Just one grant maker out of 100 looked at achieved top marks for diversity, accountability and transparency
Posted: 18/3/24
A report by nfpResearch and the Sheila McKechnie Foundation is urging charities to adopt a similar ‘David v Goliath narrative’ as Bates when campaigning and lobbying politicians.
Posted: 15/3/24
Workers at debt charity Rooted Finance are set to strike next week amid concerns over pay, conditions and union recognition.
Posted: 14/3/24
National Emergencies Trust (NET) board member Elizabeth Balgobin passed away earlier this month after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer.
Posted: 13/3/24
The union Unite is poised to take legal action claiming Glasgow East Woman’s Aid gave staff “no notice” of closure.
Posted: 12/3/24
Charity Commission CEO Helen Stephenson said she is “shocked” by the extent of the “appalling service charities receive from some banks”.
Posted: 11/3/24
The investigation will look at how the video was posted on Al-Manar Centre Trust’s Facebook account and to ensure the charity has improved its social media protocols.
Posted: 8/3/24
Despite extra funding for medical charities and a tightening up of Gift Aid legislation, Jeremy Hunt's budget has been described as a "missed opportunity" to support those in need of support.
Posted: 6/3/24
Almost half of charity revenue leakage “can be traced back to problems with data”, a snapshot survey of charity finance experts claims.
Posted: 6/3/24
Almost half a million unsolicited texts had been sent by Penny Appeal to people who had not provided their consent or had opted out, found the Information Commissioner.
Posted: 5/3/24
An NCVO survey of more than 300 charities found 87% are subsidising underfunded deals with public sector organisations through other income streams, such as donations and legacies.
Posted: 4/3/24
Civil society minister Stuart Andrew wants to expand philanthropy UK wide amid concerns donating from high-worth organisations and individuals is too concentrated in London and the south of England.
Posted: 4/3/24
Charities can be compelled to carry out improvements and those who file their accounts late can be removed from the register, under legal changes taking place from April.
Posted: 1/3/24
The financial crisis engulfing local government “is a moderate to high risk” for more than half of charities that work with councils, research warns.
Posted: 29/2/24
“The lives of young people are being put at risk" by the charity’s "failure to recognise the inadequacies of their operational practice”, a coroner has warned.
Posted: 28/2/24
Margaret Grainger joined British Wireless for the Blind Fund as its chief executive in 1986.
Posted: 28/2/24
"It’s more important than ever that people take time off to rest and recharge – so that they can come back stronger,” researchers are advising.
Posted: 27/2/24
The warning has been issued by Charity Commission chair Orlando Fraser to politicians, the media and charities as the regulator launches its new five-year strategy.
Posted: 26/2/24
Cancer Research UK is targeting high-value donors and philanthropists for its latest fundraising drive in a bid to raise £400m for medical research.
Posted: 26/2/24
Charities must be prepared for a challenging year ahead against the backdrop of the eagerly anticipated general election, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has warned.
Posted: 22/02/24
Big Give has announced its inaugural arts-focused campaign, Arts for Impact, which will raise funds for 239 charities across the UK that are having a social impact.
Posted: 21/02/23
Charities and other non-profits are at risk of missing out on top talent due to their employee benefits offering, a new report has found.
Posted: 20/02/24
Cats Protection has appointed a new advocacy and influence director.
Posted: 20/02/24
Chief Executive of Bowel Cancer UK, Genevieve Edwards, offers her insights on how charities can benefit from listening to and collaborating with their community.
Posted: 16/02/23
Tracey Crouch's recent successful treatment for cancer has given her “an opportunity to pause and reflect on my own personal priorities”.
Posted: 14/2/23
Artificial intelligence is currently unable to resolve ethical dilemmas around donor influence, donations from fossil fuel companies, and consent, a think tank is warning.
Posted: 12/2/24
Just 48 mergers took place last year, the lowest on record.
Posted: 9/2/24
Experienced regulator David Holdsworth is to rejoin the Charity Commission having previously been its deputy chief executive and registrar.
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Charity optimism for event fundraising growth comes amid continuing concerns around the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on donors.
Posted: 8/2/24
"Difficult conversations, learning from each other, and implementing inclusive practices" are needed within environmental charities, a report is warning.
Posted: 7/2/24
The warning has been issued to charities as the Charity Commission investigates a feud taking place between trustees at a London based religious charity.
Posted: 2/2/24
The warning has come from the Carers Trust after the closure of one of its network members was announced this week.
