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The charity has appointed a new Northern Ireland District Committee, including a new chair, it says Originally Posted Here

The charity will move away from transactional fundraising towards relationship-led giving, its head of fundraising says Originally Posted Here

Trustees at the City and Guilds of London Institute have been accused of “avoiding proper scrutiny and accountability” by delaying the launch of an independent inquiry into the charity’s sale of its commercial arm. Members of the CGLI council last month overwhelmingly voted in favour of an investigation into the charity’s October sale of its

Almost two-thirds of small charities are having difficulties finding support, according to a new report. Small Charity Crisis – Vital and Under Threat, published by the charity and online platform Charity Excellence, is based on sector research analysis and its own surveys of almost 240 respondents. Charity Excellence said its research highlighted a “significant gap”

The hospitality group Mitchells & Butlers, which owns brands including Harvester and the Browns brasseries, was crowned Business of the Year at the 2026 Business Charity Awards for its work with Social Bite. The awards, run by Third Sector, recognise the outstanding support given by businesses to UK charities and voluntary organisations. The winners were

Winners of the Business Charity Awards 2026 revealed The hospitality group Mitchells & Butlers, which owns brands including Harvester and the Browns brasseries, was crowned Business of the Year at the 2026 Business Charity Awards for its work with Social Bite. The awards, run by Third Sector, recognise the outstanding support given by businesses to

A third of charity communications staff are burnt out and seeking a new job, research has found. A survey of 325 charity communications staff, carried out by CharityComms between November and January, found that 33 per cent of respondents were planning a career change. The same figure reported feeling burnt out at work, up from

Two bereavement charities have merged in a bid to widen their reach. Winston’s Wish has merged into Child Bereavement UK. Both charities support bereaved children, young people, parents and families. The charities said last year that the expectation was that CBUK would merge into Winston’s Wish, but nobody from the charity was able to confirm why the

Charities must keep their commitments to anti-racism at the top of their agenda if they wish to deliver services equitably, the chief executive of the equality charity Brap has stressed. Speaking on the Third Sector Podcast, Joy Warmington said the opportunity for organisations working across different cause areas to promote equity in their work “is

The chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation is to step down after more than a decade at the charity. When he leaves in September, Mark Rowland will take a career break before deciding his next steps, the charity said. The outgoing chief executive has been at the mental-health support charity since 2016, joining as

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is assessing a complaint that an Edinburgh-based charity run by Reform UK’s Scottish leader is not registered with the regulator. Lord Malcolm Offord previously announced that should he be elected today, his MSP salary would be donated to his charity the Badenoch Trust. Offord, who is standing for

The National Childbirth Trust has rebranded as part of an attempt to make its mission clearer and to reinforce the charity’s support to its service users. The membership body has updated its logo and introduced a new strapline: “For pregnancy, parents and progress.” The NCT said it conducted an 18-month consultation process with more than

The Scottish Youth Parliament’s former chair has been jailed for 18 months for a series of sexual assaults against five young men. Jordan Linden, who is also the former leader of North Lanarkshire Council, was sentenced today (6 May) at Falkirk Sheriff Court after being found guilty of sexual assault, sending unwanted sexual communications and

The charity recorded a deficit of under £1m for the first time since 2021/22 Originally Posted Here

A charity that supports forces veterans into work has appointed Matt Bazeley as its next chief executive.  He succeeds Alistair Halliday, who will retire after seven years in the role.  Bazeley, who spent 30 years in the Army rising to the rank of brigadier, was deployed to locations including Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan during

Charity leaders have welcomed regulations that ensure volunteering will not lead to an automatic reassessment of a person’s benefits, but warned that consistent implementation is needed. The Right to Try regulations, which came into effect today [30 April], are designed to ensure that undertaking work or volunteering will not, on its own, lead to a

A backbench Labour MP has proposed a new All-Party Parliamentary Group that will seek to end the automatic right of religious groups to be given charitable status. Sam Carling, MP for North West Cambridgeshire and former Jehovah’s Witness, will chair the APPG on spiritual and ritual abuse, which is expected to be established imminently. Speaking

An internship charity has defended the legality of its work after a GB News commentator launched legal action against the organisation for not offering schemes for white people. The 10,000 Interns Foundation provides internships for black and minority ethnic young people to challenge underrepresentation in the workplace. GB News commentator Sophie Corcoran has announced plans

Legislation aimed at changing the constitution of the Royal Albert Hall is in danger of falling, which would send the bill back to the drawing board after more than three years.  The charity said the bill’s failure could result in “serious consequences” for the charity, including “significant costs, operational disruption and a real risk to

New ‘soft opt-in’ guidance could place extra administrative burden on charities The  Information Commissioner’s Office’s new ‘soft opt-in’ guidance was published this week following changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, which allows charities to send direct marketing communications to supporters without needing to obtain consent, provided certain requirements are met. Under

The event broke the world record for the highest number of finishers in a marathon with almost 60,000 Originally Posted Here

A major health research charity has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after its data was found advertised on a Chinese e-commerce website owned by Alibaba. The ICO is making enquiries relating to the incident and the UK government has been alerted to the data breach. UK Biobank started making de-identified data available for

A committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into the row between the Charity Commission and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.  The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee said its inquiry would examine two reports by the PHSO in September relating to the commission’s handling of two separate safeguarding complaints.  Lara Hall and Damian

Almost six out of 10 senior charity leaders have experienced “challenging behaviours” on their organisation’s board, new figures show.  Research published today by the charity leaders body Acevo and the Association of Chairs shows that relationships between charity leaders and their chairs are generally positive but highlights gaps in board effectiveness, behaviour and governance practice. 

The charity behind London Zoo has revealed it has received a £20m donation – the largest in its history – that will fund a new animal hospital and research centre.  The Zoological Society of London said the gift, which it was announcing to coincide with its 200th anniversary, had come from a donor who wanted

Distinguishing between different forms of marketing requires more complex segmentation within CRM systems, the CIoF says Originally Posted Here

The Robertson Trust has relaunched one of its grants programmes under a new name with an “always-open application route”. The grantmaker’s Programme Awards has been relaunched as the Big Change That Lasts Fund, which will see £10m distributed to Scottish charities next year. The change comes after the grantmaker increased its total annual funding pot

Losing infrastructure organisations is a sector-wide risk, the charity warns Originally Posted Here

Legacy income at the food distribution charity Trussell grew by more than 5,000 per cent in five years after the charity began legacy marketing in 2020, exclusive research from Third Sector has found.  The Legacy Map analysed data taken from the accounts of 100 leading charities to explore how legacies performed over a five-year period.

The former chief executive of HIV Scotland has admitted embezzling £5,000 during his time in post at the now-defunct charity. Nathan Sparling, aged 35 from Bridgeton, Glasgow, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday, where he admitted to embezzling £5,000 between April 2019 and March 2021. The court heard that about £2,000 was spent on