacitybuilders
to award £5 million in grants
Capacitybuilders
has launched a £5 million capital grants programme
to develop third sector resource centres
12/11/08 - view
story
Gays
not wanted as parents
More
than one in three people believe that gay couples
(38 per cent) and single people (37 per cent) should
not be allowed to adopt
12/11/08
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story
Charity
CEO salaries are up but gender gap widens
The median
salary for charity CEOs has shot up by over 8% from
last year to nearly £60,000, while salaries
for those heading the UK’s largest charities
remain firmly over the £100,000 mark, according
to the latest ACEVO Pay Survey
12/11/08
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New
charity consortium aims to fight credit crunch
A charity
consortium comprising of, Depaul Trust, Get Connected,
YouthNet and the Bromley by Bow Centre, have developed
a partnership in an attempt to tackle the effects
of the credit crunch on smaller charities
12/11/08
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story
Home-Start
UK awarded grant
Home-Start
UK has been awarded a Big Lottery Grant from the Investing
in Communities (Scotland) programme
12/11/08
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story
Electrical
Safety Council sets up Scottish Office
Campaigning
charity the Electrical Safety Council has set up a
dedicated office for Scotland
11/11/08
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story
Unity
Trust Bank makes appointment
Unity
Trust Bank, the provider of banking services to the
social economy sector, has appointed of Nigel Tyrrell
as head of national charities
06/11/08
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story
Health
charities top large donations
Health
charities, international aid and development organisations
and higher education institutions are the main beneficiaries
of the largest charitable donations made in the UK,
according to the Coutts Million-Pound Donors Report
06/11/08
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story
Funders'
preferences revealed in new almanac
The
funding preferences of trusts, companies and government
is revealed in a new almanac on sale from the Directory
of Social Change
06/11/08
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story
Public
concerned over how charities spend their money
The
public is more put off by how a charity spends its
income than how it generates it, according to new
research
05/11/08
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story
Action
for Blind People makes appointment
Sue Hartley has been appointed head of individual
giving for national visual impairment charity Action
for Blind People
05/11/08
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story
Big
Lottery Fund offers hope
Five new support centres for youngsters with physical
and mental disabilities will be built in tsunami-hit
areas of Sri Lanka after an investment of more than
£480,000 from the Big Lottery Fund
04/11/08
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story
Downturn
may be good for social enterprises
The current economic downturn may provide a launch
pad for social enterprises to make real inroads in
delivering health and social care services, a latest
survey has found
04/11/08
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story
Capacitybuilders
makes announcement on latest phase of awards
Capacitybuilders has announced £2.5 million
of grant awards for the modernisation of third sector
support services
03/11/08
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story
Changes
in the Awards for All England Programme
Following a review of the Awards for All England programme,
changes are to be made to the small grants scheme’s
existing format when it comes to an end in March 2009
29/10/08
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story
Report
reveals testing time in charity sector
Latest research reveals that a period of relative
stability for the third sector appears to be coming
to an end, but that there are ways in which charities
can prepare to cope with a possible recession
28/10/08
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story
Accountants
warn charities about tax changes
Accountants
Horwath Clark Whitehill has warned charities they
are under financial threat from more than the credit
crunch and recession
27/10/08
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story
IOF
launches gift aid mentoring website
The
Institute of Fundraising has launched its new Gift
Aid mentoring forum, www.giftaidhelp.org, which aims
to provide access to an online network of experienced
professional fundraisers and practitioners
27/10/08
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story
HLF
awards funds to seven projects
The
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has earmarked seven awards
totalling £8million made through its Landscape
Partnership Scheme
22/10/08
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story
Philanthropy
can survive the recession, says expert
Charities
should not assume they will lose their biggest supporters
in the current financial turmoil, says academic Beth
Breeze of the newly established Centre for Philanthropy,
Humanitarianism and Social Justice at the University
of Kent
21/10/08
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story
New
Third Sector Skills body announced by Government
Government
Ministers have announced that £2.5million will
be made available over the next three years to set
up a brand new skills body for the third sector
20/10/08
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story
Concern
Worldwide appoints new head of fundraising
International
development charity Concern Worldwide UK has appointed
a new head of fundraising, Sanjeev Gupta
17/10/08
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story
Etherington
issues warning to government
Stuart
Etherington, chief executive of the National Council
for Voluntary Organisations has warned that charities
