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Case opened after complaint claims charity plots secret head office sale The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into the international aid charity Penny Appeal after concerns were raised about alleged governance and financial mismanagement. A whistleblowing complaint, seen by Third Sector, alleges the charity is looking to make all staff at its Wakefield

A carers support charity is set to close after it decided not to bid for a council contract to provide services in the region, the charity has announced. Swindon Carers Centre will begin a phased wind-down in the coming months and officially close at the end of December after 28 years of supporting carers. The

The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into the international aid charity Penny Appeal after concerns were raised about alleged governance and financial mismanagement. A whistleblowing complaint, seen by Third Sector, alleges the charity is looking to make all staff at its Wakefield headquarters redundant, sell its head office and move its operations to

More than 60 Marie Curie staff are at risk of redundancy following the permanent closure of a hospice inpatient unit due to “significant financial deficits”. The end-of-life charity’s 26-bed unit in Woolton, Liverpool, initially stopped taking admissions in July 2024 because of “staffing challenges”, the charity said. A spokesperson for Marie Curie North West said

Liverpool’s annual Pride festival and March in Pride events are set to go ahead after being saved by an LGBTQ+ charity. The LCR Pride Foundation, which originally organised the events, announced last month they would be cancelled this year due to “substantial financial and organisational challenges”. But the events will now proceed after Sahir House,

The Fundraising Regulator has urged charities to prepare for when the “soft opt-in” is introduced for electronic marketing.  The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 received royal assent last month and the measures are expected to be introduced in the coming months.  The legislation will enable charities to send direct marketing messages via email, text

St John Ambulance reduced its workforce by more than 300 as it cut staff costs by more than £12m last year, latest accounts show. The first aid charity’s total headcount dropped from 1,726 in 2023 to 1,418 last year, according to its accounts for the year to the end of December 2024. St John Ambulance

The charity says its VAT declaration was rejected; British Gas says it is working with the organisation to resolve the matter by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

Saskia Konynenburg will take up the role after Sarah Elliott leaves at the end of July Originally Posted Here

Local authorities have been urged to avoid damaging the “microbiome” of the voluntary sector by valuing the smallest organisations and ensuring they are not excluded from decision-making. The local infrastructure body Navca and the University of Exeter conducted a joint workshop last month which highlighted the need to further support the microbiome, or the group

Women’s Aid to close live chat service and cut jobs in bid to save £1m | Third Sector

The venture philanthropy fund The Fore will raise its maximum unrestricted grant funding by 50 per cent from autumn this year. The increase will raise its maximum amount of unrestricted grant funding from £30,000 to £45,000 for charities with an annual turnover of less than £500,000. The uplifted funding, which can be spread over one to

The proposals affect staff in a number of support functions Originally Posted Here

Charity shocked to find its merchandise being sold by major retailer without its consent The Rescue Hotel, a volunteer-led charity that supports animals at Cardiff Dogs Home, said it was “very disappointed” after discovering a TK Maxx branch in Cardiff was selling its merchandise without its permission and for more than twice the charity’s retail

The government’s refusal to make changes to society lottery caps, despite research finding this could release millions of pounds for charities, is a “hammer blow” for the sector, leaders have warned. The decision comes after research, commissioned by the former Conservative administration, found that raising the annual sales limit on lotteries from £50m to £100m

Charities should have a people-first approach when implementing AI technology, finance leaders have been told. Speaking at the Charity Finance Group conference in central London yesterday, Jared Goodrich, director of innovation at the advisory, tax and audit firm Moore Kingston Smith, said charities should be using AI as an “information-gatherer” and not as a decision-making

UK tax reliefs for charities rose by 5 per cent last year, latest government data shows. Figures published by HM Revenue & Customs show the total charity tax reliefs reached £4.75bn in the year to the end of April, including a 7 per cent increase in Gift Aid to £1.7bn. The figures show that stamp

Wanda Wyporska left her role as chief executive of Safe Passage International earlier this year alongside the charity’s chair, it has emerged. Wyporska posted on LinkedIn last week saying that she and the charity’s outgoing chair, Magid Magid, the former Lord Mayor of Sheffield and a former MEP, had left the refugee charity in April.

Unicef’s Ben Rymer was speaking at an event in London Originally Posted Here

Civil society must catch up with cultural shifts in order to better engage young people through campaigns, the head of a youth charity has said.  Dan Lawes, co-chief executive of the youth democracy charity My Life My Say, said charities seeking to reach young people with their campaigns must market themselves in an engaging way,

Steve Smith was named Rising Chief Executive at the Third Sector Awards in 2023 Originally Posted Here

The Canopi Foundation has appointed Marc Greene, commercial director at In Kind Direct, as its new chief executive. Greene will assume the top job at the Canopi Foundation, which is the umbrella organisation for the charities Canopi and Education Saves Lives, on 9 July. Canopi offers a coworking and community hub for charities and social

A 400-year old grantmaker has refreshed its name and logo as it launches its new five-year strategy. The Henry Smith Foundation, formerly The Henry Smith Charity, said its new name better reflected its role as a charitable foundation and provided greater clarity about its purpose and identity. Anand Shukla, the charity’s chief executive, told Third

More than 200 jobs have been saved after a Scottish disability charity secured a new “state-of-the-art” site for a project that supports people with complex needs. Capability Scotland announced it is to move to a location in Glover Street after coming to an agreement with Perth and Kinross Council. The move allows the continuation of

Zia Salik says charities can have ‘all the documentation and all the mechanisms in the world, but if you don’t have trust from your donors, all of that counts for nothing’ by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

The National Deaf Children’s Society has appointed George Crockford, chief operating officer at the Teenage Cancer Trust, as its next chief executive. Crockford succeeds Susan Daniels, who announced in January she would step down after 33 years in the top role. Daniels is not moving to another job, but instead plans to spend time travelling

The Fundraising Regulator concludes the charity breached the Code of Fundraising Practice Originally Posted Here

Gemma Peters says voluntary organisations and their leaders are ‘absolutely conditioned to avoid risk’, which is hurting the sector by Emily Harle Originally Posted Here

The overall level of change being proposed in the Statement of Recommended Practice exposure draft is “overwhelming and potentially confusing”, charities have said. A consultation on the latest Sorp draft concludes today and proposes changes including the introduction of a new three-tier reporting system based on charity income level. The proposed tiers cover charities with

Sector leaders recognised in King’s Birthday Honours The chief executives of the Charity Retail Association and the community organisation support charity Locality were among those to receive awards in the King’s Birthday Honours.  Robin Osterley and Tony Armstrong have both been appointed OBE in the list, which includes a host of voluntary sector figures. Alex