Month: November 2022

Membership of England’s largest umbrella organisation for the voluntary sector grew by more than 1,000 in 2021/22, its annual accounts have revealed today. But NCVO had to dig into its reserves to “ensure continued service delivery” after posting a larger-than-expected £718,000 deficit. The annual report and financial accounts for the year ending 31 March 2022

The Scottish government has been warned to expect a wave of strikes unless charities are given the money to fund significant pay rises for their staff. Unison has written to ministers to say that recent votes for industrial action at charities were the “tip of the iceberg”. The organisation, which is Scotland’s biggest union, is

There is confusion over the identity of the next charities minister after Lord Syed Kamall left the post. Kamall, a Conservative peer, was appointed as a minister for civil society, heritage, tourism and growth last month by then-Prime Minister Liz Truss. But the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport website says Lord Kamall left

The National Trust is set to face fierce opposition at its AGM as “anti-woke insurgents” vie for election to its ruling council. Campaign group Restore Trust has submitted two resolutions and is promoting seven candidates for the National Trust’s election. Restore Trust-backed candidates include former fund manager and Tory donor Philip Gibbs, conservative historians Jeremy

A ballot closes on Friday to decide whether 450 workers at homelessness charity Shelter will take strike action. The ballot follows an imposed three per cent consolidated pay increase in April and a one-off £1,500 cost-of-living payment. Unite the Union called the pay rise “insulting”, while Shelter said the one-off payment meant non-management staff would

Legacy income will reach a record £4bn by the end of the year – but charities are still waiting for £300m that is “stuck in the system”, experts have said. The latest research from Legacy Foresight, using data from 82 charities, forecasts that legacies will be worth £4bn in 2022, an increase of 14 per

A “vital” committee supporting small charities should be up and running by the end of this year, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations said. The NCVO and Foundation for Social Improvement announced six months ago that they would create a small charities advisory group to maintain some of the work previously carried out by the

The Charity Commission has frozen the accounts of a religious charity over issues including potential links to an extreme right-wing organisation. The Saint George Educational Trust, based in Hampshire, had already been investigated by the commission over its association with far-right groups. The commission announced today that it had opened a statutory inquiry over serious

A woman has been jailed for stealing almost £94,000 from a cancer charity where she had worked for 27 years. Paula Tribbeck, 48, said she was addicted to taking the money after police found countless invoices stuffed in bags in the back of a wardrobe at her house, Southampton Crown Court heard. The court was