Posted: 1/2/24
Seven in ten people say action is needed to ensure artificial intelligence technology is accessible to all charities, irrespective of their size and location.
Posted: 31/1/24
The survey's findings have been revealed to promote the launch of this year's Big Help Out volunteering campaign.
Posted: 30/1/24
Instead of “seeking to find fault” with fossil firms' link ups with charities, UK society should be “applauding them”, said Lucy Frazer.
Posted: 29/1/24
Bishop Climate Wiseman had sold an oil through the religious charity he ran that he claimed would protect people from Covid-19.
Posted: 26/1/24
Almost 29,000 volunteers from 10 major charities contributed to the survey.
Posted: 25/1/24
Providing refillable water bottles, improving recycling and encouraging participants to use public transport to travel to events are among green measures organisers are being told to adopt.
Posted: 24/1/24
Peter Sparkes has commanded a frigate used to tackle pirates off the coast of Somalia and has represented the Royal Navy in Washington.
Posted: 23/1/24
“Tories seem set on sabotaging civil society to save their own skins,” said the Labour leader at a civil society event this week.
Posted: 22/1/23
But more work is needed to tackle an emerging trust gap and win the confidence of working-class people in rural areas and small towns, Charity Commission research has found.
Posted: 22/1/23
Less than a third of charities surveyed said they have the capacity to help more people during the current economic situation.
Posted: 19/1/24
The committee's launch is the latest move in measures taken by the CIoF to improve safeguarding after it was rocked by a sexual harassment scandal three years ago.
Posted: 19/1/24
A homelessness charity has been forced to close after “the pandemic and subsequent years” eroded its reserves.
Posted: 18/1/24
The charity found its previous name “was becoming a barrier” following consultation with staff, supporters and beneficiaries.
Posted: 17/1/23
Charities are currently missing out on as much as £560m in Gift Aid each year, analysis has found.
Posted: 16/1/24
Staff and board members say they are “beyond devastated” the charity will close at the end of January.
Posted: 15/1/24
“We believe a happy team leads to better support for those we serve,” says the charity
Posted: 12/1/24
Generation X and Baby Boomers are “putting off making important decisions”, such as leaving a legacy pledge to a charity, due to “uncertainty around the economy”, the report says.
Posted: 11/1/24
Analysis has revealed the demographics of the perfect shopper charities need to target for their High Street stores.
Posted: 10/1/24
From adhering to the rules to tackling culture wars there is plenty for charities to consider ahead of this year’s general election.
Posted: 9/1/24
Analysis has looked at charities' search engine performance, tech issues and the ‘authority’ of their online content.
Posted: 8/1/24
The online fundraising platform's latest figures also reveal its users' favourite good causes and the UK's most generous regions.
Posted: 5/1/24
Vicky Browning has been appointed to head POhWER for an initial period of six months.
Posted: 4/1/24
The well-known children’s campaigner died on New Year’s Day aged 61 following a period of ill health.
Posted: 3/1/24
Founders of The Brain Tumour Charity and the chair of Refuge have also been named as recipients of honours in this year's list.
Posted: 2/1/24
Getting serious about diversity and campaigning safely during a general election are among the many challenges charity leaders face in 2024.
Posted: 21/12/23
As part of our offering at Charity Times, we delve into subjects affecting the charity sector so you can keep up to date on latest developments and conversations. Below, we list some of the features we wrote in 2023 that you may have missed.
Posted: 20/12/2023
Two in five people say they enjoy giving to charity at this time of year and are actively seeking good causes to back.
Posted: 20/12/23
The charity's Russian oligarch trustees had “damaged the reputation of the charity and charities in general”, says the regulator.
Posted: 19/12/23
We don’t know if it’s just us, but 2023 has felt like it’s both flown by and been a hard slog. What we do know however is that a lot has happened. Below, we link to some of the news and features you looked at the most.
Posted: 18/12/2023
It’s been yet another challenging year for charities and the news has been dominated by a rapid pace of change to sink your teeth into. We take a look back at some of the key moments from 2023.
Posted: 18/12/2023
Criticism follows the appointment of junior Department for Work and Pensions minister Mims Davies to the role, which was previously held by a minister of state.
Posted: 18/12/23
Billionaire Dr Viatcheslav Kantor is criticised by the Charity Commission for failing to resign as a charity trustee after being sanctioned by the UK government amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Posted: 15/12/23
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIoF) is calling for clarity on how changes to the Fundraising Code can effectively tackle harassment and intimidation faced by fundraisers.
Posted: 14/12/23
Three in five people in rural areas have volunteered over the last year, compared to only half of those living in urban communities.
