Vibeka Mair

Three fundraisers are leading the way in the inaugural Clore Social Leadership Programme, a new £1.5m initiative led by Dame Mary Marsh to identify and develop emerging talent in the third sector. 

The charity sector should ask why donkey welfare charities raise more income than domestic violence charities, according to Martin Brookes, director of New Philanthropy Capital.  

A coalition of Scottish MPs has called on Lloyds Banking Group to reconsider its decision to halt funding for the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland. Last week, the Foundation announced that it had closed its doors to new grant applications “for the foreseeable future” after failing to reach an agreement on future funding with its main benefactor the Lloyds Banking Group

The UK charity sector lacks its own Googles and Microsofts – innovative new organisations that would inject new dynamism into the market and help the sector achieve more, according to Charity Commission chief executive Andrew Hind.