need a strong show of support from the Government
during this time of economic instability
17/10/08
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story
Mental
health charities merge
Two
mental health charities are set to merge to make their
work more effective
16/10/08
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story
NSPCC
wins award
The
NSPCC has won the second annual international Gold
Star Award for Excellence in Fundraising DRTV, following
a vote by delegates at the International Fundraising
Congress (IFC) in Holland
16/10/08
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story
NSPCC
seeks new deputy director of fundraising
Tim
Hunter is to leave the NSPCC in January 2009 after
seven years as deputy director of fundraising
15/10/08
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story
Charity
leaders reveal concerns about credit crunch
Economic
pressures brought on by the credit crunch have increased
uncertainty among UK charity leaders about the future
of their own sector and the financial security of
the wider UK economy
14/10/08
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story
Charities
hit by credit crunch
Charities
are being squeezed by both an increase in demand for
their services and increased costs, according to the
Charity Commission
07/10/08
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story
New
Minister for Third Sector announced
The
Office of the Third Sector appointed Kevin Brennan,
MP for Cardiff West, as the new Minister for the Third
Sector
06/10/08
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story
BIG
goes big on community regeneration
The
BIG Lottery Fund has announced funding of £2.7
million to regenerate and revitalise a range of centres
at the heart of communities
03/10/08
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story
Scope
implements redudancies to beat credit crunch
Scope
is to reduce its senior management team and introduce
other cost-saving measures to minimise the impact
of the worsening economic slowdown before it reaches
its peak
01/10/08
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story
Charity
Commission launches new online register
Information
on charities is now more accessible than ever before,
thanks to a new version of the Charity Commission’s
online register
25/09/08
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story
Charities
combine to fight fo sight
Two
charities, RNID - the UK's largest charity for deaf
and hard of hearing people and Fight for Sight - the
UK's leading charity dedicated to eye research, have
joined forces for the first time to provide a forum
to discuss the impact of sensory impairment in an
ageing population
23/09/08
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story
CSV
wants to make difference
Minister
for climate change, biodiversity, & waste Joan
Ruddock has rallied the food industry to play a greater
part in helping to alleviate food poverty and food
waste in the UK at an event hosted by national charity
FareShare
23/09/08
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Minister
calls for action over food poverty
Minister
for climate change, biodiversity, & waste Joan
Ruddock has rallied the food industry to play a greater
part in helping to alleviate food poverty and food
waste in the UK at an event hosted by national charity
FareShare
23/09/08
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story
National
Deaf Chidren's Society launches website
Parents and guardians of deaf
children are set to benefit from a new online service,
that will help them contact other families with deaf
children across the UK
19/09/08
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story
DSC's Social Change Awards launched National
Deaf Chidren's Society launches website
Voluntary sector organisations
and individuals making a positive impact on society
are invited to enter DSC's 2008 Social Change Awards
19/09/08
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story
New Alzheimer's website launched
A new website has been launched,
www.alzheimers-support.com, to provide information,
advice and support to people with Alzheimer’s,
their families and carers across the world
16/09/08
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story
Deafness Research makes appointment in newly
created role
John Blake has been appointed
the new head of individual giving of medical research
charity Deafness Research UK
12/09/08
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story
UK green funding revealed
The UK's first green funding
website has revealed the best and worst English regions
for local and regional environmental funding initiatives
10/09/08
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story
CSV launches Make Difference Day
People from across the UK are
being asked by leading sportsman, Kriss Akabusi ‘to
mob’ the UK’s open spaces to promote positive
action in their communities
08/09/08
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story
Lord Mayor's corporate community shortlist
announced
The City of London Corporation
has announced the shortlist for the Lord Mayor’s
Dragon Awards 2008
08/09/08
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story
Barnado's and Deloitte launch poverty report
Barnardo’s and business advisory firm Deloitte
launched a report that highlights ways in which the
government can meet its commitment to reducing child
poverty
08/09/08
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story
Charity Commission launches casebook report
The Charity Commission has published Charities Back
on Track, a new report bringing together themes and
lessons from the compliance work it has carried out
over the last year
05/09/08
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story
Charity Commission secures return of political
donation
The independent regulator and registrar of charities
in England and Wales, The Charity Commission, has
overseen the return of a donation of charitable money
made by the charity Catz Club (known as Schoolfriendetc.)
