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The regulator has pledged to act on concerns raised in a High Court judgement into its report looking at the running of the defunct children’s charity.
Posted: 21/5/25
More than £151,000 was transferred to the account of one of the trustees to facilitate the transfer of charity’s money overseas, a Charity Commission investigation has found.
Posted: 21/5/25
New Philanthropy Capital has announced a merger with the Beacon Collaborative to increase the effectiveness of philanthropy in the UK.
Posted: 20/05/2025
The campaign is run by match funding platform Big Give and backed by media firm Global’s Make Some Noise charitable arm, NCVO and People’s Postcode Lottery.
Posted: 20/5/25
Posted: 19/5/25
The charity has been issued with a formal order under the Charities Act “compelling trustees to provide rigorous oversight of future speakers and online activity by the charity”
Posted: 19/5/25
Hedge fund managers Suneil Setiya and Greg Skinner have jointly taken top spot on this year’s Sunday Times Giving List.
Posted: 16/5/25
Funders are being urged to adopt HM Treasury measurements that put a value on people’s wellbeing to assess the effectiveness of charity projects they are backing.
Posted: 15/5/25
The move comes a year after the closure of trustee support charity Getting on Board.
Posted: 14/5/25
The Charity Commission has criticised the conduct of trustees at a charity it has been investigating over “concerning comments” made by its chair about Jewish people.
Posted: 13/5/25
The charity has pledged to do more to ensure it is engaging with girls of colour and those from poorer backgrounds.
Posted: 12/5/25
Charity departures from X have stepped up after Donald Trump was elected US President and the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk became part of his administration.
Posted: 9/5/25
Charities representing specific ethnic groups are also missing out on statutory funding opportunities
Posted: 8/5/25
The Advertising Standards Agency has cleared a series of RSPCA ad campaigns following an investigation.
Posted: 07/05/2025
Talks with charities are vital to ensuring artificial intelligence is “fair, representative, inclusive and equitable”, says the taskforce.
Posted: 7/5/25
The hospice in Liverpool has transferred from Zoe’s Place Trust to a new independent charity following a £5m fundraiser last year to secure its future
Posted: 6/5/25
The second annual charity management month – an initiative created by the Cranfield Trust – has been launched to help build management skills and confidence in the sector.
Posted: 02/05/2025
This year’s event raised more than £75m, beating its own previous record for an annual one-day fundraiser.
Posted: 2/5/25
Big Give's Green Match Fund is to be rebranded as Earth Raise and backed by a “cultural event blending live music, art, and environmental activism”.
Posted: 1/5/24
A quarter of junior and entry level roles in the sector have a salary below the Living Wage, as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation, leading to fears workers “may struggle to afford necessities”.
Posted: 30/4/25
The diversity of charity trustee boards is not in line with that of the wider population, new research has found.
Posted: 29/04/2025
Katharine Sacks-Jones, who has led the care experienced children's charity since 2019, will take up her new role as chief executive of The Multibank in August.
Posted: 29/4/25
Posted: 28/04/2025
More than 70 businesses are contributing to the annual running costs of the upgraded youth centre, which is supporting thousands of children in their area.
Posted: 28/4/25
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) chief executive Sarah Elliot will take up her new post at the homelessness charity in September.
Posted: 25/4/25
Posted: 25/4/25
Charities looking to use artificial intelligence in their work are being urged not to view the technology “in a vacuum” and to ensure they consider the legal implications of its use.
Posted: 25/4/25
The Charity Commission has banned the businessman from being a trustee after its investigation into four charities he launched.
Posted: 24/4/25
The recommendation follows evaluation that found free support at a hub in South London is worth £250,000 to its local voluntary sector.
Posted: 23/4/25
Posted: 22/4/25
The charity body’s latest The Road Ahead report warns charities face “difficult decisions” during 2025 amid “funding falling, costs increasing, and demand climbing”.
Posted: 22/4/25
“We have seen impossibly high numbers of new and returning young people in desperate need of housing support,” said the charity.
Posted: 17/4/25
The British Heart Foundation data shows the areas of the UK where charity shops are most likely to have success selling specific items, including vintage fashion, jigsaws and vinyl.
Posted: 16/4/25
Financial challenges faced by the charity include the loss of local authority funding through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Posted: 15/4/25
Posted: 14/04/2025
Matt Stringer plans to semi-retire and pursue non-executive roles.
