The Anglo-German Foundation has said it is going to spend out its reserves and close down, though not because of the recession, but because it believes it has largely achieved its objectives.

The charity sector should ask why donkey welfare charities raise more income than domestic violence charities, according to Martin Brookes, director of New Philanthropy Capital.  

In my spiralling walks I am coming across situations where board members are bullying the chief executive, chief executives are bullying board members, board members are bullying each other and some staff are bullying each other. I thought this was it, and then last week came across a case where volunteers were bullying the board and the focus was taken away from providing a quality service!

Richard Hawkes has been appointed the new chief executive of Scope, succeeding Jon Sparkes, who is standing down to become director of workforce development for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.