to a political party, in breach of charity rules
05/09/08
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story
Voice4Change launches subscriber scheme
Voice4Change England (V4CE) has launched a subscribers
scheme that individuals and organisations can join
to strengthen its role in building a thriving BME
Third Sector
03/09/08
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story
Funders should invest in support services
warns report
A new report has called for a better match between
the accountability requirements placed on third sector
organisations by funders and commissioners and the
information organisations need to develop and improve
their services and campaigns
02/09/08
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story
Epilepsy Action launches mothers campaign
Every year, around four women with epilepsy die during
pregnancy or giving birth, meaning they face a seven
times greater risk than women without epilepsy, warns
national charity Epilepsy ActionCharity
01/09/08
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story
Charity Finance Directors' Group in merger
The Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG)
has merged with the Charities Consortium with the
latter becoming CFDG’s Large Charities Special
Interest Group
29/08/08
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story
Voluntary organisations want to go green
Research carried out by Every Action Counts in 442
community and voluntary organisations showed that
almost 90 per cent want more environmentally friendly
working office practice.
28/08/08
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story
Charities recycling could return millions
A new YouGov survey of the general public has revealed
an opportunity for charities to increase fundraising
income by £130 million through recycling going
some way to offset the drop in private donations expected
over the next 12 months following the credit crunch
27/08/08
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story
Revised standards for managing volunteers
is published
Revised National occupational standards (NOS) for
the Management of Volunteers have been published by
the UK Workforce Hub.
27/08/08
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story
Will Aid will take place in November
Will Aid, the UK’s leading charity will making
scheme, will be running again this November providing
an opportunity for other charities to overcome one
of the main barriers to achieving legacies –
motivating supporters to actually make a will
26/08/08
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Concerns over the cost of elderly care
As the government works on plans to reform the social
care system, a new survey has revealed that two thirds
(67 per cent) of adults over 35 are concerned about
the future cost of care and accommodation facing them
or an older member of their family
26/08/08
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story
Health online networking site launches
The VoloGroup has launched a health specific professional
networking web site.
The site has taken Web 2.0 functionality and developed
a professional networking platform that will encompass
all aspects of the healthcare sector.
26/08/08
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story
Comic Relief implements new system
Charity Comic Relief is implementing a human resource
system from ASR Computers, part of COA Solutions
26/08/08
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story
Moving People changes its name
The mental health anti-discrimination programme previously
known as Moving People, has changed its new name to
Time to Change, following an extensive consultation
22/08/08
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story
Britain is unfair warns shadow chancellor
The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has launched
a report highlighting how Labour’s policies
have made Britain more unfair
22/08/08
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story
Futurebuilders makes appointment
Futurebuilders England has made its first major external
appointment since the Adventure Capital Fund took
over the Futurebuilders contract in April
20/08/08
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story
Best Charity to Work for Award shortlist announced
After receiving hundreds of entries for the Charity
Times best Charity to Work For Award, a strong shortlist
has been reached with five charities fighting it out
to win the overall award
20/08/08
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story
Bliss launches new brand
Bliss,
the national charity for special care babies, has
launched a new brand identity, for the first time
in ten years. The brand includes a new logo, strapline
and website
20/08/08
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Charity issues tips on using MP3 players
Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for
the safe use of MP3 players, following research by
the charity that shows too many people are putting
their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players
too loudly for too long
13/08/08
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story
Somerset House employs new payment system
The Somerset House Trust, which conserves and develops
Somerset House - an 18th Century palace and cultural
centre in central London - has implemented a new document imaging system
11/08/08
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story
IOF delighted over Royal Assent for transitional
relief
The Institute of Fundraising has said it is delighted
that the 2008 Budget announcement in relation to transitional
relief has now received Royal Assent
08/08/08
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story
London Foundations merge
Following discussions between Capital Community Foundation
and Thames Community Foundation, both organisations
have announced their intention to merge
08/08/08
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story
Scope experiments with PDAs
Disability charity Scope is hoping form-filling could
become a thing of the past
07/08/08
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story
NCVO chief is appointed to university role
Chief executive of NCVO, Stuart Etherington, has been
appointed chair of court at the University of Greenwich.
06/08/08
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story
2008 Charity Times Awards shortlist
announced
After judging the strongest number of award entrants
ever, Charity Times has finalised a strong shortlist
for its 2008 Awards.
06/08/08
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story
Horse charity in name change
The
International League for the Protection of Horses
(ILPH), has rolled out a repositioning strategy, with
one of the key elements seeing it change its name
to World Horse Welfare.
