Volunteering England chief executive Justin Davis Smith has warned that recent proposals to give students who volunteer financial rewards could distort the perception of volunteering for students and graduates.

Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb has proposed that funding organisations Futurebuilders and Capacitybuilders should discuss a merger or alliance in order to help cut the number of bodies in the sector.

Amendments introduced to the Housing and Regeneration Bill designed to safeguard the charitable status of charitable housing associations have been welcomed by the Charity Commission and the NCVO.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has abandoned a target to subcontract 10 per cent of offender services to the third sector in favour of a best value approach to commissioning.