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Charities collaborate to increase private rented housing for disabled people

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:02:00 GMT

The Housing and Support Alliance has teamed up with the co-founder of moneysupermarket.com and the Centre for Welfare Reform to launch a project to increase the provision of private rented housing for people with learning disabilities.

Advice charities cutting back face-to-face services

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:40:00 GMT

Leading advice services are being forced to cut back on face-to-face support and place more emphasis on digital and telephone services, a roundtable discussion of advice charity leaders revealed yesterday.

Commission to release data sets on charities' spending

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:48:00 GMT

The Charity Commission data sets on how charities spend their money will be made publicly available in an ‘open data’ format by March 2014.

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:12:00 GMT

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African education charity wins Overall Award at Charity Awards 2013

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT

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.

David Carrington wins 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Voluntary sector consultant and adviser David Carrington has been honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Charity Awards gala dinner.

Google donates £1m to child sexual abuse charity

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:25:00 GMT

Google has donated £1m to the Internet Watch Foundation towards its work removing child sexual abuse content on the internet, days before a meeting with the UK government to explain how it is dealing with the availability of harmful content.

ICO: There is 'room for improvement' on data protection by charities

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:22:00 GMT

The Information Commissioner’s Office has told charities that “there is room for improvement” in the way they manage data as the regulator releases a report on the findings of its advisory visits to charities in the last year.

Charities offered £24 computers and low-cost internet

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:35:00 GMT

A Go On UK partnership with Microsoft that provides refurbished computers has teamed up with a broadband comparison site to include an internet package in its offering.

IT new business wins: Open-source website for VSO

Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:21:00 GMT

Kirsty Weakley rounds-up this month's IT new business wins.

Google announces winners of its £2.6m charity competition

Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:42:00 GMT

UK charities London Zoo, SolarAid, Integrity Action and CDI Apps for Good have each won £500,000 in Google’s Global Impact Awards, a competition looking for UK charities changing the world through innovative technology.

JustGiving goes global

Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:26:00 GMT

JustGiving is to open its platform to charities from Ireland, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.

Data charity offers weekend of probono support to other charities

Thu, 30 May 2013 10:14:00 GMT

DataKind UK is to host its first probono weekend of support for charities in July and is calling for applications from organisations interested in support from data and technology professionals.

New guidance for charities on protection from online fraud

Tue, 28 May 2013 10:58:00 GMT

The Charity Commission and Get Safe Online have launched new guidance on how charities can protect themselves from online fraud and how the public can give safely online.

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Tue, 28 May 2013 09:12:00 GMT

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New Charity Commission website goes live

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:24:00 GMT

The Charity Commission launched its new website today, and hopes that the improvements will make it easier to use.

I have a question…don't laugh

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:06:00 GMT

Niki May Young ponders the importance of being able to ask the silly questions.

Age UK and London Zoo on shortlist for £2m Google charity competition

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:00 GMT

Google has shortlisted ten UK charities which stand the chance of winning £500,000 as part of its Global Impact Challenge.

Sector needs a 'data manifesto', says leadership review

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:00 GMT

The voluntary sector should create a “data manifesto” that identifies who holds data about the sector and enables the sharing of data, recommends Dame Mary Marsh’s review of leadership and skills in the social sector.

Charity governance is stuck in the past, finds leadership review

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:51:00 GMT

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.