Sir Stephen Bubb, the chief executive of Acevo, has criticised the Charity Commission’s handling of the Kids Company collapse, saying it should have intervened earlier to help the charity build reserves.
Forty-one per cent of charities expect their general situation to improve in the next 12 months, compared to 25 per cent who expect it to worsen, according to data collected by NCVO.
Turning Point CEO Victor Adebowale told a hall full of charity trustees yesterday that he would not be silenced by the lobbying bill and urged them to step up their campaigning at election time despite the bill.
Six convicted terrorists have been ordered to pay £33,000 to Muslim Aid and a local school, after posing as charity collectors to fund a terrorism plot.
Kirsty Weakley wonders if it is time for Band Aid to hang up their microphones or if there is still a place in the fundraising landscape for a 30-year-old charity song?
