Cancer Research UK is the charity that is recognised by the highest proportion of people, new research has found. The latest edition of Third Sector’s Charity Brand Index is based on research conducted with a representative sample of 4,000 people in April and May. Participants were asked if they recognised a selection of more than
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The daughter and son-in-law of the record-breaking fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore have been banned from being charity trustees for up to 10 years. The regulator said today it had disqualified Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin, for 10 and eight years, respectively, as part of its ongoing statutory inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation.
A former senior Treasury minister has called for a potential Labour government to set up a dedicated department to harness philanthropy and social investors to deliver its policy objectives. Writing in City A.M. newspaper, Stephen Timms, the Labour candidate for East Ham who was chief secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007, said if
An HIV and Aids support charity has announced its closure after 37 years because of difficulty in securing funding amid rising costs. NAM Aidsmap, which provides information and resources on HIV and Aids, had eight employees and an income of £764,449 in 2022, according to its latest accounts on the Charity Commission’s online register. It
A former manager of a Scottish social care charity has been imprisoned for 12 months after admitting to embezzling about £40,000 from the charity’s vulnerable residents. Violet Connor, 67, of Fife, appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on 27 June and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after admitting stealing £40,060 from residents of Sense Scotland,
A Muslim charity has been ordered to pay an ex-employee more than £16,000 for unfair dismissal, an employment tribunal revealed. Zubair Valimulla was employed by the Al-Khair Foundation as a masjid liaison officer (MLO) at the charity’s Bolton branch from February 2018 until he was made redundant at the end of October 2020. Valimulla, who
The Charity Governance Code should be made simpler, finance leaders have been told. Speaking at the Charity Finance Group conference last week, the consultant Pesh Framjee, a special adviser to the CFG, said the code, which is voluntary, could be tailored to reach more charities. Framjee said he was “surprised at the number of charities