Month: August 2024

The chief executive of the children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives will take up the top job at Muscular Dystrophy UK in November.  Andy Fletcher will succeed Catherine Woodhead, who left Muscular Dystrophy UK in July to become chief executive of Living Streets, which campaigns to make roads safer for pedestrians. Fletcher is

Ben, the automotive industry charity, has appointed its health and wellbeing director, Rachel Clift, as its chief executive. Clift will take up the reins on 1 November, succeeding Zara Ross, who is retiring after eight years in the role. But Ross will continue to work with the charity as its transfer programme director until the

A former Scottish cancer charity manager has admitted to stealing more than £95,000 from two charities she worked for, including one she co-founded.  Lindsay MacCallum, 61, of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to two counts of fraud after stealing money from Rainbow Valley and the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan. Rainbow Valley

Only 3 per cent of charities are using artificial intelligence in their operations, new research from the Charity Commission shows.  The findings come from a survey of more than 2,500 trustees conducted online in February by BMG Research on behalf of the regulator.  The research, published today, shows the proportion of trustees who said their

Public trust in charities is at its highest level in 10 years, new research from the Charity Commission has found. The regulator found charities scored an average of 6.5 out of 10 for trust among the UK public – the highest level since 2014, when the score was 6.7. The figure is up from 6.3

Funders have been urged to provide financial aid for frontline organisations in the wake of recent anti-immigration riots. A group of grantmakers and organisations have written to more than 100 funders, urging them to provide emergency financial aid to frontline organisations in the aftermath of the violent anti-immigration protests and riots that broke out across

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a poverty relief charity after receiving complaints about funds it sent to Yemen. The Saba Relief & Development Foundation, which was registered as a charity in 2013, works to alleviate poverty in Yemen by distributing food, water, clothing, providing education facilities and offering financial aid. The

A group of people with lived experience of UK migration systems have urged charity leaders and funders to take “urgent action” to support staff safety in the wake of the recent anti-immigration riots. The letter, which is addressed to about 150 charity leaders and funders in the migration sector, calls for sector leaders to support

A care charity has been ordered to pay a former employee more than £18,600 for constructive dismissal, indirect sex discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled. Ms R Malcolm worked as a housing supervisor at Blackwood Homes and Care, which provides care for disabled people, between July 2019 until her dismissal in July

The enterprise education charity Young Enterprise has appointed the deputy chief executive of Fair4All Finance as its new leader. Sarah Porretta succeeds Sharon Davies who is leaving the charity after 15 years, the past five as chief executive. Davies announced plans to step down in April, saying she was “planning some time for reflection” after

Macmillan Cancer Support’s income rose by more than 2 per cent last year, new accounts show. The charity recorded a total income of £232.5m in the financial year to the end of December 2023, up from £227.1m in 2022.  A vast majority of the charity’s income came from fundraising activities, which accounted for 98 per

Defined benefit pension schemes sponsored by the largest UK charities have seen a “significant increase” in their funding levels, a financial services firm has said. Hymans Robertson’s annual report on defined benefit pension scheme funding in the sector highlights figures from the 40 biggest charities by annual income in England and Wales. The report says

A shop that was allegedly falsely trading under a children’s charity’s name for 18 years has taken down all signage after the council contacted police. Second Chance Children’s Charity, based in Titchfield, Hampshire, was informed about the shop in Erith, south-east London, by a group of local residents. The charity had permitted the opening of

A former Charity Commission board member has described the Charity Governance Code as “too managerial in tone”. In a LinkedIn post, Andrew Purkis said the code, which is the subject of a consultation to “refresh and reshape” it, was excellent but warned some sections were “too dry”.  Purkis, who was a commission board member from

A fundraiser launched to support Citizens Advice Sunderland has raised more than £14,800 after the charity’s office suffered extensive fire damage last week.  Violent riots have taken place across the UK since the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport, with Citizens Advice Sunderland’s office targeted by racists on Friday.  A fundraising campaign for

Power to Change has rebranded to reflect its goal of supporting community businesses as “building blocks”. The charity, which was set up in 2015 with an endowment of £150m to support community businesses, has changed its strapline and logo, and updated its website. The new logo retains a similar colour palette but introduces a new