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Sector awaits new blood as Brown promotes Miliband
Ed
Miliband has been promoted to his first cabinet-level
post in a predictable move that will, nevertheless,
disappoint the third sector
26/06/07
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Best practice on Gift Aid to be explored in new initiative
Cancer
Research UK and Oxfam have launched a sector-wide
initiative to share best practice on promoting, managing
and claiming Gift Aid, while the government has launched
a consultation on measures to increase take-up of
the tax relief scheme
26/06/07
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Charity Commission announces new board members
Following
a provision in the Charities Act for the Charity Commission
to become a body corporate and for its board to expand
to nine, the Commission has announced the appointment
of four new board members
25/06/07
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New study should ring alarm bells for employers
Movement
in earnings across all UK job sectors has fallen,
though the charity sector has experienced the third
highest industry pay rise, new research has revealed
22/06/07
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World Vision calls for internet fraud protection
International
development agency World Vision is calling for tough
internet regulations to help limit the damage to charities
caused by ‘phishing’ emails
22/06/07
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Academic centre for philanthropy to be established
The
Cabinet Office is calling for proposals to set up
the UK’s first independent academic centre for
the study of giving
20/06/07
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Charities not best service providers, consumers say
Consumers
do not believe that charities are always best placed
to deliver public services, according to the National
Consumer Council
19/06/07
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OTS provide £3 million in funding for social
enterprise
The
Office of the Third Sector is to provide £3
million in funding over three years to raise general
awareness of social enterprises and the work they
undertake
19/06/07
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Fundraising Standards Board forced to change logo
The
Fundraising Standards Board - previously the FSB -
has had to change its logo and acronym to FRSB following
complaints from the Federation of Small Businesses
18/06/07
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Campaign to keep volunteering at the heart of ChangeUp
Volunteering
England has warned that the sector will be unable
to modernise if it does not put volunteering at its
heart
15/06/07
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Chief executive of Compact Commission resigns
The
chief executive of the Commission for the Compact
has resigned less than six months after taking up
the role
14/06/07
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Poor less likely to give to charity, but donate more
of their salary
The
poor donate a higher proportion of their income to
charity than the rich but are less likely to give,
according to NfpSynergy’s latest research
14/06/07
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Fairtrade report calls on government to catch up
Government
support for Fairtrade lags behind public support,
and DfID should adopt a much more proactive and strategic
approach, allocating longer-term resources to it,
according to a government report
13/06/07
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Gift Aid working party established
Tax
experts from across the third sector have agreed to
set up a working party to consider the impact of Gift
Aid
13/06/07
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Local authority spending on social services constrained
While
local authority spending on education, police and
fire services is set to increase by around 7% in the
next two years, spending on social services will only
rise by 4%, according to CIPFA
08/06/07
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NCVO lambastes LSC over legal proceedings
The
Learning and Skills Council has acted in a draconian,
pernicious and bullying manner throughout its case
against a small community radio station, the NCVO
has claimed
08/06/07
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Social Enterprise Coalition joins Governance Hub
The
Social Enterprise Coalition has joined the Governance
Hub as one of its core group members, bringing the
total of the Hub’s partnership organisations
to nine
08/06/07
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Institute to commission review of Payroll Giving
The
Institute of Fundraising is to commission an independent
body to conduct a “root and branch” review
of Payroll Giving
06/06/07
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NAO warns government departments of failure on full
cost recovery
Full
cost recovery is an important principle for the financial
relationship between government and charities, but
government departments have struggled to translate
the principle into practice, according to a review
from the National Audit Office
01/06/07
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Lack of funds holds back green offices
Charities
wanting to improve the green credentials of their
office space do not have the funds or expertise to
do so, according to a new report from Every Action
Counts
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