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More than half of public want fewer charities, research finds

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:56:00 GMT

More than half of the public think there are too many charities and want the sector to be rationalised, research carried out for the Charities Act review has shown.

Sir Nicholas Young: sector whinging is depressing

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:30:00 GMT

Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of British Red Cross, has said the whinging of the voluntary sector to government can get depressing.

Labour peer questions NCVO's lobbying value to the charity sector

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:57:00 GMT

Baroness Hayter, the new spokeswoman for the shadow Cabinet Office team in the House of Lords, has criticised NCVO for not lobbying on behalf of the voluntary sector when the Welfare Reform Bill was going through Parliament.

Islamic Relief Worldwide aid worker murdered in Somalia

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:25:00 GMT

Ahmad Mohamed Noor, an Islamic Relief Worldwide aid worker, has been shot and killed in Somalia this week.

Action on Hearing Loss president passes away

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:41:00 GMT

Lord Ashley of Stoke, president of both Action on Hearing Loss and Deafness Research UK, died on Saturday after a short illness, at the age of 89.

Health charity launches social enterprise to run its contracted services

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:17:00 GMT

Deafblind UK has transferred the management of its contracted services to a new social enterprise, one of two social enterprises which the charity has launched this week.

Galloway charity blames Charity Commission for its late accounts

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Viva Palestina, the charity founded by recently-elected MP George Galloway in 2009, has never submitted financial accounts to the Charity Commission, and is nearly a year overdue in providing required financial information to the regulator.

Nesta gives out a further £1.07m from £10m Giving Fund

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:51:00 GMT

Nesta has announced a further 16 awards totalling £1.07m from the £10m Innovation in Giving Fund, which aims to find and back innovative ideas for increasing volunteering and charitable giving.

Youth volunteering charity v extends age range

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Youth volunteering charity v is to extend the age range of people it supports down to 11 years of age.

Etherington: More fundraisers will become chief execs

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:48:00 GMT

Sir Stuart Etherington believes that fundraisers will become chief executives at a faster rate than has been the case, he told a conference this morning.

MP calls for register of charity leaders' political affliliations

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:25:00 GMT

A Welsh MP has called for a register which will list the political affiliations of senior staff running charities funded by the Welsh government, in the wake of the Awema scandal.

NPC releases guidance for public on becoming a trustee

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:38:00 GMT

Mike Harrison, chief executive of Together Creating Communities, has warned prospective trustees that sitting on a charity board as a favour is ‘absolutely fatal’ to a charity.

Charities say cuts to training budget could threaten service provision

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:32:00 GMT

New research by Lasa has found that almost nine in ten charities are worried that the quality of service given to their clients will be affected by cuts to training budgets over the next decade.

London volunteering support sector is 'unsustainable', says Volunteering England chief

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:11:00 GMT

Justin Davis Smith, chief executive of Volunteering England, has said that there are too many volunteering infrastructure organisations in London, and that the number will have to be cut in the future.

Brophy slams weak support for sector benevolent fund

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:23:00 GMT

Michael Brophy, former chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation and trustee of the Charity Employees Benevolent Fund, has criticised CEOs of major charity employers for not supporting the organisation.

Museums Sheffield to cut staff by over a third

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:49:00 GMT

Museums Sheffield is to make around 44 staff redundant, including its chief executive, following the loss of £800,000 in annual grant funding from the Arts Council.

Challenge Network main provider for National Citizen Service this summer

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Minister for civil society Nick Hurd yesterday released a breakdown of who is delivering National Citizen Service to 30,000 young people this summer.

Nominations open for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:13:00 GMT

Nominations open today for the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012 which will honour the efforts of charities that undertake projects at a national level this year.

Charities 'need to inform donors about trusteeships'

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:52:00 GMT

Charities do not do enough to inform their donors about becoming trustees, says Derek Laud, a partner at Stanhope Capital, who is looking to set up a social stock exchange.

Sector leaders call for a second transition fund in the Budget

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT

NCVO has written to George Osborne ahead of the upcoming Budget calling for a second wave of transition funding for the sector.