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OSCR publishes reference guide on protecting charitable status

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:57:00 GMT

Scotland’s charity regulator has today published a reference report to help charities understand and address potential issues in meeting the requirements of charitable status.

Stronger focus on social value needed in Scottish commissioning

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:33:00 GMT

Social Enterprise Scotland has called for community benefit to be a priority in all of the country’s public procurement.

FT raises more than £3m for Sightsavers

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:47:00 GMT

The Financial Times has raised £3.3m for Sightsavers through its 2011 Christmas Appeal, becoming the newspaper’s most successful appeal to date.

Labour calls for £1m war legacy research fund

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT

Labour has called upon the government to provide a £1m research fund for charities to develop policy on the long-term mental health effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Animal charity shifts fundraising priority from legacies to online

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:16:00 GMT

An East Sussex-based animal welfare charity has launched a new website in a bid to increase online donations and become less reliant on legacy gifts.

Call for emergency action on youth unemployment

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMT

Tackling youth unemployment should be a priority for all sectors, says Acevo CEO Stephen Bubb, as a new report by the Commission on Youth Unemployment warns that the issue has reached “emergency point”.

Wealthy take 36 days to decide on major donations, research finds

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:43:00 GMT

High net worth individuals take, on average, 36 days to decide whether to make a major charitable donation and when they do, the gift averages around $14,000.

16 projects share £9m from Social Action Fund

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:46:00 GMT

Over £9m of an overall £20m has been awarded in the first window of the Social Action Fund to 16 projects in England.

Fundraising self-regulation could expand, says new PFRA chair

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Charity sector self-regulation is ripe for expansion, according to the new chairman of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association.

Charities bear the burden of government cuts on dementia

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:57:00 GMT

Alzheimer’s charities say they should not be expected to subsidise a lack of funding from the government for dementia research, following a study which aims to increase capacity for dementia research in the UK.

UK charities voted amongst best NGOs

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:10:00 GMT

Three UK-based charities are placed amongst the top twenty best NGOs in the world in a report by the Global Journal.

Prince Charles hosting youth summit

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:27:00 GMT

The Prince of Wales is today meeting with members from youth charities, both at his Clarence House base and in South London, to discuss the issues young British people face.

More than £1m raised at annual star-studded Retail Trust Ball

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:50:00 GMT

The Retail Trust Ball 2012 raised over £1m last night, after a flurry of pledges from the retail sector’s big hitters helped the charity meet its fundraising target for the fourth year running.

Scope reveals user-generated rebrand

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:00 GMT

Disability action charity Scope has revealed a user-led rebrand based on inspirational images submitted by its beneficiaries.

Rowena Lewis to join Gingerbread

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:03:00 GMT

Rowena Lewis is to join single parents’ charity Gingerbread as director of fundraising.

Charity of the year partnerships 2012

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:39:00 GMT

As January draws to a close civilsociety.co.uk takes a look at the Charity of the Year partnerships that have been announced for 2012 so far.

'Live simply so that others can simply live' urges student film

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:10:00 GMT

A 21-year-old music student has highlighted the issues of greed and wastefulness in the light of other people's poverty in a 5-minute film called 'Live Simply'.

RNLI announces 41 redundancies

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:14:00 GMT

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has cut 41 staff, citing the challenging economic climate for charities that rely on public donations.

Charities need to engage with users to improve online giving, says report

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMT

Almost half of users who start an online donation fail to complete it, according to a new report which urges the sector to adopt a more personal approach to online donations.

Bill Gates pledges $750m as Global Fund announces new leadership

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:19:00 GMT

Bill Gates has pledged a $750m vote of confidence in the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria after it was announced its executive director would step down following the exposure of a "grave abuse of funds" in several countries the fund works in.