Global development charity Human Appeal has appointed a humanitarian and development sector consultant from the US as its chief executive.
Dr Mohamed Ashmawey has taken the top role at the UK based charity from America, where he has been working as a European and Middle East humanitarian and development sector consultant.
A poverty relief charity where money was spent on personal items, including repayments on a Mercedes car, a TV and dental work, has been dissolved.
Worldwide Ummah Aid (WUA) had been set up to relieve poverty in Eastern Europe and the Middle East but has been removed from the charity register after a Commission inquiry.
JustGiving has been named as the exclusive online fundraising platform for next year’s Brighton Marathon.
This marks a return to the event for JustGiving, which was fundraising partner between 2012 and 2017 before losing the contract to Virgin Money Giving.
As the head of its staff team, to represent the Trust to key stakeholders and beneficiaries, develop and implement the Board’s strategy, and lead and manage the Trust’s staff.
The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust provides hardship grants to mature students of proven academic merit and in financial need studying in the UK. The Trustees are seeking a part-time administrator to take over responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day management of the Trust. Previous experience, ideally in the charity and/or education sectors, and a good understanding of charity regulations and finance is essential.
Ben Uri is a registered charity and operates within the art museum sector. It focuses on the following core areas: 1] BURU – Ben Uri Research Unit recording the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900. 2] Exhibitions on site, online and touring 3] The Ben Uri Collection 4] BUAD – Ben Uri Arts and Dementia Institute which is charged with
developing fully researched, accredited art interventions for the elderly living at risk of, or with, dementia.
We are currently seeking trustees with fundraising experience for charities and community groups in the arts. We require an individual with experience of sponsorship and finding sponsors that provides synergy to our current community works including people with special needs and learning difficulties.
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The Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College is looking to appoint a Database and Gifts Officer to join our Development team as we implement a new revenue fundraising strategy.
Your role will be to lead and guide your management team and these services so that they adapt and develop in response to current need, best practice in service provision, and are able to meet the challenges to financial sustainability presented by the external environment. At the same time you will be open to the development of new services.
We are a regional charity with national ambitions, providing award-winning services, with world-leading projects underway.
The successful candidate will be ambitious, with skills and experience to shape a fundraising programme for a charity looking to spread its wings. Developing major donor and corporate partnership programmes, and overseeing our trusts and grants programme together with enhancing our community fundraising.
War on Want is seeking an experienced financial professional to become a Trustee and join the Council of Management in providing financial oversight and advice in the role of a voluntary Treasurer. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced finance or auditing professional to participate in a dynamic and passionate team.
The Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College is looking to appoint a Trusts and Research Manager to join our Development team as we implement a new revenue fundraising strategy.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is to increase its grant spending by more than £3m a year.
This will take the Trust’s annual grant spend up to around £10m, for the next ten years.
The number of grants given to projects outside of London will also be increased, to give the trust a greater geographic spread across the UK.
Charities are to work with the government to create a Youth Charter to give young people a stronger voice on issues that affect them.
The charter has been a long-term recommendation of a raft of youth sector charities, including The Scouts, Girlguiding, The Prince’s Trust and the British Youth Council, who will work with the government to put the charter in place.
Crime reduction charity Nacro has appointed Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) boss Campbell Robb as its chief executive.
Robb will takeover from outgoing Nacro chief executive Jacob Tas in July, after two and a half years leading the York based JRF and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT).
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) is to formally apply for chartered status as it looks to boost the profile and status of fundraising.
The organisation has announced that the Privy Council has granted it permission to apply for the status, which has been a strategic objective for the IoF for the last six years.
The Big Issue Foundation has strengthened its online and mobile giving functions ahead of a spring fundraising push.
The charity, which supports the needs of Big Issue sellers, has linked up with digital donations platform Donr to improve its digital payment functions.
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