Posted: 13/12/23
Gwen Hines is leaving the international children's charity to lead Plant Heritage next year.
Posted: 12/12/23
The largest grant of £3.5m is being handed to food bank charity The Trussell Trust.
Posted: 12/12/23
Oxfam workers have suspended their series of one day strikes taking place this month following talks that “resulted in an improved offer being made”, according to the union Unite.
Posted: 11/12/23
Halima Begum became ActionAid UK chief executive in July but is to leave to take over from Oxfam's Danny Sriskandarajah.
Posted: 7/12/23
Sector bodies are working together on the new project
Posted: 8/12/23
The weeklong campaign finished on 5 December and raised a record sum for the 1,077 charities that took part.
Posted: 7/12/23
A survey has found that 42% of charitable investors say investment returns have either been under their often inflation linked targets or below expectations.
Posted: 6/12/23
“The origin of the racist disrespect, exclusion and scrutiny was always senior management peers or chief executive level,” said one respondent.
Posted: 4/12/23
The imprints are needed on digital campaign material to improve transparency, say the chairs of the Electoral Commission and Charity Commission.
Posted: 5/12/23
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust are to share a record £1m donation from Yorkshire Water, after it polluted waterways in their area.
Posted: 4/12/23
“It is normal practice for volunteers to keep shops open in the absence of managers, where this is practical,” said an Oxfam spokesperson.
Posted: 1/12/23
The TAROE Trust is to close this month amid “unfavourable operating conditions” and after applying to over 100 funders “without success”.
Posted: 1/12/23
Disabled global majority volunteers are almost four times as likely to feel excluded while working for charities, compared to all volunteers.
Posted: 30/11/23
Heidi Travis is to step down as chief executive of palliative care charity Sue Ryder next year.
Posted: 29/11/23
The findings have been published on Giving Tuesday, which is ‘stagnating’ in the UK according to research released earlier this year.
Posted: 28/11/23
Also only one in ten trustees believe the regulator’s formal guidance and public commentary on campaigning match up.
Posted: 27/11/23
Encouraging whistleblowing of suspicious activity is also a focus of events taking place.
Posted: 27/11/23
Counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy for shop workers and their children will be offered through the charity's partnership with mental health specialists.
Posted: 24/11/23
Charity sector income is likely to be £9bn lower than pre-Covid, according to Pro Bono Economics' latest projections.
Posted: 23/11/23
Benefits sanctions against unemployed people with disabilities and long-term health conditions have been criticised by charities.
Posted: 22/11/23
Property prices falls are set to impact on charity’s legacy income over the next four years.
Posted: 22/11/23
Cornwall Museums Partnership's phased closure follows the withdrawal of a conditional offer of Arts Council England funding.
Posted: 21/11/23
Two in five charities' workforces are blighted by overwork and presenteeism, a survey has revealed.
Posted: 20/11/23
Glasgow East Women’s Aid directors say "this is an extremely complex situation".
Posted: 17/11/23
The Royal British Legion (RBL) has appointed the RNID’s chief executive Mark Atkinson to lead its executive board.
Posted: 16/11/23
Most charity sectors have seen a drop-in support among mass participation fundraisers over the last year, research has found.
Posted: 16/11/23
Budget concerns and "unanticipated liabilities" have also emerged as reasons for the closure of the Cares Family, on top of previously mentioned fundraising pressures.
Posted: 15/11/23
But the survey found 5% of charity, foundation and endowment investors do not think ESG is important and 16% think it is of ‘minor importance’.
Posted: 15/11/23
Almost three quarters of charities that deliver public service contracts say they cannot meet current demand with the funding they currently receive, a survey by NCVO has revealed.
Posted: 14/11/23
The Prince's Trust is among the monarch's charities to be renamed.
Posted: 14/11/23
The regulator’s chair Orlando Fraser has hit out at “personal squeamishness” and “righteous progressiveness” of trustees who turn down gifts from donors they disagree with.
Posted: 10/11/23
While many more UK people donate compared to other countries, Brits fall behind the rest of the world in terms of volunteering and helping strangers.
Posted: 13/11/23
Female charity leaders are being mistaken for note takers at meetings and are mocked for showing emotion, the report found.
Posted: 9/11/23
The comedian Joe Lycett has raised more than £66,000 for Crisis with more money coming in through an unusual fundraiser sparked by home secretary Suella Braverman’s comments that rough sleeping is a “lifestyle choice”.