29/07/08
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story
Imperial War Museum appoints new director
of development
Sue Coleman has been appointed director of development
at the Imperial War Museum
29/07/08
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story
City University awards bursaries
City University London has announced the winners of
its Department of Cultural Policy and Management Scholarship
and Bursary Scheme 2008/9
29/07/08
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story
Borderline raises £100,000
The Institute of Fundraising along with Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown celebrated the recognition of six volunteer
fundraisers as ‘Everyday Heroes’
28/07/08
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story
Peta
appoints London director
Peta
Europe, an affiliate of the world's largest animal
rights organisation, has announced the appointment
of Robbie LeBlanc as director of its London-based
operation
25/07/08
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story
WellChild
appoints new marketing and communications director
National
children’s health charity WellChild has appointed
Colin Dyer as its new director of marketing and communications
24/07/08
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story
PM
hosts technology awards
The
Prime Minister hosted an awards ceremony for people
using technology to its best social benefit
24/07/08
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story
Awareness
is high on Governance Code
Seven
out of ten respondents say they are aware of the Governance
Code and eight of ten say it’s easy to understand,
applicable to their organisation and useful, states
new research
24/07/08
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story
Local
democracy must flourish says NCVO
Greater
participation by people in the local political process
is vital for a healthy democracy, and is the key theme
of Votes and Voices, a collection
of nine essays published by NCVO and the LGA
24/07/08
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story
IOFcelebrates
heroes
The
Institute of Fundraising along with Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown celebrated the recognition of six volunteer
fundraisers as ‘Everyday Heroes’
18/07/08
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story
Charity
Commission questions role of think tank trustees
The Charity Commission has published the results of
its inquiry into registered charity the Smith Institute
reconfirming that the Smith Institute is a charity
and is capable of operating for the public benefit
16/07/08
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story
Voluntary
groups confront local authorities
Voluntary groups in the east of England have sent
a clear message to local authorities and regional
agencies calling on them to play fair and improve
the way they work with voluntary and community sector
organisations
15/07/08
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story
Female
civil service appointmenets decline
2008 has seen a percentage decline in all civil service
appointments that went to women
14/07/08
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story
Harman
and Milliband want more diversity
A major push to increase the number of women, disabled
people, black, Asian and minority ethnic groups appointed
to the boards of public bodies to reflect the wider
population has been undertaken by the government
11/07/08
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story
University
honours top nurse
Manchester Metropolitan University honoured one of
the UK’s top nurses, Rosemary Cook, CBE
10/07/08
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story
Charities
win top intrenet awards
Charities were among those recognised for their innovative
and creative internet projects at the Nominet Best
Practice Challenge 2008 awards ceremony
09/07/08
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story
Public
servies suffer in economic environmnet says report
Public services are being exposed to the economic
bad weather and to destructive market forces, because
of an increasing dependence on a private “public
service industry”
09/07/08
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story
Navca
welcomes Third Sector report
NAVCA has welcomed the publication of the first ever
House of Commons Select Committee Report into the
Third Sector
08/07/08
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Charities
left confused over new CIS rules
Phil
Hope, the minister for the Third Sector, has asked
the Compact Commissioner Sir Bert Massie to lead a
debate on whether the Compact should be supported
by statutory powers
07/07/08
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story
Call
on debate over Compact
Charitable
bodies throughout the UK are failing to comply with
the requirements of the new Construction Industry
Scheme (CIS) introduced over a year ago (6 April 2007)
and are at risk of being penalised.
