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Lloyds TSB forces closure of Interpal's bank account 8

19 Nov 2008 | Tania Mason

Interpal, the controversial UK-based Palestinian charity, is facing closure after Lloyds TSB instructed the Islamic Bank of Britain to shut its bank account.

Lloyds TSB forces closure of Interpal's bank account

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New website attacks government-funded charities 20

Finance | Gareth Jones
25 Feb 2009

Topics: Websites

A new website, fakecharities.org, has been created to highlight those charities which receive state funding and which the site’s creator alleges support the government.

Charities listed include Age...

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Let's drop the term 'added value', says NCVO 7

Finance | Gemma Ware
18 Mar 2008

Topics: Campaigns | Communications | Impact reporting

The term "added value" is a crude generalisation that causes confusion in commissioning and should be replaced by a 'full value' approach to the benefits that third sector organisations bring, according...

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Why can't political parties be charities, MPs ask 7

Finance | Tania Mason
1 Apr 2008

Topics: Law

Labour MPs on the Public Administration Select Committee have asked, for the second time in eight months, whether political parties should be allowed to have charitable status.

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New Commission Register will detail charities' admin costs 5

Finance | Gareth Jones
15 Jul 2008

Topics: Charity Commission | Accountability and transparency

The next version of the Charity Commission's online Register of Charities will feature a much greater range of information including the proportion of income charities spend on administration costs.

Whilst I can understand the DSC highlighting this change, it's quite an agressive tone to state that there has been "zero consultation" with the sector.

» Virgin Trains charity discount offer will leave charities stranded, says DSC

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Group to devise best practice guidance on expenses 5

Finance | Tania Mason
22 Jun 2009

Topics: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

Former Charity Commissioner Lindsay Driscoll is to chair a new high-powered working group that will develop best practice on how charities should report the expense claims of their senior managers and trustees.

The...

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Lack of interest in social enterprise kitemark 4

Finance | Celina Ribeiro
14 Jul 2009

Topics: Office of the Third Sector

Few social enterprises have expressed any interest in signing on to the Social Enterprise Mark.

A year and a half after the scheme’s launch, only 36 social enterprises have been granted the Social...

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Hurd says Big Society Bank will be a wholesaler 4

Finance | Vibeka Mair
14 Jul 2010

Topics: Socially responsible investment | Ethical investment | Investment

Minister for civil society Nick Hurd has confirmed the Big Society Bank will be a wholesaler which will work through and support organisations that are already providing finance to the voluntary sector....

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Virgin Trains charity discount offer will leave charities stranded, says DSC 4

Finance | Celina Ribeiro
16 Aug 2010

Topics: Costs

Changes to the Virgin Trains charity discount scheme will leave many charities worse off, according to the Directory of Social Change.

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