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Public benefit test is critically flawed, MPs tell government 1
Tania Mason
6 Jun 2013
6 Jun 2013
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New charity aims to be the CRUK of mental health research 2
29 May 2013 | Celina Ribeiro
A new charity, backed by a £20m pledge from the Wellcome Trust, is aiming to do for mental health research what Cancer Research UK has done for cancer.
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New charity aims to be the CRUK of mental health research
The public benefit provisions in the Charities Act 2006 are “critically flawed” and should be repealed, the Public Administration Select Committee has recommended to the government.
One of the first existing charities to convert to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation has already decided to dissolve its CIO status after realising that it would have to change all its communications materials to incorporate its new CIO registration number.
New NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless took to Twitter yesterday to distance the charity from a branch chair who had given convicted paedophile Stuart Hall a character reference during his court case.
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Jackie Ballard stands down after ten months in CEO role
Niki May Young
4 Jun 2013
4 Jun 2013
Tags: Human resources
Jackie Ballard, who left her chief executive role at Action on Hearing Loss in September last year to become CEO of Womankind Worldwide, is to stand down after less than a year leading the international human rights charity.
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Commission suggests charging charities or top-slicing gift aid to fund its services 11
Vibeka Mair
23 May 2013
23 May 2013
The Charity Commission has suggested to the Treasury that it takes a slice of gift aid or places a direct levy on charities, as it warns it cannot sustain a further 10 per cent funding cut expected in the government’s upcoming spending review.
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African education charity wins Overall Award at Charity Awards 2013 2
Tania Mason
14 Jun 2013
14 Jun 2013
Tags: Charity Awards
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.
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Barrow Cadbury Trust calls for sector to fight attacks against campaigning 1
Vibeka Mair
12 Jun 2013
12 Jun 2013
Tags: Political campaigning
The public needs to be educated on the importance of campaigning in the charity sector in light of recent press attacks, the head of programmes at Barrow Cadbury Trust told the sector's independence panel yesterday.
Complaints about door-to-door fundraising have increased more than two-and-a-half times within two years as the volume of door-to-door fundraising rose by two-fifths, according to new fundraising complaints figures.
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