Charity

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman says the Charity Commission failed to properly respond to the complainant’s concerns but the regulator says the ombudsman does not have jurisdiction over its reasons behind regulatory decisions by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

Participation in mass fundraising events has recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, with participation levels “not only returning to but exceeding pre-pandemic figures”, according to a new report.  The Mass Participation Pulse 2025 report, published by the consultancy Massive, said participation in mass fundraising events is showing a “robust recovery”, with participation levels now exceeding pre-pandemic

A domestic abuse support charity is set to lose half of its workforce and close its services when a council contract worth almost £400,000 a year ends. MyCWA, formerly known as Cheshire Without Abuse, will see its contract with the Cheshire East Council end in March, putting about 20 jobs at risk.  The charity said

A group of almost two dozen voluntary sector leaders have urged the Chancellor to provide match-funding for places or causes crucial to the Labour Party’s five key priorities. The Civil Society Group, a collaboration of more than 80 civil society infrastructure and membership organisations, has written to Rachel Reeves with a raft of suggested low-cost

The Fundraising Regulator has appointed four new board members, including a former chair of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. The regulator said Paul Amadi, Anne Heal, Nick Jones and Girish Menon had been selected to join the regulator’s board from April. The new members will replace David Cunningham, chief executive of the global surgery charity

The Charity Commission will “take action” if the line is crossed regarding trustees’ decision-making on charity spending, the regulator’s chief executive has warned. The regulator said it expects charities to undertake benchmarking exercises to set appropriate salaries for senior positions, and trustees should use the framework set out in its guidance about decision-making. The Charity

Charity leaders should make sure they have a shared understanding of how their investments either further or conflict with charitable purposes, new guidance says. The Charity Finance Group has today jointly launched a new list of principles aimed at bringing charity leaders greater clarity and confidence when making decisions about investments. The Charity Investment Governance

The mental health grantmaker the Maudsley Charity has appointed Sarah Holloway as its chief executive. Holloway succeeds Rebecca Gray, who left the grantmaker in December for a role at the NHS Confederation after nine years.  Holloway has spent the past two years as programme director at the King’s Maudsley Partnership, where she works across both

Labaik Ya Zahra is being probed by the Charity Commission, which says any possible links between a charity and extremism are ‘abhorrent’ by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

Regulators investigate Christian charity using decade-old mailing list The Information Commissioner’s Office and the Fundraising Regulator are investigating complaints about a Christian charity’s use of an outdated mailing list, amid claims it was acquired from the Barnabas Fund. It comes after the Charity Commission opened an inquiry into the TBF Trust, alongside three other charities

The Alzheimer’s Society’s recent fundraising successes have been supported by the charity becoming more challenging and controversial, its chief executive has said.  The charity won Large Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards after it had a record annual fundraising total of more than £100m and supported almost 100,000 people living with dementia.  Speaking

A man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s were arrested in November, police confirm Originally Posted Here

An end-of-life care charity is proposing to make 17 per cent of its workforce redundant as it attempts to reduce a deficit of £800,000. Nottinghamshire Hospice is set to make the move as the effects of the hospice funding crisis develops across the country. Last year, research from the membership body Hospice UK showed hospice

The Charity Commission has closed its compliance case that examined concerns about Palestine-related activism in the workplace at Citizens Advice by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has appointed an AI expert and the next chief executive of Sense to its board.  The membership body said Jude Sheeran, managing director, EMEA, at the generative AI company DataStax and James Watson-O’Neill had both become trustees.  Sheeran has held senior leadership roles at charities including the Shaw Trust

Edinburgh World Heritage has appointed Megan Veronesi, a freelance consultant with 15 years of experience in the charity sector, as its interim director. Veronesi, who is a trustee of the heritage charity, takes up the role from Christina Sinclair, who stepped down in December after four years to pursue other opportunities. Veronesi, who took up

The chief executive of The Rank Foundation is to step down after 23 years with the charity.  David Sanderson, who joined the charity in 2002 as director of grants and special projects, before becoming chief executive in 2011, will be succeeded by Caroline Broadhurst, the charity’s deputy chief.  Broadhurst was director of community care projects

The biggest problems in the world are no longer likely to be solved by ‘siloed approaches that don’t work across sectors’, the chief executive of WaterAid says Originally Posted Here

Online safety organisation Internet Matters is set to lose about 15 per cent of its income as one of its co-founders is expected to withdraw support worth about £300,000 a year. Internet Matters, which offers online safety advice to parents, carers and schools, was co-founded in 2014 by the telecommunications companies BT, Sky, TalkTalk and

The DCMS’ new VCSE business hub aims to boost charities’ delivery of public service contracts Originally Posted Here

The Information Commissioner’s Officer and the Fundraising Regulator are investigating complaints about a Christian charity’s use of an outdated mailing list, amid claims it was acquired from the Barnabas Fund. It comes after the Charity Commission opened an inquiry into the TBF Trust, alongside three other charities that are also part of the Barnabas family.

The Environmental Funders Network has appointed Nick Gardner, head of climate action at the National Lottery Community Fund, as its next executive director. Gardner will take up the reins at the environmental philanthropy charity in late February. He is the long-term successor to Florence Miller, who stepped down in September after 12 years with the

The social mobility charity Impetus has welcomed Susannah Hardyman, former chief of the education charity Action Tutoring, as its new chief executive. Hardyman joined the charity this week, taking over from the charity’s interim chief and portfolio director Sebastien Ergas. Ergas took up the reins on an interim basis from the charity’s former chief, Eleanor

A pair of siblings have been sentenced for their parts in a £50,000 charity fraud and for lying to the Charity Commission.  At Birmingham Crown Court yesterday, Rajbinder Kaur was jailed for two years and eight months for money laundering and six counts of theft relating to funds that had been donated to Sikh Youth

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into an accountancy charity, whose accounts are more than 1,000 days late. Community Accountancy Self Help, which provides training and advice in financial management, particularly for charities, has failed to file its accounts since the year ending March 2020. The charity’s accounting information for 2021 is more

‘Breach of trust’ as major disability charity used restricted funds for other purposes Leonard Cheshire committed a “breach of trust” by using restricted funds for other purposes, the charity’s accounts show. The charity, which is being investigated by the regulator over ongoing financial challenges, previously used cash donated as restricted funds for other purposes, according

A Scottish charity that supports single-parent families has become the latest to quit X, citing concerns about the “dissemination of misinformation, declining engagement and platform governance”. One Parent Families Scotland said it was grateful for the more than 7,000 followers it had gained over the years but invited them to follow the charity on alternative

The Charity Commission has appointed two interim managers to a charity that manages a suburban farm amid concerns about trustee decision-making. The College Farm Trust was registered with the regulator in 1999 to manage and conserve College Farm, a Grade II listed community farm in Finchley, north London. The charity was placed under statutory inquiry

The government’s decision not to exempt charities from the upcoming rise in employer National Insurance Contributions could cause charities to close, MPs have warned. At the Budget in October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced employer NICs would increase by 1.2 percentage points from April. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations said the increase could cost the

An arts charity in east London has closed after failing to raise £35,000 in a crowdfunding appeal.  Applecart Arts, a performance and arts community charity, has closed due to financial difficulties, after a fundraising campaign that aimed to provide it with immediate support. The charity managed to raise nearly £10,000 through an online fundraiser, but