Minister for the third sector Angela Smith has been challenged to reveal the true cost to charities of the forthcoming music licensing changes, after she claimed in Parliament that the predicted figure of £20m was “an overstatement”.
Minister denies music licensing change will cost sector £20m
It's not surprising that Christians' response to the atheist bus campaign became the fourth most complained-about ad in the Advertising Standard Authority's history with over 1,000 complaints compared with...
The voluntary sector should establish a central data bank where all grant applicants can lodge standard information about their organisations, to be accessed by funders wishing to verify their authenticity...
I always thought charity shops were meant to be value for money. Recently, however, I've been shocked with the prices at local stores. At one charity retailer, who will go unnamed, the lowest price for...
The Institute of Fundraising is mustering support for a sector-wide public-facing campaign that will reinforce the message that fundraisers have every right to ask for money on behalf of beneficiaries.
The Scottish SPCA has accused the RSPCA of breaching Institute of Fundraising guidelines and launched a campaign alleging that the latter charity is “stealing” from Scottish animals in need.
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I’m starting to think that the recession is actually good for charities. A decade of growth has left us fat and unfocussed. Now everyone is taking a long hard look at how they use their time and re-rationalising...
Using Facebook Connect can make your website more interactive, and help people spread the word about what you do to their Facebook network.
With so many reasons for commuters of any religious persuasion to feel uncomfortable about travelling on public transport, surely the fact that a poster suggesting that there is ‘probably no God’ and...
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