Posted: 8/11/23
The regulator's chief executive Helen Stephenson says it is looking to develop research into barriers to trusteeship and is meeting young trustees this week to encourage more young people to join boards.
Posted: 8/11/23
Only half of charities are actively seeking to recruit new trustees from more diverse backgrounds, a survey has found.
Posted: 7/11/23
Martin Houghton-Brown will leave the first aid charity in 2024 after six years in the role.
Posted: 8/11/23
A survey of more than 250 charities has highlighted widespread concerns around reduced funding and increased running costs.
Posted: 6/11/23
The charity’s income increased by more than 130,000% over 18 months.
Posted: 3/11/23
The answer has emerged amid an “unwelcome intrusion” from national politicians on the way charities campaign and lobby, according to researchers.
Posted: 3/11/23
Details of how £30m worth of government funding to boost volunteering opportunities is being spent have been revealed.
Posted: 30/10/23
Areas of disadvantage are missing out under the current funding system, a group of MPs is warning.
Posted: 27/10/23
The specialist care home and school charity has taken the decision following a critical inspection report.
Posted: 26/10/23
Rising demand has “taken its toll on the workforce”, according to researchers.
Posted: 26/10/23
The anti-poverty charity's "hypocrisy is astounding”, claims Unite general secretary Sharon Graham.
Posted: 25/10/23
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is closely monitoring “the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” following the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza.
Posted: 25/10/23
The findings have emerged from a survey of 34 High Street and online retailers, including Amazon, Ikea, Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
Posted: 25/10/23
Refugee Council, Safe Passage International and Doctors of the World are among charities to make the recommendation to the UK government.
Posted: 24/10/23
A coalition of more than 50 charity organisations is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to address underfunding in public service delivery contracting and grant making.
Posted: 23/10/23
Children’s and health charities are among good causes to see the biggest decline in popularity among donors over the last five years, research has found.
Posted: 20/10/23
Romilly Greenhill, the UK director of anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign, has been named as the next chief executive of international aid sector organisation Bond.
Posted: 19/10/23
It is being reported The Captain Tom Foundation is set to close after a Charity Commission investigation being carried out into its management is completed.
Posted: 18/10/23
Accountancy failures and the couple’s employment of their daughters at the school their charity ran are among concerns raised.
Posted: 18/10/23
The survey's findings suggest calls from Conservative MPs and government ministers to curb charities' campaigning role is out of step with their voters.
Posted: 17/10/23
Lack of global majority CEOs and a “significant” gender pay gap continue to blight charity leadership, warns ACEVO chief executive Jane Ide.
Posted: 16/10/23
The move has been taken after a quadrupling of antisemitic incidents in the UK since the start of the conflict in Israel and Gaza last week.
Posted: 13/10/23
Charity director pay has also increased over this period, while senior executive salaries have fallen, research has revealed.
Posted: 13/7/23
A decline in income from the public and investments during the Covid pandemic are key factors in the slump.
Posted: 12/10/23
Just as philanthropy is evolving to become more democratised, so grantmaking must too. Natasha Friend, director at Camden Giving, explains more.
Posted: 12/10/23
The move sees the grant giver's £1.2m in assets as well as five properties transferred to the community foundation.
Posted: 12/10/23
The Charity Commission is investigating two religious charities amid concerns over payments to a trustee they share.
Posted: 12/10/23
Help needed to tackle climate change ranges from marketing, fundraising and evaluation to improving diversity and planting trees.
Posted: 11/10/23
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter does “not encourage a safe, healthy or inclusive environment for our community to engage with us in”, says the transgender support charity.
Posted: 10/10/23
Surging demand and financial challenges force one in eight charities to turn people away, a survey has found.
Posted: /9/10/23
Charities are failing to act on pledges to improve board level diversity among ethnic minorities but are recruiting more women and younger trustees, research has found.
Posted: 6/10/23
Demographic changes are eroding donors' personal connection to good causes supporting children and young people, researchers find.
Posted: 5/10/23
UK fundraising platform easyfundraising is facing a battle in court over its name after easyGroup decided to pursue legal action for trademark infringement.
Posted: 04/10/23
Among charity representatives surveyed more than a quarter (28%) believe their current cyber security budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats.
Posted: 4/10/23
The monetary value of trustees has previously "been severely underestimated", claim researchers.
Posted: 3/10/23
The public have listed charities as the most effective organisations to stand up for disadvantaged communities and back their role protesting against government policy.
