The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has launched an emergency appeal for funding to aid the recovery of its 25-hectare area of its heathland in Suffolk that was “badly affected” by wildfire.

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Action is being called for in a government funded report to ensure local government reorganisation and devolution does not harm partnerships between councils and their area’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

Their research into civil society financing found that there needs to be a distinction “between organisations that can take on” social investment and “those that can’t.

Lorna Fallon, who has been Oxfam’s interim chief supporter officer since earlier this year and director of its retail and trading division since 2021, will take up her new role at the CRA in November.

Some of the money taken was spent on a holiday, paying off her own credit card and improvements at her home.

A wider focus is needed as local authorities and NHS organisations “are among the largest commissioners working with” civil society, says the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA).