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Letting agents weigh up legal battle with Shelter 6
19 Jun 2013 | Governance | Vibeka Mair
Tags: Political campaigning
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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Letting agents weigh up legal battle with Shelter
John Tate examines the problems in the NHS and considers what lessons they contain for charities.
The Cabinet Office has awarded a further £150,000 to Society Network Foundation since 1 April this year, and gave Big Society Network £350,000 last year, on top of the £199,900 Social Action Fund money paid in 2011/12, Nick Hurd has confirmed.
Labour MP Paul Flynn, who is a member of the Public Administration Select Committee, has described the Committee’s new report on public benefit and the Charity Commission as “atrocious” and stated in Parliament that he “profoundly disagrees” with it.
An early study into the impact of legal aid cuts in the UK's most deprived area has revealed that 91 per cent of advice-giving charities believe they are providing a lower level of service than prior to the cuts.
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African education charity wins Overall Award at Charity Awards 2013 2
Tags: Charity Awards
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.
The £500,000 allocated by the Cabinet Office to Big Society Network and Society Network Foundation since April last year was for the Big Society Awards, Nick Hurd has confirmed.
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SCVO writes scathing response to OSCR guidance on political campaigning 1
Tags: Political campaigning
The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations has criticised the Scottish regulator, OSCR, for stepping “outside its regulatory remit” in draft guidance produced for charities on the Scottish independence referendum.
Disability charity the Papworth Trust and Workwise, a charity which supports people with mental health problems, are to merge.
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