30/09/03 - view story
SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE AGENDA FOR MAJOR SECTOR CONFERENCE
A conference tackling issues surrounding social capital is planned by the NCVO for early December, it has been announced

24/09/03 - view story
LIB DEM MP ADDS BACKING TO "LONG OVERDUE" CHARITY REFORM
The Liberal Democrats have joined calls for charity law reform following a speech from one of their MPs welcoming proposed legislation as "long overdue"

24/09/03 - view story
SCOTTISH CHARITIES WIN FIGHT FOR CHARITY LAW REFORM
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has welcomed the Scottish Executive's commitment to create a legal framework governing charities

23/09/03 - view story
LIB DEM CONFERENCE PLAYS HOST TO CHARITIES' BILL COALITION
The NCVO kicked off their party conference fringe events with a meeting at the Liberal Democrats conference in Brighton, supported by the Charities Bill Coalition

17/09/03 - view story
BREACHES OF COMPACT CAUSED BY "RUSHED" GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
The Compact Advocacy Programme has identified a number of key areas where the
Compact is most likely to be ignored by government initiatives

17/09/03 - view story
GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR VIEWS ON NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS
A consultation on the development and funding of voluntary sector infrastructure in England has been published by Home Office charities minister, Fiona Mactaggart

17/09/03 - view story
SECTOR UNITES TO CALL FOR GREATER GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
A model which aims meet the infrastructure needs of the whole sector as its role within society changes has been agreed by three major umbrella groups

15/09/03 - view story
CONSULTATION ON BETTER PERFORMANCE SET UP FOR CHARITY SECTOR
A strategy for improving performance in the voluntary sector has been commissioned by the Active Community Unit (ACU)

10/09/03 - view story
SECTOR LEADER URGES GROUPS NOT TO RESORT TO STRIKES
The chief executive of ACEVO has attacked strike action within charities as an unacceptable way of solving problems at the Trade Unions Congress in Brighton

09/09/03 - view story
CALL FOR GREATER PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT TO BE MADE
The chief executive at CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) will use his speech at a corporate event this week to call on businesses to increase support for charities

08/09/03 - view story
RESEARCH PRIZE WINNERS AND NEW LOOK ALMANAC ANNOUNCED
Social inclusion is the topic of the winning paper in the Campbell Adamson Memorial Prize for the best contribution to the NCVO's 9th Research Conference

04/09/03 - view story
WATERAID NAMED AS CHARITY OF THE YEAR FOR 2003
A year of "unprecedented success" in fundraising and lobbying of governments worldwide about the importance of clean water has resulted in WaterAid being named Charity Of The Year at this year's UK Charity Awards

01/09/03 - view story
FOOD INDUSTRY REWARDS SOCIAL COMMITMENT FROM ITS FIRMS
The final shortlist of the four companies in the running for an award celebrating commitment to society by the food industry has been announced

29/08/03 - view story
RESEARCH INTO IMPACT MEASUREMENT OF COUNTRYSIDE CHARITIES
NCVO have called for rural voluntary groups interested in taking part in a new piece of research on measuring impact to get in touch

26/08/03 - view story
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN DRIVING NEED FOR ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Improved planning skills in the charity sector are required to deal with its "increasingly uncertain and complex" future, according to a new survey

20/08/03 - view story
WEBSITE SURVEY TO GATHER OPINION ON COMMISSION'S WELSH PLANS
The Charity Commission is seeking the views of trustees and charity employees on how to provide the most effective regulation of the sector in Wales via an online survey

13/08/03 - view story
SKILLS CRISIS WILL AFFECT PUBLIC SERVICE CHARITIES
A government quango's refusal to set up a strategic body to develop skills in the charity sector will "undermine" groups involved in public service delivery, NCVO claims

11/08/03 - view story
DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY IN CHARITIES TO BE REWARDED
A Northern Ireland awards scheme which rewards groups that have made exceptional progress towards equality and diversity in the workplace is open for nominations

05/08/03 - view story
RURAL GROUPS NEED TO WORK ON BUILDING NETWORKS OF SUPPORT
A major aim of voluntary groups in rural areas is to develop the social networks to help build stronger communities, new research claims

05/08/03 - view story
INTERNET CONSULTATION TO SCRUTINISE TORY PROPOSALS
The Conservative Party has launched an online discussion forum to gather responses to its recent paper for restructuring the voluntary sector

29/07/03 - view story
SECTOR'S MAJOR GROUPS PUSH FOR BETTER LEADERSHIP PROVISION
NCVO and ACEVO have joined forces in a new report calling for an initiative to promote and sustain leadership skills within the voluntary sector

24/07/03 - view story
SUPPORT FOR SPEEDY REFORM FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
Leading representatives of both the local government and private sectors have added their voices to the call for a Charities Bill

17/07/03 - view story
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY PUT FORWARD AS NEW CHARITABLE AIM
The Charity Commission has announced that the promotion of equality and diversity is now a new charitable aim in its own right

16/07/03 - view story
ANALYSIS: NEW PLANS WILL RE-SHAPE THE SECTOR AND ITS LEADERS
In a major victory for campaigners such as the NCVO, no charity will carry a presumption of public benefit, when a new Charities Bill finally appears

16/07/03 - view story
GOVERNMENT PLANS WIN SUPPORT FROM CHARITY LEADERS
Charity sector leaders have welcomed the government's "positive" response to the Strategy Unit review, and called for a timetable of reform to be drawn up now

16/07/03 - view story
GOVERNMENT BACKS PLANS FROM STRATEGY UNIT REVIEW
The government has given its official support to most of the major proposals from the recent Strategy Unit review for reforming charity law in its response published today

11/07/03 - view story
RURAL SECTOR TO GET BOOST BY REVIEW, CLAIMS HASKINS
The voluntary sector will be taking much more responsibility for service delivery in rural England following the Haskins Rural Delivery review, according to its author

11/07/03 - view story
ACU CHIEF INSISTS PARTNERSHIP IS THE KEY TO SERVICE DELIVERY
Councils and voluntary groups must share the responsibility to make their relationship work at a local level, according to the head of the Active Community Unit (ACU)

07/07/03 - view story
CALLS FOR SCOTLAND TO RUN A FULLY NON-PROFIT LOTTERY GAME
A new Scottish Executive motion has called for the country to use the lottery overhaul to establish its own non-profit version of the game

04/07/03 - view story
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION FALLING SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS
Implementation of the Compact programme at government level is "inconsistent and falls short of guidelines" according to the NCVO

04/07/03 - view story
NEW SECTOR MINISTER CHOOSES VOLUNTEERING AS FIRST TOPIC
New charities minister Fiona Mactaggart called for people to "celebrate volunteering as the ultimate act of citizenship" in her first public speech since being appointed

27/06/03 - view story
CRB FEES FIASCO TO COST SECTOR MILLIONS
The Criminal Records Bureau "fiasco" could cost charities more than £9m and lead to serious shortfalls for charities working with the vulnerable, the NCVO has said