Posted: 14/4/25
Budget constraints are a key factor in charities not reviewing risks and investing in preventative measures.
Posted: 14/4/25
A charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers has been left "devastated" after its truck was stolen from its garden.
Posted: 11/04/2025
Posted: 10/04/2025
There’s a hidden trauma and burnout crisis among fundraising professionals, which has been ‘ignored for too long’, new research has shown.
Posted: 10/04/2025
Posted: 09/04/2025
Charity Human Rights at Sea has announced it will close due to a lack of sustainable funding and operating model.
Posted: 09/04/2025
Charity brands have been named as one of the worst for online experiences, according to new research.
Posted: 09/04/2025
Charity leaders are being forced to leave their organisations and the sector in order to progress in their careers, a new study has shown.
Posted: 08/04/2025
The London Landmarks Half Marathon has raised a record £14m for charities.
Posted: 07/04/2025
The Health Lottery Foundation has announced grants worth £200,000 to 12 charities in 2025 to help improve health and wellbeing across Britain.
Posted: 07/04/2025
Posted: 07/04/2025
Posted: 07/04/2025
“Myanmar was already facing a severe humanitarian crisis with a third of the population in need of humanitarian aid. Now the situation is catastrophic,” said the DEC.
Posted: 4/4/25
The National Insurance increase will cost The Brain Charity an extra £35,000 a year, the equivalent of helping more than 200 people with free counselling.
Posted: 3/4/25
Posted: 2/4/25
The decision by the family support charity follows “extensive efforts to secure sustainable financial support and attract new volunteers”.
Posted: 2/4/25
Posted: 01/04/2025
Gaps in knowledge around legacy and in-memory fundraising are hampering the charity sector’s ability to run programmes effectively, research has shown.
Posted: 01/04/2025
The alliance of charities was set up four years ago and is the UK’s largest refugee coalition with 600 members, including the Refugee Council, British Red Cross and Refugee Action.
Posted: 1/4/25
Posted: 31/03/2025
Charities Aid Foundation research has found that the number of people donating, volunteering or sponsoring someone for charity has fallen to the lowest level since it began recording this data almost a decade ago.
Posted: 31/3/25
Nine in ten food aid workers surveyed say they have had to discard food donations “usually for being damaged, inedible or unsuitable”.
Posted: 29/3/25
The Charity Commission has appointed P3 CEO Mark Simms as its interim chair following the departure of Orlando Fraser.
Posted: 27/03/2025
Posted: 27/03/2025
Millennials and Gen Z are the most generous generations and are key to a surge in donations for charities in the year ahead, a new report has found.
Posted: 26/03/2025
More than three million people are set to lose out by 2029/30, placing added demand on charity support.
Posted: 26/3/25
The gender pay gap among staff at the Charity Commission has increased more than six-fold over the last year, its figures show.
Posted: 26/3/25
The Belfrey church next to York Minster is facing a £1.4m funding shortfall during its major rebuilding project due to a cap being brought in on VAT that places of worship can reclaim.
Posted: 25/3/25
Fundraising through the celebrity focused telethon has been declining over the last decade and its on the night totals have now being surpassed by dedicated match funding events.
Posted: 24/3/25
“The devastating incident has left children, families and the staff team heartbroken,” said the charity.
Posted: 24/3/25
The founder of the Roundhouse charity, Sir Torquil Norman CBE, has passed away aged 91.
Posted: 21/03/2025
Posted: 21/3/25
This is the first strike by charity care workers in Scotland for more than a decade.
Posted: 21/3/25
Posted: 20/03/2025
Sue Pettigrew, who joined family support charity St Michael’s Fellowship 52 years ago, is to retire.
Posted: 20/3/25
Posted: 19/03/2025
Posted: 19/3/25
The judicial review of the regulator's report into the running of the charity, which was founded by the late Camila Batmanghelidjh, is backed by among others Coldplay’s Chris Martin and the actor Joanna Lumley.
Posted: 19/3/25
Addressing pay disparity and improving ways staff can report racism are among issues covered in the tool.
Posted: 18/3/25
Posted: 17/03/2025
While Black-led charities are “essential drivers of change” they continue to face systemic barriers, found the report.
Posted: 17/3/25
The aim has been announced this week amid a rowing back of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by several firms during the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency in the US.
