Charity retail sales soared in Q4 2019, bucking the high-street trend amid 'conscious consumerism'.
New research from accountancy firm BDO has found charity retailers are outperforming high street stores as shoppers turn to more affordable and sustainable alternatives.
The former chief executive of a disability charity has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding his charity's pension scheme of more than £250,000.
Patrick McLarry, who headed up Yateley Industries for the Disabled in Hampshire, pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place between April 2011 and September 2013, at which point Patrick McLarry was both chief executive and chairman of the charity. He was also director of the corporate trustee of the charity’s pension scheme.
The London Marathon Charitable Trust has today announced new grants totalling over £2.2m to challenge inequality of access to physical activity across the UK.
The funding is the latest batch in a series of grants to UK-based charities, with the total funding amounting to more than £88m.
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We are currently recruiting to a key leadership role within the Hospice as a core member of the Senior Management Team. The Patient Services Manager has overall responsibility for the quality of care delivered within the Hospice. As CQC Registered Manager, the successful candidate has overall responsibility for demonstrating full compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards of Quality and Safety.
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the charity that looks after six very important heritage sites: the Tower of London; Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
With about five million visitors to our palaces a year along with success in fundraising, income from retail, functions and events, catering and sponsorship, our annual income which is in excess of 100 million pounds, means that HRP can designate increasing funds towards the running and project costs of the organisation.
The UK’s leading organisation for new music is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our dynamic Board of Trustees. We seek candidates passionate about contemporary culture and willing to provide support and challenge to the Chair and Chief Executive to ensure that Sound and Music achieves its ambitions in encouraging creativity, cohesion, innovation and new ideas through new music and sound. In particular you will support us in shaping Sound and Music’s strategy for 2022 and beyond.
The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) believes that the law plays an essential part in supporting civil society, economic development and democracy. Our vision is of a society where everyone understands the role and value of the law and has the capability and opportunity to use it to ensure their rights, and to fulfil the obligations that accompany these rights.
Camphill Village Trust is a leading, long established and progressive UK charity supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism, mental health problems and other complex support needs.
The Trust has been through significant changes in recent years and we are seeking a new Trustee to join our progressive Board and help us further strengthen our governance and deliver our recently refreshed strategy.
Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to share your expertise? Are you looking for a new challenge? If so, you may be just the person we are looking for.
The number of charity mergers has fallen amid a ‘reactive rather than proactive’ approach, which is stunting the sector’s overall development, research has found.
The UK's most LGBT-friendly employers to work for have been revealed, with four charities making into the top 100.
The annual list of employers, which is compiled by Stonewall and ranks employers from across all sectors on how LGBT inclusive their workplaces are, features four UK charities, including Youth Sport Trust, Victim Support, Touchstone and St.Mungo's.
The government is longing for a ‘shared vital mission’ with the third sector. But is the lack of trust and tightening of regulation causing a more obvious divide?
There is still a stigma around mental health, preventing many senior charity leaders from acknowledging it within the workplace. But it's time to start opening the conversation.
The 2018 Charity Times Annual Conference set out to provide delegates with insights into how key decision makers can work to lead their charities through difficult times, whilst taking the opportunities that present themselves.
Insider fraud is on the rise among the charity sector, but encouraging a culture of whistleblowing among charities could be the key to improving sector-wide resilience.
The ‘WannaCry’ global ransomware attack this May brought cybercrime into the limelight, affecting thousands of organisations. As a result of the attack, the Charity Commission said the third sector had to do more to protect itself. What more can charities do?
Better Society Awards Event Date: 23rd May 2019 Event Deadline: 25th January 2019 London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, LondonFor booking and enquiries email linda.libetta@charitytimes.com
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