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Marie Curie chief executive to retire

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:07:00 GMT

Thomas Hughes-Hallett is to retire as chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care by the end of the year.

OSCR publishes reference guide on protecting charitable status

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:57:00 GMT

Scotland’s charity regulator has today published a reference report to help charities understand and address potential issues in meeting the requirements of charitable status.

Stronger focus on social value needed in Scottish commissioning

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:33:00 GMT

Social Enterprise Scotland has called for community benefit to be a priority in all of the country’s public procurement.

Hayday to quit Charity Bank after ten years

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:18:00 GMT

Malcolm Hayday has announced his intention to step down from Charity Bank, the social finance institution that he helped to set up ten years ago.

Call for emergency action on youth unemployment

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMT

Tackling youth unemployment should be a priority for all sectors, says Acevo CEO Stephen Bubb, as a new report by the Commission on Youth Unemployment warns that the issue has reached “emergency point”.

Beryl Hobson leaves Charity Commission to start consultancy

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

The Charity Commission’s head of large charities, Beryl Hobson, has quit the regulator to start up her own governance consultancy.

OSCR staff survey reveals rising motivation levels

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:58:00 GMT

Staff at the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator are more motivated than they were, have a greater personal attachment to the organisation and are more confident in the board’s vision for the future, according to a new survey.

Youth United gets £1m from government to train adult volunteers

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Eric Pickles has announced that his Department for Communities and Local Government will give a coalition of youth volunteering bodies £10m to train 2,700 new adult volunteers.

UK charities voted amongst best NGOs

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:10:00 GMT

Three UK-based charities are placed amongst the top twenty best NGOs in the world in a report by the Global Journal.

Blears to push Hurd on definition for social enterprise

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Labour MP Hazel Blears plans to write to minister for civil society Nick Hurd urging him to consider a statutory definition for social enterprise, after he recently confirmed that the government had no plans to introduce one.

Shaw Trust examines merger with Work Programme prime contractor

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:47:00 GMT

The Shaw Trust and Careers Development Group, two of the UK’s biggest welfare-to-work charities, are considering a merger.

Community energy lobby presses government for huge scaling up

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT

The National Trust and the Women’s Institute are among a coalition of civil society groups that are meeting Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne today to press for massive expansion of community energy projects across the UK.

Yorkshire business community organises match-making volunteering event

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:35:00 GMT

A business networking group in Yorkshire is organising a networking event to connect business people with charities that can benefit from their skills.

Prince Charles hosting youth summit

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:27:00 GMT

The Prince of Wales is today meeting with members from youth charities, both at his Clarence House base and in South London, to discuss the issues young British people face.

Charity merger saves adoption support services in West Midlands

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

One of the largest adoption support charities in the UK has subsumed a West Midlands adoption charity in order to save its services in the area.

Scope reveals user-generated rebrand

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:00 GMT

Disability action charity Scope has revealed a user-led rebrand based on inspirational images submitted by its beneficiaries.

Metropolitan Police Wildlife Crime Unit rescued by charity

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:25:00 GMT

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has saved the Metropolitan Police Wildlife Crime Unit in a groundbreaking £100,000 funding agreement.

Date set for Stroud NHS dispute hearing

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:30:00 GMT

The legal hearing regarding the future of Gloucestershire's NHS services has been set for 8 February.

Labour hosts children's charities summit

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:14:00 GMT

The Labour Party is holding a summit today of charity and voluntary sector groups to discuss the impact of the current government’s policies on children’s charities and their services.

Social Value Bill garners strong support in the House of Lords

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:11:00 GMT

The Social Value Bill has edged closer to becoming law, after passing its second reading in the House of Lords.