Posted: 2/10/23
A schoolboy who climbed a mountain, swam a mile then cycled 75km in memory of his sister is among the winners of this year’s JustGiving fundraiser of the year awards.
Posted: 29/9/23
Charity run schemes are among almost 200 community ownership projects to share £50m in levelling up funding.
Posted: 28/9/23
The charity has said it wants to be “a truly inclusive workplace” after an independent review found the organisation is scarred by incidents of racism, antisemitism and discrimination.
Posted: 27/9/23
The safety of staff and patients “are non-negotiable priorities” said the charity’s chair.
Posted: 27/9/23
Charities delivering public services are facing a real terms £1bn funding cut despite government departments having more to spend, analysis has found.
Posted: 26/9/23
Instead it will use the term 'global majority', although NCVO chief executive Sarah Vibert concedes this "isn't perfect".
Posted: 26/9/23
John May joined at a turbulent time for Cats Protection, but they are all ready to move forward, as he tells Melissa Moody.
Posted: 25/09/23
The charity leader turned a “small, parent-led group into a national service” supporting thousands of people, says its chair.
Posted: 25/9/23
“This decision to close down every single one of the five Girlguiding activity centres across the United Kingdom is so bizarre,” said Culture, Media and Sport committee chair Caroline Dinenage.
Posted: 22/9/23
Power the Fight, Hubbub and Islamic Relief were among the big winners at the Charity Times Awards 2023, which was celebrated on 20 September in London.
Posted: 21/09/23
The findings have emerged from an employees' survey, which highlights the importance of good pensions schemes, annual leave entitlement and staff perks to charities' recruitment and retention.
Posted: 21/9/23
“No CEO wants to close the organisation they love and feel responsible for, but I am proud of the decisiveness of our board in knowing when it’s time to call it a day,” said Children England CEO Kathy Evans.
Posted: 20/9/23
The campaign group has issued an apology saying it had “been far too nice to white leaders” and had adopted white supremacist strategies it was set up to tackle.
Posted: 20/9/23
Sector bodies say the regulator has listened to their concerns around controversial draft proposals released earlier this year on charities' social media use .
Posted: 19/9/23
The comedian has been accused of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse of women over a seven-year period.
Posted: 18/9/23
More than a third say they only have enough reserves to allow them to operate as normal for less than six months.
Posted: 18/9/23
But charities are falling behind private and public sector employers in terms of pension options and clear career progression pathways for their workforce.
Posted: 15/9/23
The move comes as £10m of government funding has been made available to charities to prevent suicide over the next two years.
Posted: 14/9/23
The charity says it is “deeply ashamed of our past links to slavery”.
Posted: 13/9/23
The Disasters Emergency Committee is monitoring the situation while it considers whether the catastrophe meets its criteria for a UK wide appeal.
Posted: 12/9/23
This year’s annual football fundraiser organised by Youtubers the Sidemen has raised £2.4m for charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Posted: 11/9/23
“His coercive and controlling behaviour led to inappropriate relationships, the physical wrestling of youths and massaging of young male interns,” found the investigation.
Posted: 11/9/23
The overhaul is set to impact 170 jobs at the first aid charity.
Posted: 7/9/23
Helen Stephenson is to leave the charity regulator next year when her current term ends.
Posted: 6/9/23
The Fundraising Regulator concedes that the current “expectation to be polite ‘at all times’ could be a problem for fundraisers facing abuse or intimidation during their work”.
Posted: 7/9/23
The survey has also revealed the UK areas where high net worth individuals and business owners are most likely to back charities.
Posted: 8/9/23
Right wing commentator Farage had said he hoped Tufton Street linked lobby group Restore Trust "knocks a bit of common sense" into the charity ahead of elections to its council.
Posted: 6/9/23
Meta is to stop covering the cost of third party processing fees for donations to charities through its platforms Facebook and Instagram from November.
Posted: 5/9/23
Charity CEO podcast host Dhivya O’Connor has been named as the next chief executive of Cherie Blair's charity, which supports women entrepreneurs globally.
Posted: 4/9/23
The move follows Girlguiding's decision earlier this year to sell five activity centres.
Posted: 4/9/23
The organisation has used the brand refresh to align its scientific mission with human impact
Posted: 01/09/23
Two mental health charities have joined forces to launch Birmingham's first wellbeing cafe.
Posted: 31/08/23
RSPB CEO Beccy Speight has apologised after the charity called Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Therese Coffey and Michael Gove 'liars' over environment pledges.
Posted: 31/08/23
As the term suggests, unconscious biases, are those we are unaware of and are a product of our experiences and background. It results in patterns of thinking and behaviour that can have a profound impact on others and ourselves.
