I read with some dismay the story of the 72 year old charity volunteer facing ruin as a result of being pursued for nearly £20,000 by the trustee of the pension scheme he was associated with as chairman of a branch of the charity
Blog: Charities, pension schemes and the judgement of Solomon
The curtain will finally fall on the Scottish Voluntary Sector Pension Scheme (SVSPS) run by the Pensions Trust at the end of March 2010, a scheme which has been patently unsustainable for years.
Many of the proposals put forward in the umbrella bodies' manifestos are sound and could make a lot of difference, says Daniel Phelan
New mergers can bring great benefits, but it can also bring up money tangles in creating new pension schemes.
The great Eagles song Hotel California has the immortal lines “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”, which perfectly sums up the growing pensions crisis gathering momentum in...
Charities think it may be warmer under the old comfort blanket than wrapped up in a new duvet, says Ian Allsop.
NCVO launched its election manifesto at its annual conference yesterday, and the call for all workers to be given five days paid time off in order to volunteer seems rather unrealistic.
Stuart Etherington argues that civil society needs a strategic market maker to drive social investment’s growth as a funding stream.
With Futurebuilders now closed to new applicants, Malcolm Hayday says its loan book should be handed on to maximise future social investment.
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