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16 May 2013 | Niki May Young

While management in the charity sector has changed significantly in the past few decades, a reluctance to invest in governance has led to a stagnation of board structure and a lack of diversity, according to Dame Mary Marsh’s review of skills and leadership in the social sector.

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London Stock Exchange launches charitable foundation

The London Stock Exchange Group has launched a new foundation targeting children and youth, healthcare and the arts.

Norwood staff to protest over pay cuts prompted by government austerity

A number of care staff at Norwood are due to protest today over pay cuts as the union claims the charity is jumping the gun on local government funding cuts.

DoH allocates an extra £4.4m to turn NHS projects into social enterprises

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that an additional £4.4m will be made available for NHS projects which want to become social enterprises.

YMCA Glasgow rebrands as Y People

YMCA Glasgow has rebranded as Y People in a similar move to YMCAs in America which rebranded as the Y earlier this year.

I hope I'm not the only person to think that HMRC is far from an ideal vehicle to regulate charities. HMRC's business is to manage the collection of tax and it currently has difficulties even in doing that. The public perception of HMRC is of people who behave like autocrats (we're always right, you're always wrong) and who cannot provide advice effectively.

» Joint registration for HMRC and Charity Commission is getting closer, suggests Hodgson

Bullying UK merges with Parentline Plus

Bullying UK has agreed a merger with Parentline Plus, after the online bullying advice charity ran into financial difficulties.

bassac and Development Trusts Association vote to merge

Members of the community umbrella bodies’ the British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres and the Development Trusts Association have voted to go ahead with a merger. 

CCCS

Citizens Advice has chosen the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) to be its debt management partner for a one-year pilot involving up to 100 bureaux.

Joe Saxton

A survey of 150 MPs has shown that one in ten think charities should be able to support a political party, and a further 18 per cent neither agreed nor disagreed with the idea.

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