02/07/08
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Next
phase of campaign on unclaimed assets launched
The Unclaimed Assets Charity Coalition has launched
the next phase of its campaign to enable charities
to access unclaimed assets that are rightfully theirs
01/07/08 - view
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New advisory body named
Phil Hope, the minister for the Third Sector, has appointed the panel of the new Third Sector Advisory Body (TSAB)
30/06/08 - view
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Triodos in latest launch
Social finance specialists, Triodos Bank, has launched the Triodos Opportunities Fund - a venture capital fund for social enterprises
30/06/08 - view
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Local authorities push the third sector
The most vulnerable people in local communities stand to benefit from the support of charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises, now that a majority of England’s local councils have made it a top priority to have an active and thriving third sector
30/06/08 - view
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Dunmore appointed chair of BBC's AAC
Stephen Dunmore is the new chair of the BBC’s independent Charity Appeals Advisory Committee (AAC)
27/06/08 - view
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Brown has big vision
The Prime Minster, Gordon Brown, has outlined a new vision for transforming England’s public services
25/06/08 - view
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CRB keeps children protected
More than 20,000 unsuitable people were stopped from working with children and vulnerable adults last year as a direct result of checks by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) according to the latest figures
24/06/08 - view
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Pensions
Trust dismayed by PPF levy increase
The Pensions Trust has expressed disappointment at the decision by the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF) to increasethe trust’s levy by about £850,000 despite the recognition by the PPF that charities carry a lower risk of insolvency than commercial organisations
24/06/08 - view
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PM approves new chair of HMRC
The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Mike Clasper, formerly operational managing director at Terra Firma Capital Partners, as the new chair of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
19/06/08
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New
research guidance for commissioners and service providers
The Cabinet Office’s Social Exclusion Task Force
has published new guidance on the use of research-based
evidence during the commissioning process, for both
commissioners and providers of services for vulnerable
people
11/06/08
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story
Confidence
in sector dips, but individual optimism remains strong
Charity leaders are generally confident about the
future of their own organisations, but are unsure
of the prospects for the third sector as a whole,
according to new research
10/06/08
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story
Northern
Ireland charities facing huge cutbacks
Charities in Northern Ireland are facing huge cutbacks
which will result in services for vulnerable people
disappearing and the loss of hundreds of jobs, the
North Ireland Council for Voluntary Action has warned
09/06/08
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story
Funding
Commission for civil society to be established
NCVO has announced that it will be establishing a
new Funding Commission, tasked with examining future
financial provision across the full range of civil
society after 2010
09/06/08
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More
work on equality necessary, study finds
While intentions and rhetoric are generally strong,
much work still needs to be done if charities are
to achieve real social equality and diversity, according
to a new study
04/06/08
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story
Report
calls for greater collaboration between unions and
sector
Unions should re-examine their offerings to third
sector employees, and both unions and the sector should
consider making joint approaches to government, according
to a new report
04/06/08
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story
CRB
for volunteers guidance published
The Cabinet Office has published new guidance for
organisations that make use of volunteers, to clarity
when Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks need to
be carried out
03/06/08
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story
PKF
launches 2008 risk survey
Charities have been invited to take part in the seventh
annual risk survey by accountancy PKF and the Charity
Finance Directors Group
03/06/08
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story
Morgan
Inquiry met with criticism from volunteering body
The latest study into volunteering has been published,
calling on government to recognise volunteering as
a legitimate job-seeking activity, and recommending
a flexible day off to encourage its take-up
03/06/08
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story
Cameron
lays out Conservative’s vision for third sector
Conservative leader David Cameron has launched a Green
Paper, highlighting the Conservative’s vision
for the role of the voluntary sector, and setting
out ways to encourage it as a force for social progress
01/06/08
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story
Accounting
diploma to close for experience only
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales (ICAEW) has announced that the ability to
obtain its Diploma in Charity Accounting through experience
alone will end on 31 July
22/05/08
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story
Not-for-profit
survey extended into Europe
A new survey has been launched by Blackbaud and the
Resource Alliance to explore the state of fundraising
in Europe
21/05/08
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story
Public
confidence in charities on the up
Public trust and confidence in charities has increased
over the past three years, with only doctors and the
police receiving a higher confidence rating, according
to a new study
21/05/08
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story
New
Code bans financial guilt direct mail campaigns
The Institute of Fundraising has launched a new Code
of Fundraising Practice, banning the use of enclosures
in direct mail packs which aim to motivate donations
through the inducement of financial guilt
19/05/08
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story
Compact
Awards nominations open
Nominations for this year’s Compact Awards,
previously the Compact Commendations for Excellence,
have opened
12/05/08
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story
Petition
calls for national roll-out of Social Enterprise Mark
The Sunlight Trust, a social enterprise operating
in Kent, has created an online petition to lobby for
the national roll-out of the Social Enterprise Mark,
