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Time to motivate the troops

17 Jun 2013 | Fundraising | Robert Ashton

Tags: Social investment | Communications

Robert Ashton believes you have to think more creatively to reach the right people.

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Finance | Ian Allsop
30 May 2013

Tags: Charity Awards

The Charity Awards winners are inspiring, says Ian Allsop, but merely copying their ideas is not enough.

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New charity aims to be the CRUK of mental health research 2

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro
29 May 2013

A new charity, backed by a £20m pledge from the Wellcome Trust, is aiming to do for mental health research what Cancer Research UK has done for cancer.

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New Disclosure and Barring Service to filter minor offences 1

Governance | Niki May Young
29 May 2013

Tags: Accountability and transparency | Volunteering | Human resources

Filters that will remove some minor offences and cautions from the new Disclosure and Barring Service are effective from today.

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Department for Education names £47m voluntary sector grant recipients

Finance | Jonathan Last
29 May 2013

Tags: Funding

The Department for Education has announced the 72 successful recipients of its voluntary, community and social enterprise National Prospectus grants from 2013 to 2015, worth a combined £47m.

Whatever the motivation behind the idea that charities be required to publish their expenditure on campaigning and political work in their annual returns, I don't think we should reject it too quickly. While such a requirement should not become burdensome for charities, any move towards greater transparency and accountability, in our sector as in others, is a positive one.

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Charities launch fresh appeals for Syria as arms ban is lifted

Fundraising | Vibeka Mair
29 May 2013

Tags: Fundraising campaigns | International

A number of charities have launched appeals for Syria this week, as the EU ban on the supply of weapons to the Syrian opposition is lifted.

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Social care and homelessness charities consider shared future

Governance | Niki May Young
29 May 2013

Tags: Mergers | Collaborations

Two Aberdeen-based charities have announced their intention to work together in the future either by collaboration, shared resources or through merger.