Action for Children
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Big Lottery invests £25m to tackle first-time offending
Jonathan Last
14 May 2012
14 May 2012
Tags: Funding
The Big Lottery Fund will distribute £25m of funds to a range of nationwide projects designed to help young people avoid becoming offenders.
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Action for children named Network Rail’s chosen charity
Adam Martin
8 May 2012
8 May 2012
Tags: Corporate fundraising
Action for Children has been selected as Network Rail’s new charity of choice for the next two years.
Ian Allsop examines the defined-benefit pension commitments of the UK's 40 largest charities, and finds some worrying numbers.
The ten local authorities in England with the most troubled families have signed up to a government payment-by-results scheme to turn these families around, with the assistance of the voluntary sector.
Hampshire County Council has awarded contracts worth £50m for the delivery of children’s centre services in its region to three national charities.
Six of the sector’s leading female chief executives have been chosen to take part in a series of events aimed at creating links between talent in the voluntary sector and FTSE company boards.
The Prince of Wales is today meeting with members from youth charities, both at his Clarence House base and in South London, to discuss the issues young British people face.
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Action for Children staff balloted for strike action
Celina Ribeiro
4 Oct 2011
4 Oct 2011
Tags: Human resources
Union members at Action for Children are considering strike action following an eight-month dispute over pay and what unions claim is an “attack on conditions”.