Vibeka Mair

Vibeka is a senior reporter for Civil Society, specialising in finance and governance.

She has been a journalist since 2004, previously working on music, pension, investment and utility titles.

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Charity Commission expects all charities to join an umbrella body 32

Vibeka Mair
23 Sep 2011

Tags: Umbrella bodies | Regulation | Charity Commission

The Charity Commission will expect all charities to become part of a voluntary sector umbrella body, and has mooted highlighting on the Commission website the memberships that charities hold.

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President of NCVO says payment of trustees is inevitable 23

Vibeka Mair
23 Sep 2011

Tags: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Charity Commission

Payment of trustees is coming whether we like it or not, according to president of NCVO, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbott.

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Locality to deliver government community organiser scheme 18

Vibeka Mair
19 Feb 2011

Tags: Big Society

Locality has been selected to lead the government’s £15m programme to recruit and train 5,000 community organisers.

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More than half of public want fewer charities, research finds 18

Vibeka Mair
18 May 2012

Tags: Charity Commission | Regulation | Charities Act 2006

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.

I do not see what a person's private political beilefs and affiliations have got to do with this issue. Sound governance is the issue and that has nothing to do with party politics.

» MP calls for register of charity leaders' political affliliations

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RNID to look at name change in £260,000 rebrand 10

Vibeka Mair
4 Aug 2010

Tags: Communications

RNID is considering changing its name as it starts a rebranding process set to cost around £260,000.

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Charity chief executives criticised for high salaries 9

Vibeka Mair
16 Jun 2010

Tags: Ethics

The College of Law, a charity which provides legal education, has defended the £440,000 salary of its chief executive, Nigel Savage, and the £410,000 wage of its deputy chief executive Alan Humphreys, after it was criticised on Roll on Friday, a website for lawyers and in the Sunday Times.

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Charity Commission should force mergers, says City editor of Evening Standard 8

Vibeka Mair
4 May 2011

Tags: Mergers

The Charity Commission should act more like an “FSA for the charity sector” and force consolidations of charities when necessary, according to City editor of the London Evening Standard, Chris Blackhurst.

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Charity Rhythmix left with steep legal bills after X Factor battle 8

Vibeka Mair
28 Oct 2011

Tags: Brands and Marketing

Music charity Rhythmix has said the X Factor has left it with ‘considerable’ legal bills, following a battle with the programme over an X Factor band who tried to trademark the charity’s name.

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