Charity

The Felix Project and FareShare announced their intention to merge last year Originally Posted Here

The Youth Hostel Association has listed eight of its properties for sale for almost £8m as the charity looks to secure its “long-term prosperity”. The youth and social enterprise charity has also decided not to renew the lease for its Dartmoor site and the building will close at the end of June. The eight sites

David Fletcher has been promoted to chief executive of Katharine House Hospice after four years at the charity. Fletcher, who joined the Stafford-based charity in 2022 as its director of care, will succeed Richard Soulsby. Soulsby left the charity earlier this month after 27 years in charge to take up the top job at the

The chief executive of Toynbee Hall has announced plans to step down. Rebecca Sycamore, who was appointed in April 2023, will leave the poverty relief charity in early July. In a LinkedIn post announcing her departure, she said: “For me, this feels like the right moment to move on, and for the organisation to begin

The new strategic framework includes three key objectives for the grantmaker’s funds Originally Posted Here

Girls’ Brigade Scotland will wind down and merge into Girls’ Brigade England and Wales over the coming year, the organisations have announced. The new charity will be called Girls’ Brigade Great Britain and will represent the three nations. The charities said the move will ensure the organisation’s sustainability in the digital age and will be

Fashion business owner’s £6m charity lawsuit mostly struck out Amanda Navaian, founder of the luxury handbag company Marici London, claimed that she suffered psychological injury and lost more than £1m in sales after the King Charles III Charitable Fund pulled out of a launch dinner and promotional T-shirt line for the charity’s food waste project

The indigenous rights charity Survival International says the Duke of Sussex’s continued involvement with African Parks is ‘outrageous’ amid claims of human rights abuses by AP’s rangers; the charity says it is unaware of such allegations by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

The chief executive of Margaret Green Animal Rescue is to retire after a more than 40-year career in animal welfare.  Nigel Mason will step down on Friday after four years leading MGAR, which rescues and rehomes hundreds of animals every year.  Mason began his career in the sector in 1982 as an RSPCA inspector, which

Charities with annual incomes of more than £10m account for 67.5 per cent of total charity income, despite representing only 5.5 per cent of organisations, the report says by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

The Nuffield Foundation is awarding about £8m through its Racial Diversity UK fund between 2025 and 2029 Originally Posted Here

A fertility health charity has begun the process of a managed closure and has ceased its direct support services. Fertility Network UK, which provides support and advice for patients facing fertility challenges, said it was in the process of winding down. The charity’s direct support services ceased last week and FNUK said its focus was

Jobs are at risk at a local children’s umbrella body in north London after the charity temporarily stopped accepting entrants at one of its sites due to financial challenges. The Islington Play Association has informed staff that jobs could be at risk of redundancy as part of a formal consultation, the charity said. The IPA

The charities that will receive a share of a collaborative £15m fund have been revealed.  The Regenerative Futures Fund is a 10-year pooled grant pot that brings together money from 12 major funders, including the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund, The Robertson Trust, Turn2us Edinburgh Trust and Foundation Scotland, which is managing

If you’re a fundraiser, then AI can do your job, and there is a chance that in a few years it will be doing your job and you’ll be out of work. Before you spit out your coffee (I suppose if you were going to do that, you’ll have already done it), note that I

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator’s probe into Sport Aberdeen remains ongoing Originally Posted Here

The anti-knife crime campaigner and survivor empowerment champion Wes Cunliffe will chair the judging panel for the 2026 Third Sector Awards.  Cunliffe, who won the Rising Star accolade at the 2025 awards, works with the domestic violence charity Calan DVS facilitating an advocacy, awareness and support programme for survivors of male domestic violence. His work

The closure is a result of reduced statutory support, increased demand, growing debt and a difficult fundraising environment Originally Posted Here

Top charity brand of 2026 revealed Cancer Research UK has secured the top spot in Third Sector’s Charity Brand Index for the ninth consecutive year. The charity shows no signs of being toppled from its leading position, having doubled its points lead over runner-up Macmillan Cancer Support from 35 to 60. The gap between second

Fear of being dragged into “culture wars” is preventing charities from speaking up against threats posed by the far-right, a report has found. A report by the consultants Jim Coe and Natasha Adams, based on a survey of 55 non-governmental organisations, found that more than half of respondents saw the rise in far-right authoritarianism as

The Charity Commission has promised to work “at pace” to update relevant aspects of its guidance in the light of guidance from the equalities watchdog.  The Equality and Human Rights Commission yesterday published its long-awaited draft code of practice for services, public functions and associations.  The document sets out how public bodies, business and other

Philanthropists should be encouraging the charities they support to adopt a more entrepreneurial attitude to furthering their mission, the head of the horticultural grantmaker Project Giving Back has urged. Speaking on the Third Sector Podcast, chief executive Hattie Ghaui said this meant pushing charities to “take a calculated risk” in trying new approaches. Project Giving

The Ruth Strauss Foundation will merge into the cancer charity Maggie’s from June, with the aim of expanding the reach and breadth of their support. The charities said they already worked in close partnership, as well as sharing similar values, legacies and ambitions to help people with cancer and their families. The foundation was established

A care charity in administration has sold its residential and assisted living services to a counterpart organisation for an undisclosed sum.  The administrators at William Blake House, which provides residential care to young adults with learning disabilities across four homes, have sold the services to Camphill Milton Keynes Communities. William Blake House, based in Northamptonshire,

The findings come from a survey of 1,200 charities Originally Posted Here

The former chief of the now-closed HIV Scotland has been ordered to pay £5,000 to a similar charity after spending unauthorised funds on Uber taxis, groceries and technical goods. Nathan Sparling, 31 and of Bridgeton, Glasgow, has also been sentenced to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. Sparling admitted last month to embezzling a

The Charity Commission is assessing concerns about comments made by the chair of the Southbank Centre, as a cohort of civil society leaders, creatives and celebrities back a petition alleging he is the victim of a “smear campaign”. The regulator is looking into concerns raised in the media about Misan Harriman’s comments, as the arts

A hospice that has reached a new statutory funding agreement has been criticised for making “unnecessary redundancies”. Ashgate Hospice reached an agreement with the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board which will see the charity’s inpatient capacity increased from eight beds to 10. The agreement is a 12-month contract for 2026/27 and the financial details

Legacy income remained resilient at £4.4bn in 2025, new research has found. The Legacy Giving report, published by Legacy Futures and Smee & Ford, found that income from gifts in wills only fell £100m short of 2024’s record performance of £4.5bn. This was despite an expected easing following the HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s clearing

The Good Law Project has raised fresh concerns with the Charity Commission about the think tank Policy Exchange, which is already subject to a compliance case. The complaint, submitted to the regulator last week, alleges that the think tank has continued to engage in “unlawful, political, non-educational activity”, particularly through its “Project 29” programme. The