The UK’s largest charity, Nuffield Health, has today launched a retail bond to raise £15m to help fund investment in joined-up healthcare services that focus on prevention, fitness and wellbeing as well as cure.

Crimestoppers has launched a 24/7 reporting service in an attempt to tackle the estimated £1bn of charity fraud that occurs annually.

The trading income gap between a Red Nose Day year and a Sports Relief year has shrunk from £7m in 2009/10 to £5m in 2011/12, realising Comic Relief Limited's predictions of a narrowing of the income difference between the two events.

The HMRC has released guidelines outlining the new gift aid claiming process for charity shops.