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NCVO and Cass to host events for women CEOs

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:15:00 GMT

Six of the sector’s leading female chief executives have been chosen to take part in a series of events aimed at creating links between talent in the voluntary sector and FTSE company boards.

MP calls on government to suspend A4e Work Programme contracts

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:11:00 GMT

Labour MP Margaret Hodge has called on the Department for Work and Pensions to suspend all of A4e’s Work Programme contracts following the arrest of four of its former employees.

JustGiving adds in-memory fundraising tool

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:00 GMT

JustGiving has launched an in-memory fundraising tool enabling people to set up tribute pages for a loved one.

CRUK new app will enable donations

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:01:00 GMT

Cancer Research UK has announced that it is developing a new smartphone app that will provide more services, including donations, than its current app on a greater range of devices.

National Trust staff get day off to volunteer

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:01:00 GMT

More than 5,000 National Trust employees are being given 2012’s leap day off work to volunteer in their local communities.

Religious donors give double

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT

People of faith donate over twice as much to charity as the non-religious, according to figures from the Charities Aid Foundation.

New charity shop rejected by local retailers

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:22:00 GMT

Retail business owners in Coulsdon, Greater London, have expressed concerns over rumours of a fourth charity shop opening in the town centre.

Hackney Lifeline strike cancelled after union negotiation

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:00 GMT

A proposed walkout by Hackney Lifeline staff has been called off after negotiations between senior management and Unite led to staff being handed a role in decision-making.

Sector's benevolent fund calls for support as applications double

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT

Applications to the Charity Employees Benevolent Fund have more than doubled on last year's figures and enquiries have increased tenfold, said its general manager Hilary Greengrass.

DWP releases first Work Programme data

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:03:00 GMT

NCVO has expressed disappointment that the first release of official data from the Work Programme does not include data on referrals to the voluntary sector.

15 charities named 'New Radicals'

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT

Nesta and the Observer have revealed their list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals with 15 registered charities or charity leaders making it on.

Clegg launches first stage of £1bn Youth Contract

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:08:00 GMT

The first funding stream from the £1bn Youth Contract will be a £126m, three-year, payment-by-results programme for 16 to 17-year-old NEETs.

Tesco supports women's health through feminine care products

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:59:00 GMT

Tesco is raising money for women’s health charities through a new range of feminine care products.

Charities call for payroll giving reform

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT

Institute of Fundraising members have overwhelmingly called for payroll giving systems to be universally reformed to meet expected levels of income.

Plan UK trials interactive advert

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT

Plan UK will tomorrow begin a two-week trial of an interactive advert that will play only to women as part of its Because I am a Girl campaign.

Increase in large charities leaving register

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:07:00 GMT

The number of large charities removed from the charity register has jumped 176 per cent since the start of the financial crisis, reports accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy.

Charities have vital role in delivering NHS services, Bubb tells PM

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:21:00 GMT

Sir Stephen Bubb put forward the case for charities to deliver services within the NHS and the need for reform of social care funding at the NHS summit at Downing Street yesterday, attended by the Prime Minister.

Givey trials Twitter fundraising event at London gig

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Social media fundraising platform Givey raised more than £200 for three charities at a live music event held at Floripa in London.

Company and family benevolent funds are for the public benefit, rules Tribunal

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:35:00 GMT

Benevolent funds and other poverty relief charities that have memberships drawn from restricted groups of people do meet the public benefit test and can keep their charitable status, the Upper Tribunal has ruled.

Charities pull out of controversial work experience scheme

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:32:00 GMT

Marie Curie Cancer Care, Shelter and Scope have led charities in publicly pulling out of the government’s controversial work experience scheme which requires welfare recipients to do unpaid work to receive their benefits.