Charity

More action is needed from high street banks to tackle charity banking challenges in Northern Ireland, the regulator has said. The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland said positive steps had been taken towards recognising and engaging in this area but there was more work to be done.  The regulator was responding to a report, called Charity

The charity says it has taken urgent action on the allegations of poor animal welfare Originally Posted Here

A significant burden could be placed on the Charity Commission if all charitable community benefit societies cease to be exempt charities, lawyers have warned. The Charity Law Association, a membership body representing more than 1,100 charity lawyers and accountants, convened a working party to respond to the Law Commission’s consultation on reforming co-operatives and community

The Fundraising Regulator is investigating a charity set up to purchase and run an air ambulance service in Staffordshire.  Stoke Air Ambulance was established to respond quickly to emergencies and improve outcomes for patients in critical need. It is aiming to raise funds for its own helicopter with the goal of having it in service

MPs reject charity exemptions from employer National Insurance increase The House of Commons voted down amendments to the National Insurance contributions bill which would have mitigated the effects of the rise in employer NI contributions on charities. The amendments to the bill, which were tabled by MPs across the political spectrum and debated this week,

Our countdown, in reverse order, of the articles that performed best among readers over the past 12 months Originally Posted Here

An arts charity has closed due to financial issues following the loss of funding from Arts Council England. Freedom Studios, based in Bradford, was established in 2007 as a writing theatre company and celebrated the voices of south Asian and ethnically diverse people, young people and working class communities. In 2023, Freedom Studios lost its

Rob Owen will take up the reins at the end of February Originally Posted Here

The charity, which has embarked on a series of cost-cutting measures, recorded a net deficit of £28.4m in 2023/24 Originally Posted Here

The government has announced an additional £100m for hospices in what it is calling the “biggest investment in a generation” for the sector.  The Department of Health and Social Care said the two-year funding would ensure that “hospices can continue to deliver the highest quality end of life care possible for their patients, families, and

Asif Afridi, deputy chief executive of the equality and human rights charity Brap, will succeed Dame Sara Llewellin next year by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

An annual festive gaming livestream has raised more than £2.6m for eight charities, including the Campaign Against Living Miserably and War Child UK. This year’s Jingle Jam event, which was organised by the charity of the same name, ran from 1 to 14 December and involved some of the UK’s biggest Twitch streamers. Participating streamers

Liverpool is ranked as the country’s most generous city following its response to the Southport stabbings Originally Posted Here

The chief executive of the National Garden Scheme is to retire after 15 years in post. George Plumptre will step down as CEO of the charity, which gives visitors access to more than 3,500 private gardens to raise money for nursing and health charities, in the summer. The charity said that during Plumptre’s tenure, the

Acevo reduced an expected deficit by almost £150,000 while still delivering on its spending plans and membership support, the charity has said. The charity’s latest accounts for the year to the end of March 2024 show the leadership body’s income increased to £1.4m compared with £1.3m in 2022/23. Acevo’s expenditure also increased to £1.5m in

The planned rise in employer National Insurance contributions “threatens the very sustainability of Northern Ireland’s voluntary sector”, the chief executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action has said. Celine McStravick said that without immediate government intervention, Northern Ireland’s voluntary sector would see “widespread service reductions, job losses and diminished support for our most

Third Sector’s countdown of the highest-paid people in the UK voluntary sector reaches its penultimate stage with the release of the charities in spots 50 to 26.  This section of the Charity Pay Study 2024 includes charities that paid their highest earner between £284,441 and £350,000, according to their most recent set of accounts.  The

Voluntary sector organisations that support people who are struggling with their energy costs are being invited to apply for a share of £40m in grant funding. The money is being offered by the Energy Saving Trust and comes from the Energy Redress Scheme, which is funded through voluntary payments from companies that have breached rules

Sue Tibballs will leave the charity at the end of January after nine years in the role Originally Posted Here

Charities must “change quicker than the world around them” or risk falling behind, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK has warned. Speaking on the Third Sector Podcast, Michelle Mitchell said voluntary organisations should “be clear about [their] strategy and goals” in their quest for impact, but must also “give a great emphasis to innovation

Greenpeace UK has donated £300,000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution as part of a lawsuit settlement with the oil company Shell. Shell filed the legal action after Greenpeace campaigners occupied a moving oil platform for 13 days in January last year to protest against climate damage caused by the oil giant. Four campaigners boarded the

Cost-controlling measures at Oxfam and the insolvency of a high-profile infrastructure organisation are among this week’s must-read articles Originally Posted Here

St Cuthbert’s Hospice says 28 of its 124 staff might have to be made redundant, with a resulting reduction in the charity’s services by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into a Catholic charity after it failed to file overdue accounts for the past two years. The regulator has escalated its engagement with the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual, which was set up in 1966 to carry out activities that advance the religious and charitable work

The learning disability charity Mencap has warned that about 60 of its services could be affected by the planned uplift to employer National Insurance contributions and other measures included in the recent Budget. The charity said the planned changes to employer NI contributions – the rate will increase by 1.2 percentage points from April –

A woman who stole more than £95,000 from two charities she worked for has been ordered to pay back the money within the next three months. Lindsay MacCallum, 61 and from Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in August after stealing a total of more than £95,000 from the cancer charity Rainbow

The total is 35 per cent up on the same event 12 months ago, which itself was a record Originally Posted Here

Support packages worth more than £22,000 have become available for up to 22 front-line community, environment, welfare or youth charities, as the Weston Charity Awards opens for 2025 applications.  Frontline charities based in Wales, the north of England and the midlands that have delivered services for more than two years are eligible to apply for

Administrators say they were called in after ‘significant potential historic liabilities unexpectedly came to light’ Originally Posted Here

Bruce Crawford spent 12 years as chief executive of Scottish Curling Originally Posted Here