Posted: 14/3/25
Posted: 13/03/2025
The risk of “funding cuts and disruptions to procurement” loom for charities as local government undergoes reorganisation, says charity body NAVCA.
Posted: 13/3/25
Posted: 12/03/2025
Minimum wage and National Insurance increases as well as recruitment challenges are among factors in the increase.
Posted: 12/3/25
HaysMac's Steve Harper answers readers' questions
Posted: 11/03/2025
Jaguar Land Rover has recruited the chief executive of a charity focused on improving education in Africa to lead its newly set up Foundation.
Posted: 11/3/25
Air ambulance charities will be able to apply for a series of grants from a new fund aimed at supporting patient outcomes and crew wellbeing.
Posted: 10/03/2025
What we should learn from Donald Trump.
Posted: 10/03/2025
The Youtubers’ charity event almost doubled the amount raised last time it was held, at West Ham’s London Stadium in 2023.
Posted: 10/3/25
"DeepSeek has achieved comparable results at significantly lower cost. There are lessons here for third sector organisations"
Posted: 07/03/2025
Grantmakers including the National Lottery Community Fund, Foundation Scotland and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation have partnered with City of Edinburgh Council to set up a £15m fund to tackle poverty, racism and the impact of climate change in the city.
Posted: 7/3/25
An increase in wage costs is threatening charities' ability to deliver vital services, such as health and social care, a report has warned.
Posted: 06/03/2025
Concerns around ‘financial struggles’ at Urban Green Newcastle, which has been managing the city’s 33 parks and allotments since 2019, are behind the move by Newcastle City Council.
Posted: 6/3/25
Charities are being urged to explore salary sacrifice arrangements for employee pension contributions to help mitigate the impact of rising national insurance costs.
Posted: 05/03/2025
Angela Salt is to step down as chief executive of Girlguiding after six years in the role.
Posted: 5/5/25
Professional and financial services expert Edward Braham has been named as the next chair of the Charities Aid Foundation.
Posted: 4/3/25
A toxic workplace culture is driving charity staff out of the sector, a new survey has found.
Posted: 03/03/2025
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Cancer charities merge
The two charities have a combined 60-year history supporting patients.
Posted: 3/3/25
Posted: 28/02/25
Advice is also given to maximise donations to good causes during this sacred month in the Islamic calendar.
Posted: 28/2/25
The mental health of small charity leaders has reached a ‘crisis point’, with experiences of ‘hospitalisation’, ‘panic attacks’ and ‘helplessness’, new research has found.
Posted: 27/02/2025
Before the general election two thirds thought a Labour government would be more open to charity lobbying but that proportion has dipped to just over half six months on, research has found.
Posted: 27/2/2025
Posted: 26/02/2025
Criticism from charities and MPs follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to slash government support for international aid to focus funding on defence.
Posted: 26/2/25
The 2025 Charity Times Awards have opened for entry, returning for their 26th year.
Posted: 25/02/2025
Nearly 200 jobs are at risk at international aid charity Save the Children as the charity prepares to save £6m from an annual wage bill of £44m.
Posted: 25/02/2025
Posted: 25/02/2025
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The march of match funding
Dedicated match funding campaigning is now raising more than established major events such as Comic Relief and Children in Need.
Posted: 25/2/25
Posted: 24/02/2025
The Small Charities Advisory Panel (SCAP) has announced the appointment of five new members.
Posted: 24/02/2025
The RNLI is among charities in Scotland to already benefit from £5m in redistributed funding but more dormant cash is needed to help the sector, says The Scottish Charity Regulator and funder Foundation Scotland.
Posted: 24/2/25
The Health Lottery has announced the launch of The Health Lottery Foundation, which willl provide a series of funding opportunitis for charities working to tackle health inequalities across Great Britain.
Posted: 21/02/2025
An increase in interest in its funding to support young people and those with disabilities has resulted in less than 5% of grant applications being successful.
Posted: 21/2/25
Legacy giving has risen by 13%, reaching record levels and marking 2024 down as the most generous year on record for charities.
Posted: 20/02/2024
Financial experts are warning that regular checks are needed “particularly in the current economic and political climate”.
Posted: 20/2/25
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquity into a charity amid ongoing concerns regarding trustees' management and administration.
Posted: 19/02/2025
Posted: 19/2/25
A dementia support charity in Manchester facing closure will be able to continue operating after receiving a £366,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Posted: 19/2/25
Posted: 18/02/2025
Great Ormond Street Hospital has appointed its first chief technology officer.
