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19 Jun 2013 | Vibeka Mair

Shelter has come under attack from the letting industry over its call to ban letting agency fees for tenants, with the Estate Agency Foundation withdrawing financial support for the charity and letting agents considering a £50,000 “fighting fund” to legally challenge Shelter.

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Inspiring Impact

Inspiring Impact, the voluntary sector’s collaborative effort to mainstream good-quality impact reporting, has today launched the UK’s first-ever Code of Good Impact Practice.

London Mayor Boris Johnson speaking at Evolve 2013

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today confirmed that London will host an event on 19 July to celebrate last year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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David Carrington, winner of the Outstanding Achievement award at the Charity Awards 2013

Voluntary sector consultant and adviser David Carrington has been honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Charity Awards gala dinner.


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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.


Children's charity winds up leaving beneficiaries out of pocket

Wales-based charity Joshua’s Wish, which offered trips abroad to disadvantaged children, has been wound up, with over 60 young people losing their money – according to BBC News Wales.

Frances McCandless, chief executive, CCNI

A consultation to determine the reporting requirements for charities in Northern Ireland will be launched in October by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.

HMRC has refused to pay out gift aid claims to the Cup Trust

If HMRC pays out the £46m in gift aid claimed by the Cup Trust, the Trust will apply all the monies to charitable grants and voluntarily provide details to the Charity Commission of all grants made, the Trust has promised in its latest trustee’s annual report.


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