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Hubs will be funded until 2008
The
National Hubs of Expertise will continue to be funded
until March 2008 – the end of the current government
spending period – Capacitybuilders has announced
17/11/06
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NCVO fears rising Olympic costs will hit VCS
Warnings
that National Lottery funding could be used to meet
the rising costs of staging the 2012 Olympic Games
have been met with anger by the NCVO
16/11/06
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Government invests in future of social enterprise
The
government has signalled its commitment to the growth
of social enterprise, making more than £18 million
available to promote the development of the sector
15/11/06
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Payroll giving scheme expanded
The
Charities Trust has expanded its Payroll Giving programme,
20 years after it was first introduced
14/11/06
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New SORP committee membership unveiled
The
Charity Commission and the Office of the Scottish
Charity Regulator has announced the membership of
its new charities SORP committee
14/11/06
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Charities and parish councils hold key to rural transformation
Rural
communities can be transformed if charities and parish
councils learn how to cooperate, the NCVO has said
14/11/06
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London VCS funding fixed at £28 million
London’s
voluntary and community sector will receive £28
million in funding throughout the coming year, London
Councils has announced
13/11/06
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Scottish law to embrace trustee indemnity cover
Scottish
deputy communities minister Johann Lamont has called
for a change in the law to allow charity trustees
to take out indemnity insurance to protect themselves
13/11/06
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Institute of Fundraising calls for self-regulation
in Northern Ireland
The
Institute of Fundraising has called on Northern Ireland’s
Department for Social Development to support self-regulation
in the country
09/11/06
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GiveSure membership trebles
GiveSure
insurance, a fundraising scheme that partners UK charities
with insurance broker Grove & Dean, has almost
trebled its membership
08/11/06
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Collective sigh of relief as Charities Bill gains
Royal Assent
Having
lamented in Parliament for the past two years, (and
in the works since 2002), the Charities Bill has become
the Charities Act 2006, gaining Royal Assent on 8
November
08/11/06
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Charities holding £3.6 billion in unaccounted
reserves
The
Charity Commission has called on charities to be more
transparent about their reserves after the latest
figures revealed that English and Welsh charities
were holding £3.6 billion unaccounted
03/11/06
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Staff say charities are risk averse and bureaucratic
Charity
professionals believe their own organisations are
too risk averse and unnecessarily bureaucratic, according
to new research by nfpSynergy
02/11/06
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Chief execs admit sector fails on performance
Only
one in five charity chief executives believes the
third sector is performing well, a survey carried
out by Acevo has found
01/11/06
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Red tape burdens still excessive one year after regulation
report
One
year after the publication of the Better Regulation
for Civil Society report, little has changed
for voluntary sector organisations stifled by excessive
red tape and unnecessary regulatory burdens
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