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Employees call for support from business in volunteering
Demand for employer supported volunteering is overwhelming,
according to new research carried out by Girlguiding
UK
31/05/06
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New charity finance qualification from CIPFA
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
(CIPFA) has launched a new qualification for the charity
sector in conjunction with London South Bank University
25/05/06
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Lords approve additionality amendment to Lottery Bill
An amendment to the Lottery Bill, passed by the House
of Lords, has given hope to charities that feared
lottery funding would be directed at voluntary organisations
working towards government priorities
24/05/06
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Charity complaints falling on deaf ears
A majority of charities have not established a formal
complaints procedure and thus are failing to fully
account to their service users, according to new research
from the Charity Commission
23/05/06
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ShareGift donates interest on £100,000 investment
to Charity Bank
ShareGift has invested £100,000 in Charity Bank,
and will donate the interest it earns on the deposit
back to the bank to support UK charities
23/05/06
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Government unveils new guidance for third sector funders
New guidance for third sector funders has been published
by the Treasury in an attempt to clarify pressing
issues for charities, including full cost recovery
19/05/06
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Legacy awareness reaches record level
Awareness of the Remember A Charity ad campaign, and
hence charitable legacies in general, is at an all
time high, according to a new survey
18/05/06
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Volunteering programmes too formal
A third of charities think their own volunteering
programmes are too formal, according to research conducted
by charity sector think tank nfpSynergy
18/05/06
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Minister for third sector recognises contribution
of social enterprise
Ed Miliband, the newly appointed minister for the
third sector, has revealed that social enterprises
now contribute £8.4 billion a year to the UK
economy
17/05/06
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New report shows success of Compact Advocacy Programme
The Compact Advocacy Programme has already released
£17.9 million for charities and voluntary organisations
through lobbying of the Department of Health, a six-month
report on the achievements of the campaign has shown
15/05/06
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Transfer to BACSTEL-IP proves successful
More than 800 charities are benefiting from improved
electronic banking programmes after migrating from
traditional telecoms-based payment systems to a new
internet protocol payments channel
09/05/06
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Marathon poll demonstrates wasted relationships
A poll of participants in this year’s Flora
London Marathon revealed that many charities were
not doing enough to encourage long-term relationships
with their supporters, and some were in fact damaging
the relationships they had formed
09/05/06
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Reshuffle not just rearranging Titanic’s deck
chairs for third sector
The government has indicated its commitment to the
third sector, stripping the Home Office of its responsibility
for charity policy and appointing senior ministers
within the Cabinet Office to take up its work
08/05/06
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Lyons report published
Local area agreements and other contracts provide
a useful tool for ensuring central and local government
work closely with their partners, according to a hard
hitting review of the structure of local government
08/05/06
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Young volunteers must have meaningful work, says CSV
Community Service Volunteers (CSV) has warned new
youth volunteering charity V that new opportunities
for young people must be engaging and purposeful if
it is to meet its target of finding one million new
volunteers aged 16 to 25
05/05/06
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Homelessness Awards applications now open
The Application process for the Association of London
Government’s Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards
is now open, with £25,000 in prize money available
for organisations demonstrating innovation in tackling
homelessness
04/05/06
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Interest rates in England and eurozone remain static
The Bank of England has decided to keep interest rates
at 4.5% for the ninth month running, while the European
Central Bank has announced that its rates would also
remain static at 2.5%
03/05/06
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City firms lack interest in corporate volunteering
Government support for volunteering, and expensive
publicity drives, have failed to attract corporate
volunteers to the not-for-profit sector, a new study
has found
02/05/06
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Charity Commission and CIPFA agree information sharing
deal
The Charity Commission and the Chartered Institute
of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have agreed
to a ‘bilateral protocol’, allowing both
organisations to share information concerning poor
practice
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