Posted: 18/02/2025
Research has uncovered the riskiest areas of charities' organisation and work.
Posted: 18/2/25
Posted: 17/02/2025
The updated National Procurement Policy Statement comes into force later this month and calls on government departments, councils and the NHS to prioritise local charities when commissioning.
Posted: 17/2/25
British actor and media personality, Russell Brand, has closed his charity aimed at providing addition and mental health support.
Posted: 14/02/2025
Youth charity YMCA George Williams College has announced it is set to close following “persistent challenges”, despite being the product of a recent merger.
Posted: 14/02/2025
Bristol has been named the city with the most charity shops in the UK, while Norwich has been declared the best city for charity shopping.
Posted: 13/02/2025
The charity said it is ‘overwhelmed’ by the generosity of this ‘extraordinary’ gift.
Posted: 14/2/25
Rathbones Group Plc has appointed Gemma Gooch as head of charities distribution, a new group-wide role.
Posted: 13/02/2025
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Total Healing World Outreach over concerns about financial decisions.
Posted: 12/02/2025
The donation to the children’s charity is the largest in its 160-year history and has been made by the trust set up in the memory of 1920s racing driver and businesswoman Katherine Martin.
Posted: 12/2/25
Posted: 11/02/2025
Wills made online are more likely to include a gift to charity, Legacy Futures research has found.
Posted: 11/02/2025
Posted: 10/02/2025
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Charity mergers up by 90%
Mergers across the charity sector have jumped by 90% over the past year, reaching a record high, new data has shown.
Posted: 10/02/2025
A survey has launched by medical and charity experts aimed at better identifying “the specific needs and priorities of health charities across the UK” for future free support.
Posted: 10/2/25
Posted: 7/2/25
Elon Musk’s social media platform “is no longer the right place for us to reach the people we need to reach, or achieve the things we need to achieve", says the mental health charity.
Posted: 7/5/25
This is an increase on last year with rising interest in mass participation fundraising a factor, research has found.
Posted: 6/2/25
Posted: 5/2/25
Action is needed due to a decline in employers offering staff the chance to give to good causes through their salaries, warn campaigners.
Posted: 5/2/25
If you are part of a charity/corporate partnership, the awards could be applicable to you.
Posted: 04/02/2025
Posted: 03/02/2025
The Association of Chairs (AofC) has launched a consultation asking for charity leaders' views on how “the sector could change, develop and improve” charities’ boards.
Posted: 4/2/25
Commenting on the research, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director Areeba Hamid warns that “environmental organisations are still very white, especially at the top”.
Posted: 3/2/25
The charity says rising costs and falling donations are putting services, such as its 24-hour support for young people, at risk.
Posted: 21/1/25
Closure announcements from Feed the Minds and Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service this week follow winding down plans revealed earlier this month by Women and Children First.
Posted: 30/1/25
Charities are failing to act on commitments to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within their organisation, research has found.
Posted: 29/1/25
The charity is “blown away” by the donations it has received after viewers saw Alexander Dragonetti tell his fellow contestants on the BBC show he wanted to win money for the charity that supported his late brother.
Posted: 28/1/25
The reminder has been written to members of the church’s policy making body the General Synod as they prepare to consider improvements to safeguarding.
Posted: 28/1/25
A survey of employees found those working at charities are the least likely to use artificial intelligence (AI) across all sectors.
Posted: 27/1/25
The regulator "did not show that it had looked at all the relevant evidence...and it did not assess the charity’s failings in accordance with its risk and safeguarding guidance,” said Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rebecca Hilsenrath.
Posted: 24/1/25
Posted: 24/1/25
Women and Children First said funding concerns have prompted it ‘to exit gracefully’ from its work supporting communities in Africa.
Posted: 23/1/25
The Charity Commission has found that the running of the Brighton based mosque and community charity was threatened by a leadership row following the conviction of the former trustee.
Posted: 22/1/25
Posted: 22/1/25
“It is bizarre that every other type of gambling product has no limit on sales, yet the product that does so much good for society through supporting our charities is capped,” says Lib Dem MP Wendy Chamberlain who has introduced the Private Members Bill being debated today.
Posted: 24/1/25
Female candidates are particularly concerned about increased risk of bias through recruiters’ use of artificial intelligence to assess applications.
