OTS launches consultation on making it easier for charities to sell land 0

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 11 Mar 2010

The Office of the Third Sector has launched a consultation on relaxing the rules around the selling or disposal of charity land.

OTS launches consultation on making it easier for charities to sell land

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Blog: Charities, pension schemes and the judgement of Solomon 1

Governance | David Davison
11 Mar 2010

Topics: Pensions | Trustee liability | Trustee roles and responsibilities

I read with some dismay the story of the 72 year old charity volunteer facing ruin as a result of being pursued for nearly £20,000 by the trustee of the pension scheme he was associated with as chairman...

Crisis in merger with smaller homelessness charity 1

Governance | Tania Mason
10 Mar 2010

Topics: Mergers

Crisis, the charity for single homeless people, is to merge with Off the Streets and Into Work.

Unfair dismissal claim forces closure of arts charity 0

Governance | Celina Ribeiro
10 Mar 2010

Topics: Human resources

A charity which assists people with limited mobility in getting access to London art spaces is being forced to close after exhausting its funds fighting an unfair dismissal case.

Blog: Oscar winners and the differences between the sexes 0

Governance | Tesse Akpeki
10 Mar 2010

Topics: Ethics

After 81 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Kathryn Bigelow as the best director for The Hurt Locker. It was the first time a woman had been given the honour.

Is it only me who sees enormous irony in the acronym of the Essex Women's Advisory Group?

» New charitable project challenges perceptions of 'Essex girls'

Charity Commission spent £445,000 on recruitment in one year 0

Governance | Celina Ribeiro
10 Mar 2010

Topics: Regulation | Human resources

The Charity Commission spent nearly more than £445,000 on recruitment advertising and services in the last financial year, and has budgeted to reduce the figure to £200,000 for the current year.

'One-stop' disability consortium wins £2.6m employment services contract 0

Governance | Tania Mason
9 Mar 2010

Topics: Public service delivery | Statutory funding

A unique partnership between one national charity and five local charities has won a £2.6m contract from Birmingham’s local strategic partnership to provide employment services for people with multiple...

Learning disability charities merge 0

Governance | Tania Mason
8 Mar 2010

Topics: Mergers

Learning disability charity Walsingham has merged with the Longfields Association, a day centre for people with learning disabilities in Swansea.

NCVO curry clubs to foster future sector leaders 1

Governance | Gareth Jones
8 Mar 2010

Topics: Leadership and strategy

NCVO is attempting to seek out the sector’s future leaders by holding a series of ‘curry club’ meetings across England’s nine government regions.

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