Charity

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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London’s Air Ambulance Charity has received £4m toward the cost of two new helicopters through the prize draw operator Omaze’s most lucrative charitable event. The charitable funds are being donated to London’s Air Ambulance Charity, which delivers medics and life-saving treatment to patients who are too seriously injured to reach a hospital.  The charity spends
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More than £1m has been donated to Greenpeace UK’s Stop Shell appeal, which was launched in response to a major lawsuit filed by Shell against the environmental non-governmental organisation. The legal action was filed by Shell after Greenpeace campaigners occupied a moving oil platform for 13 days in January last year to protest against climate
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Almost £900m in dormant funds are expected to be unlocked for charities through the expansion of the Dormant Assets Scheme, the Financial Conduct Authority has said. The scheme’s expansion is estimated to unlock a further £880m after it was widened to include dormant investment assets and client money, the regulator said. The first phase of
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Thames Hospice has appointed Dr Rachael de Caux as its next chief executive.  De Caux, who is deputy chief executive and chief medical officer of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, will succeed Catherine McLaughlin, who will retire in September after almost two years in the role. De Caux is also a
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The children’s rights and education charity AfriKids has rebranded, with its new look paying homage to its past while embracing its future, the charity said. AfriKids works with communities in northern Ghana to tackle issues faced by the most marginalised communities. The charity said its rebrand was rooted in the heritage, culture and vibrancy of
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A graduate recruitment charity is facing an uncertain future after an £4m annual government contract that makes up almost all of its income was not renewed.  Unlocked Graduates has recruited university graduates to work as prison officers for the past eight years. The charity’s contract with the Ministry of Justice runs until 2026 but an
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The social care charity PSS UK has appointed Jill Sheldrake, deputy chief executive and director of services at the care and education charity the Together Trust, as its next chief executive.  Sheldrake will take up the top job at PSS, which supports adults with learning or physical disabilities, older people, those facing mental health challenges
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Charities have cut ties with the former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards.  At Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.  The charges relate to 41 images that were shared on a WhatsApp chat between 2020 and 2022. The National Churches Trust said it had dropped Edwards
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