Month: April 2023

The police in Northern Ireland are investigating after hackers stole data on more than a hundred charities and their beneficiaries. Evide, a data management firm based in Derry, was targeted by cyber criminals last month, according to BBC reports. The firm did not respond to requests for comment by Third Sector but told the BBC

The shortlist for the Purpose Awards EMEA 2023 from PRWeek, Campaign and Third Sector has been announced. The awards recognise campaigns that use creative ideas successfully to further positive causes and acknowledge the organisations behind them. They are open to agencies, brands, public sector bodies, charities and NGOs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

A £1.2m donation from Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, helped his global development charity grow by more than 50 per cent last year. Sentebale, which supports children in Lesotho and Botswana living with the impact of HIV, raised £4.5m in 2021/22, up from £3.1m the year before. This includes a donation of $1.5m – about

The total amount of legacy income to charities hit an all-time high of an estimated £3.7bn last year, according to research. The Legacy Trends report by legacy information provider Smee & Ford found that 37,053 wills included donations to one or more charities in England and Wales. The figure was out of a total 269,699

One of the country’s largest charities says that the “vast majority” of new staff will be able to work completely remotely under post-Covid-19 arrangements. PDSA, the animal welfare charity, told Third Sector it was advertising some jobs with “zero expectation” that employees would work from its offices unless they wished, as part of a more

A support worker with a warning for sleeping on duty was dismissed after a vulnerable woman wandered barefoot out of her care facility at night, a tribunal heard. Ms R Gbortsui was meant to be monitoring the gate CCTV, according to the official report of the hearing, but left her post to investigate when some

Income pressure and a volunteer shortage has left a “significant question mark” over the future of many charities running community buildings, researchers say. Analysis found that the number of paid bookings had dropped at more than one-quarter of community buildings since Covid-19, hitting a vital source of income. The research also identified “a stark lack”