Posted: 21/1/25
Rape Crisis South London says Elon Musk's social media platform "no longer reflects the principles that guide our work".
Posted: 21/1/25
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has drafted in UK Youth's Kayleigh Wainwright to become its head of youth strategy engagement.
Posted: 20/1/25
Posted: 17/01/2025
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Q&A: "We choose this work because we're driven by a desire to make the world a better place"
Posted: 16/01/2025
Posted: 15/1/2025
Charities are being urged to be open with the public about their investments to increase trust and confidence in their work.
Posted: 17/1/25
Those continuing to back good causes are cutting back on the time they can give, research has also found.
Posted: 16/1/25
Posted: 15/1/25
Gemma Sherrington has spent almost 18 years at the children’s charity, including as its interim chief executive for the last year.
Posted: 15/1/25
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into the accountancy and financial management advice charity for repeated failures to file its accounts on time.
Posted: 14/1/25
The London based Jewish charity has been issued with an official warning by the Charity Commission following its fundraiser for the soldier based in Northern Israel.
Posted: 13/1/25
MPs have criticised a failure by government to exempt charities from increases to employers' national insurance contributions.
Posted: 10/1/25
Posted: 10/1/25
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Funder closes £300,000 fund applications after almost half of applicants fail to meet criteria
Posted: 9/1/25
The regulator’s probe was launched more than three years ago after the charity became embroiled in a cash for honours scandal when it was known as The Prince’s Foundation.
Posted: 9/1/25
Companies risk losing workers, particularly their generation Z staff, through widespread corporate apathy to donating and volunteering for good causes, research is warning.
Posted: 8/1/25
Senior figures at the scheme visited a youth employment scheme this week in Blackpool to mark the achievement of handing £1bn to good causes since its launch more than a decade ago.
Posted: 7/1/25
The consultation has been launched by the Charity Commission for England and Wales with support from the other UK regulators.
Posted: 7/1/25
Mark Goldring has spent 25 years leading charities including Oxfam GB and Mencap.
Posted: 6/1/25
Almost 200 jobs at Relate have been secured after the couples’ counselling service was bought by family support charity Family Action.
Posted: 3/1/25
Posted: 3/1/25
Five RNLI volunteers with a combined 223 years of support for the charity are among a raft of charity workers and leaders being handed awards in the King’s New Year Honours.
Posted: 2/1/25
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Charity Leaders’ 2025 To Do List
Navigating the new government, getting serious on diversity, forging partnerships and boosting gaming for good campaigning are among the top priorities for charity leaders in 2025.
Posted: 23/12/24
Charities that are adopting psychological behavioural marketing techniques can boost their relationships with donors and “drive contributions”, says a report.
Posted: 23/12/24
The funding announcement comes amid concerns about financial challenges facing the hospice sector.
Posted: 20/12/24
A look at options for charities who find themselves involved in a legacy dispute
Posted: 19/12/2024
An overview of what artificial intelligence means for charities
Posted: 19/12/2024
Failed amendments to the government’s national insurance legislation would have reduced the impact on charities of increases to employer contributions.
Posted: 19/12/24
The long-standing fellow and volunteer at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising passed away last month.
Posted: 18/12/24
Charities supporting domestic abuse survivors, children in poverty and homeless people among recipients of the Julia Rausing Trust's seasonal awards scheme.
Posted: 17/12/24
One in three also say they will have to hand back local council contracts as they will no longer be able to fulfil them due to the hike in their employer national insurance contributions.
Posted: 16/12/24
Posted: 13/12/24
The charity was set up almost 60 years ago to support the charitable work carried by the order of Franciscan friars that dates to the 13th century.
Posted: 13/12/24
Top priorities for those looking for work with charitable employers are opportunities for volunteering days, fundraising events and seasonal charitable activities.
Posted: 12/12/24
The charity says it is “done with the unchecked hate, racism, misinformation and conspiracy theories” on Elon Musk’s social media platform.
Posted: 11/12/24
The annual festive match funding campaign took place over the last week and has exceeded 2023’s total by more £11m.
Posted: 11/12/24
TommyInnit, Talia Mar and Tubbo are among UK Twitch streamers taking part in this year’s Jingle Jam fundraising event, which last year raised more than £2.7m for charities.
