Month: March 2023

More than 500 staff at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s are being balloted on strike action. Unite the Union is balloting members after the charity “refused to budge” on a 1.75 per cent pay offer made in 2021/22. It comes less than two years after some St Mungo’s employees ended a separate three-month strike over

A charity has announced it will be providing free breakfast and lunch to its employees to alleviate cost-of-living pressure. Teens+, a charitable service of the Edinburgh-based non-profit organisation Capella, which also operates Sleep Scotland, said it would be providing free meals to all its 125 employees. Simon Pearce-Madge, head of Teens+ said that the initiative

Hundreds of charities and social enterprises are among those to receive a share of the latest tranche of hundreds of millions of pounds tied up in forgotten accounts. The government today announced how £76m of the next £800m of dormant assets will be distributed. Of the £76m, £31m will go to charities and social enterprises

An employment tribunal has ordered a charity to almost £13,000 to the former boss of its trading subsidiary. A judge found that Next Steps Development, which helps people with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties, owed Sarah Poyser money to cover unauthorised deductions from her wages and outstanding holiday pay. Poyser was made director of

A man with senior management experience at Greene King and Starbucks has today been named as the chief executive of Help for Heroes. James Needham will head the armed forces support organisation on a permanent basis after stepping in as interim chief executive following the departure of Melanie Waters in October 2022. Needham joined the

An LGBT+ charity says it is in a “secure financial position” to continue to provide services – despite allegations that it sought money from a controversial platform used by pornographers. Opening Doors, which supports older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, said it had reviewed its finances and was a “going concern” after reports in

The Fundraising Regulator’s income from its charity levy rose by 5 per cent last year. The number of charities registered with the regulator also rose, from 4,980 to 5,700, while income from registration fees went up from £245,000 to £278,000. The levy – a voluntary payment by large charities to help fund the regulator –