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Advice charities cutting back face-to-face services

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:00 GMT

Leading advice services are being forced to cut back on face-to-face support and place more emphasis on digital and telephone services, a roundtable discussion of advice charity leaders revealed yesterday.

Shadow minister: Big Society Network is coalition’s ‘favourite charity’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:51:00 GMT

The £500,000 allocated by the Cabinet Office to Big Society Network and Society Network Foundation since April last year was for the Big Society Awards, Nick Hurd has confirmed.

NCVO to look at ways of improving national media coverage of sector

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:15:00 GMT

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has commissioned a report to find ways to encourage the national media to give the voluntary sector more positive coverage, the umbrella body's chair, Martyn Lewis, has advised.

Inspiring Impact launches Code of Good Impact Practice

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:00 GMT

Inspiring Impact, the voluntary sector’s collaborative effort to mainstream good-quality impact reporting, has today launched the UK’s first-ever Code of Good Impact Practice.

Cancer Research UK launches new savings bond

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:59:00 GMT

Cancer Research UK has launched a savings bond in partnership with the Coventry Building Society.

Your picks of the week

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:12:00 GMT

Your CivilSociety rounds-up the most read stories from the previous week.

African education charity wins Overall Award at Charity Awards 2013

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT

A charity that has built 22 secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia and educated over 8,000 youngsters so far since 2008, has taken the top prize at the Charity Awards 2013.

David Carrington wins 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Voluntary sector consultant and adviser David Carrington has been honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Charity Awards gala dinner.

Treasury won't spare charities from new anti-tax avoidance rules

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:20:00 GMT

The Treasury will not exempt charities from complying with anti-tax avoidance measures being added to the Finance Bill because doing so could encourage more “sham charities”, Exchequer Secretary David Gauke said this week.

Peterborough social impact bond has slashed reoffending rates says MoJ

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:50:00 GMT

Early figures suggest that the Peterborough social impact bond has led to a 6 per cent reduction in recidivism over two corresponding two-year periods, against a 16 per cent rise nationally.

Government appoints Chris White as social value ambassador

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:49:00 GMT

The government has appointed Chris White MP, who championed the Social Value Act last year, as its first social value ambassador.

ICAEW and CABA launch volunteer matching service

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:57:00 GMT

Charities can recruit volunteers at no charge through a volunteer recruitment website which has been launched by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association.

Cup Trust commits to spend all £46m of gift aid on grants if claims succeed

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:13:00 GMT

If HMRC pays out the £46m in gift aid claimed by the Cup Trust, the Trust will apply all the monies to charitable grants and voluntarily provide details to the Charity Commission of all grants made, the Trust has promised in its latest trustee’s annual report.

Pensions Trust enlists finance stalwart for new CFO role

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:15:00 GMT

The Pensions Trust has enlisted David Lane, whose career in the finance sector has spanned more than 26 years, as its new chief finance officer.

Study reveals early impact of legal aid cuts on advice charities

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:02:00 GMT

An early study into the impact of legal aid cuts in the UK's most deprived area has revealed that 91 per cent of advice-giving charities believe they are providing a lower level of service than prior to the cuts.

Councils are not accountable to charities, local councillor points out

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:39:00 GMT

Charities must remember that local authorities’ responsibilities are to the vulnerable people in their local area and to their taxpayers, not to charities, a local Councillor told a debate in Westminster yesterday.

Redundant Arts Council executive is confirmed in new job after paid sabbatical

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:02:00 GMT

The Arts Council director whose decision to take up a six-month paid sabbatical as the first CEO at a partner organisation ensured that she will receive a redundancy payout from the Arts Council, has now been confirmed in the CEO post permanently.

Charities Property Fund passes £half billion mark

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:00 GMT

Charities Property Fund is now the twentieth-largest charity in the UK by assets after the purchase of four car showrooms has taken its net asset value to £510m.

Hedge fund foundation to spend £517m tackling malnutrition

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:06:00 GMT

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation has pledged to invest £517m over the next seven years in projects to reduce the incidence of under-nutrition of children worldwide.

Former Shelterbox CEO arrested on suspicion of charity fraud

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:54:00 GMT

ShelterBox founder Tom Henderson is understood to have been arrested on suspicion of charity fraud and money-laundering.