Posted: 10/12/24
The iconic music and arts event has increased annual giving by £2.2m since last year
Posted: 9/12/24
UK Youth has received the money from the Reed Foundation to support the mental health needs of young people not in employment, education or training.
Posted: 6/12/24
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Q&A: "To use data effectively, we must also focus on initiatives that support our core objectives"
Posted: 05/12/2024
Research has found that half of the public plan to donate over the festive period.
Posted: 6/12/24
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More than a third of charities set to axe shop roles due to national living wage and NI rises
Posted: 5/12/24
Accounts for the last three years remain outstanding at the charity, which provides homes and support for sick and abused animals.
Posted: 5/12/24
Just under a quarter of UK, US, Germany and France based charity leaders say burnout is also impacting them.
Posted: 4/12/24
More than 40 MPs and 30 hospices are calling for the government to hand hospices millions of pounds of funding from financial fines.
Posted: 3/12/24
The annual Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is to raise money for non-military and veteran charities for the first time to mark its 75th anniversary next year.
Posted: 2/12/24
Research has highlighted the best days for charity donations during the festive period.
Posted: 29/11/24
The Charity Commission has revealed the figures to coincide with its publishing of updated guidance on how charities can better protect themselves from criminal threats.
Posted: 28/11/24
Posted: 28/11/24
Younger people’s range of support for good causes makes them an increasingly important demographic for charities to target, research has found.
Posted: 27/11/24
Shān Nicholas has been helping charities cover their top role for 17 years, including stints at YMCA, Children’s Society, Drinkaware and Parkinson’s UK.
Posted: 26/11/24
But the charity sector continues to suffer significant losses to criminals, of between £5.9m and £11.4m in 2024.
Posted: 25/11/24
Events and resources are being made available to charities during Charity Fraud Awareness Week, which gets underway today.
Posted: 25/11/24
“We no longer believe that X provides a positive space to achieve our goals to progress children’s rights,” said the charity, which has since set up an account on Bluesky.
Posted: 22/11/24
Posted: 22/11/24
A Charity Commission probe into the couple’s involvement in the running of the Captain Tom Foundation found “serious failings” and that funds were “mismanaged”.
Posted: 21/11/24
In one incident £2.5m of charity funds were temporarily placed into the bank account of a private company owned by one of its trustees, who has since resigned.
Posted: 20/11/24
Charities and their leaders are signing up to social media platform Bluesky amid a shift away from Elon Musk’s X.
Posted: 19/11/24
Research has revealed the locations where the most people give and the largest average donations are made to charities.
Posted: 18/11/24
Former advisor to then Prince Charles' charities Julia Cleverdon has been appointed to chair the lottery funder’s board.
Posted: 15/11/24
Good causes supporting young people and financial inclusion as well as social investment and community wealth fund organisations will receive an equal share of the money.
Posted: 14/11/24
Match funding platform Big Give is calling on arts and culture charities to apply for its second annual Arts For Impact campaign.
Posted: 13/11/24
Young people are much more willing to become charity trustees than five years ago, research has found.
Posted: 12/11/24
The gender pay gap among chief executives has increased markedly over the last year and global majority staff continue to be overlooked for top roles, Acevo’s latest pay and equalities survey has found.
Posted: 11/11/24
The early survey findings have emerged amid a “trustee recruitment crisis” in the charity sector.
Posted: 8/11/24
A study into online prominence also highlights ‘sleeping giants’ in the sector whose strong reputation is being held back by technical issues.
Posted: 7/11/24
A drop in income is a key financial challenge, cited by four in five charity leaders surveyed.
Posted: 6/11/24
Posted: 6/11/24
Posted: 04/11/24
The merged organisation will support around 530 people across more than 80 services in the southwest.
Posted: 5/11/24
Moazzam Malik is a former UK ambassador to Indonesia and led the UK’s African embassy network.
Posted: 4/11/24
“These vacancies are causing significant skills gaps, governance issues, and stress among trustees,” said the NCVO, which has carried out the research.
Posted: 4/11/24
Charity shops rely on volunteers, but with recruitment not always easy, Shaf Mansour explains how Dorothy House Hospice Care makes the most of its volunteers
Posted: 01/11/24
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Yasmin Batliwala: How charity leaders can harness pragmatism and strategy to sustain momentum
Posted: 01/11/24
Charity leaders are concerned about the impact of Autumn Budget announcements on their service users, however plans to boost social investment have been welcomed.