Posted: 31/08/23
A 40-year corporate partnership isn’t always easy to maintain in the charity sector, but Disney and Make-a-Wish UK have gone from strength to strength
Posted: 29/08/23
Charity employees are taking fewer annual leave days than other industries, despite their leave allowance rising, a new survey has found.
Posted: 29/08/23
The regulator has praised improvement under the refugee charity's new leadership team following a raft of concerns around the previous board's governance and management.
Posted: 25/8/23
Macmillan Cancer Support has cut its total reserves by more than a third as it increases spending on its fundraising operations and support services.
Posted: 24/8/23
A new AI-powered tool at the Bat Conservation Trust is helping researchers understand and protect bat species.
Posted: 23/08/2023
A drama school charity is under investigation after it failed to file accounts for the last three years or comply with a Charity Commission official warning.
Posted: 23/8/23
The charity had been at the centre of allegations that donations had been used to influence the monarch when he was Prince of Wales.
Posted: 21/8/23
The Film and TV Charity has boosted its hardship support to industry workers in financial need following a significant rise in demand for help.
Posted: 22/8/23
Government backed research charity the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has appointed former Ofsted chief inspector Christine Gilbert to be its next chair.
Posted: 21/8/23
Almost three in five charities are turning to virtual reality and gamification to boost their fundraising, a survey has found.
Posted: 17/8/23
It is alleged that the late record breaking fundraiser's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore was paid thousands of pounds through a family company for the ceremony appearances.
Posted: 16/8/23
We look at some of the top tips, for small charities in particular, on creating or revamping a website.
Posted: 18/8/23
Seren Price, who is the youngest person to complete the UK's national Three Peaks Challenge, is among the finalists of this year’s JustGiving Awards.
Posted: 15/8/23
Since the Covid pandemic charities have been offloading their headquarters, to generate income and better support communities amid the continuing popularity of flexible working.
Posted: 16/8/23
Thousands of people globally will be trained to support heritage projects, through the £29m pledge.
Posted: 14/8/23
Charities are failing to act on their own concerns around the impact of climate change, a survey has revealed.
Posted: 11/8/23
Unite is claiming St Mungo’s is ‘wasting money’ on recruiting temporary staff amid an indefinite strike by workers over pay.
Posted: 10/8/23
Out of six charity funding programmes recommended, “only one actually exists”, the research found.
Posted: 9/8/23
Dr Katie Perry, chief executive of The Daphne Jackson Trust discusses how the words we tell children can be used when thinking of an organisation's EDI efforts.
Posted: 08/08/23
Former Capita and BT managing director Beatrice Butsana-Sita has been named as the next chief executive of the British Red Cross (BRC).
Posted: 7/8/23
The charity's trustees were “not as straightforward or transparent as they should have been”, says the Charity Commission.
Posted: 7/8/23
A report is recommending new strategies for fundraisers when targeting people without children, who are far more likely than parents to leave gifts to good causes in their will.
Posted: 8/8/23
The Scouts and YMCA are among charities to share the latest allocation of grants made by the government through its Youth Investment Fund.
Posted: 4/8/23
Aid budget reductions have been branded "a death sentence for children in some of the most dangerous parts of the world”.
Posted: 4/8/23
The call has been made in response to “cumulative threats over more than a decade to vital elements of our democracy", warns a report.
Posted: 3/8/23
Too often small charities recruit graduates as CEOs and disability organisations ignore leaders with lived experience, says the charity chief executive.
Posted: 1/8/23
Charities now have only days to apply after the deadline was brought forward.
Posted: 1/8/23
Concerns have been raised after the Charity Commission investigated a donation made by the grant giver to help build a club house used by an exclusive ski club that charges members £21,000 to join.
Posted: 31/7/23
The Charity Commission has opened inquiries into two charities that share trustees over concerns with "poor financial management", including the use of signed blank cheques.
Posted: 25/07/23
The Natural History Museum has begun the rollout of a major re-brand across digital platforms and onsite locations ahead of its 150th Birthday.
Posted: 24/07/2023
More than half of the public think “trustees should be cautious with charity funds even if that may limit the help they can give to those in need”.
Posted: 20/7/23
From overspending on fundraising and CEO salaries to not paying taxes, charities are being urged to dispel some of the biggest myths around their sector.
Posted: 17/7/23
Around 30,000 fewer employees took part in payroll giving schemes at work over the last year, official figures have revealed.
Posted: 14/7/23