currently only available to organisations operating
in South West England
24/04/08
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story
Returnment
phenomenon set to benefit charity sector
Over one fifth of workers over the age of 45 are considering
taking up voluntary work after they retire, according
to a new MORI poll
23/04/08
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story
Youth
volunteering levels remain flat
Despite increased government investment, levels of
youth volunteering remained broadly flat between March
2006 and November 2007, with 17-25 year olds as the
age group most regularly engaged with charities, according
to a new study
23/04/08
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story
Study
finds lack of funding for volunteer management
Though lack of resources is a major issue, over a
quarter of volunteer managers would not want more
volunteers even if they were provided with additional
funds, according to a new report
21/04/08
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story
Green
mayoral candidate signs social enterprise Charter
Siân Berry, Green candidate for Mayor of London,
has officially endorsed a new Charter which supports
social enterprises in the capital
17/04/08
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story
Charities
making a loss on public service delivery
A study benchmarking financial management practice
in the voluntary sector has found that a quarter of
those surveyed were making a loss of 8.8% of income,
or more, through public service delivery
09/04/08
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story
OTS
appoints chair of new Advisory Body
The Office of the Third Sector has appointed Baroness
Jill Pitkeathly OBE as chair of its new advisory body
07/04/08
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story
Dismay
over CLG’s decision to scrap partners scheme
The Community Alliance has expressed “dismay”
at the Department of Communities and Local Government’s
(CLG) decision to scrap its intended third sector
strategic partners scheme, which has been in the making
since last June
02/04/08
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story
European
Commission launches Debate Europe programme
The European Commission, in an effort to increase
citizens’ involvement in the EU decision-making
process, has launched its Debate Europe project, which
will co-fund a number of civil society projects throughout
2008 and 2009
01/04/08
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story
National
Support Services open for business
Capacitybuilders’ nine National Support Services
(NSS) have opened for business, replacing the six
Hubs of Expertise
01/04/08
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Futurebuilders
widens funding criteria
The Futurebuilders England fund, which came under
the management of the Adventure Capital Fund on 1st
April, has announced that the eligibility criteria
for organisations applying for funding has widened
01/04/08
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Charities
Act comes into full force
Minister for the third sector Phil Hope MP has officially
launched the fourth commencement order of the Charities
Act 2006, bringing changes to accounting and reporting
into force and requiring professional fundraisers
to state how much they are paid when asking for donations
31/03/08
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Volunteering
England concerned over potential tax rebates
Volunteering England has expressed concern over some
of the recommendations in Lord Goldsmith’s report Citizenship: Our Common Bond, namely those
concerning council tax rebates in return for volunteering
31/03/08
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Lack
of knowledge hindering Gift Aid take-up
Low awareness of how Gift Aid actually works and a
lack of knowledge of how to administer it are two
of the key barriers to Gift Aid take-up, according
to a new report
26/03/08
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Public
trust in charities sees 9% dip
Public trust in charities experienced a 9% dip between
September 2006 and July 2007, with only two in five
people saying they trusted charities, according to
new research
25/03/08
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New
fundraising code for consultants published
The Institute of Fundraising has published a new Code
of Fundraising Practice which clarifies how consultants
working with charities should conduct their operations
20/03/08
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Simon
Hebditch to step down from Capacitybuilders
Capacitybuilders’ Simon Hebditch is to step
down at the end of March, following a two year stint
as the agency’s first chief executive
20/03/08
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Finance
Hub achieved its aims, evaluation finds
An independent evaluation of the Finance Hub has concluded
that the hub achieved what it set out to do, and improved
resources for the voluntary sector
19/03/08
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New
Compact Commissioner appointed
Sir Bert Massie CBE, former chairman of the Disability
Rights Commission, has been appointed as the new Commissioner
for the Compact
18/03/08
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Charity
Tribunal launched
The new Charity Tribunal has been officially launched,
allowing charities to challenge legal decisions from
the Charity Commission without going to the High Court.
Cases can be taken to the Tribunal with immediate
effect
12/03/08
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Budget
Gift Aid announcement welcomed by sector
While drinkers and drivers may have lost out to the
tax hikes announced in Alistair Darling’s first
Budget as Chancellor, charities making use of Gift
Aid were presented with some welcome news
12/03/08
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BERR’s
report falls short on social enterprise
The Social Enterprise Coalition has criticised the
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform’s new Enterprise Strategy, saying it
only reiterated existing commitments to social enterprise
12/03/08
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Commission
launches next consolation on public benefit guidance
The Charity Commission has published the next bits
of its draft supplementary guidance on public benefit,
these looking at Public Benefit and the Advancement
of Education and Public Benefit and Fee-charging
12/03/08
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Bubb
to chair ACF’s new Futurebuilders fund company
The Adventure Capital Fund has formed a new company,
Adventure Capital Fund Management, to manage the Futurebuilders
fund from 1st April. The ACF has appointed Acevo’s
chief executive Stephen Bubb to chair the new venture
10/03/08
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Baroness
Neuberger publishes next volunteering report
Baroness Julia Neuberger, the government’s ‘volunteering
champion’ has published a new report which has
determined that there is potential to expand volunteering
in health and social care to build more “people
centred services” |