Posted: 31/10/24
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' budget announcements to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and the national living wage could lead to staff and services cuts for charities, civil society leaders warn.
Posted: 31/10/24
Leaders at Al-Hikam in Bradford have “failed to demonstrate that they have made progress” following an official warning, says the Charity Commission.
Posted: 30/10/24
Posted: 29/10/2024
Young people feel detached from climate change issues and want to know more, while in contrast older people are “much more assured” of their opinions, researchers have found.
Posted: 29/10/24
The Mango Tree has announced the move as it launches a partnership with UK and Uganda based charity Kids Club Kampala, which has a “commitment to empowering local leadership".
Posted: 28/10/24
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Case study: What you need to do to modernise your charity shop as the pre-loved market booms
Posted: 25/10/2024
The trans youth charity, which has since made improvements, is calling for better protection and support for charities “facing hostility” during investigations.
Posted: 24/10/24
Funds raised will be used to support millions of people in Gaza and Lebanon in need of aid following attacks in the region by Israel against Hamas and Hezbollah.
Posted: 23/10/24
GoFundMe and Meta have announced a new set of features aimed at boosting fundraisers’ engagement with users of Instagram and Facebook.
Posted: 23/10/24
The trustees involved have since resigned amid Charity Commission concerns over the management of the charity's finances.
Posted: 22/10/24
The community foundations membership body has appointed senior civil servant Emma de Closset as its next chief executive.
Posted: 21/10/24
The government says the move marks a “new beginning” in its relationship with charities, which had been marred by culture war attacks during the previous Conservative administration.
Posted: 18/10/24
Trustees have told researchers that their worst performing area of governance is improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Posted: 17/10/24
Senior charity executives are worried about potential reputational and brand damage caused by their stock market investments, a snapshot survey has found.
Posted: 17/10/24
Almost nine in ten charities are seeing increased demand for their services, especially those providing food bank, debt counselling and support with human rights.
Posted: 16/10/24
North Herefordshire MP Ellie Chowns will use part of her salary each year to provide a fund for local charities and support ‘unconditional cash transfers’ to families in Africa.
Posted: 15/10/24
The Will Charitable Trust has become the third grantmaker this autumn to announce it is pausing applications for grants ahead of an overhaul of its funding strategy.
Posted: 14/10/24
The charity had been the UK’s last remaining provider of holidays offering 24-hour care for people with complex disabilities.
Posted: 11/10/24
The decision by Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice comes amid a funding crisis across the hospice sector.
Posted: 10/10/24
The trusteeship charity said ‘acute resourcing pressures’ has added to its decision to cease operations.
Posted: 9/10/24
Scouts has appointed former Relate chief executive Aidan Jones to lead the youth charity.
Posted: 8/10/24
Tera Allas has been appointed to be the next chair of Pro Bono Economics, taking over from former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell.
Posted: 9/10/24
Dr Audrey Tang, psychologist, author and founder of the CLICK Arts Foundation explains how the cuts in arts are impacting our mental health
Posted: 04/10/2024
“Failure to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment by third parties will be in breach of the preventive duty,” a legal expert has warned.
Posted: 7/10/24
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has appointed ITV news and current affairs director Michael Jermey to chair its board of trustees.
Posted: 4/10/24
More than 200 staff “have moved to a four-day, 30-hour working week with no reduction in pay”, says the charity, which is understood to be the first clinical services provider to make the move.
Posted: 3/10/24
Charity Times video Q&A: In conversation with Hilda Hayo, CEO of Dementia UK
Charity Times editor, Lauren Weymouth, is joined by Dementia UK CEO, Hilda Hayo to discuss why the charity receives such high workplace satisfaction results, what a positive working culture looks like and the importance of lived experience among staff. The pair talk about challenges facing the charity, the impact felt by the pandemic and how it's striving to overcome obstacles and continue to be a highly impactful organisation for anybody affected by dementia.
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Mitigating risk and reducing claims
The cost-of-living crisis is impacting charities in a number of ways, including the risks they take. Endsleigh Insurance’s* senior risk management consultant Scott Crichton joins Charity Times to discuss the ramifications of prioritising certain types of risk over others, the financial implications risk can have if not managed properly, and tips for charities to help manage those risks.
* Coming soon… Howden, the new name for Endsleigh.
* Coming soon… Howden, the new name for Endsleigh.
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